I have been using resources like http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee557243(v=office.14).aspx to set up an external content type. Then I used resources such as http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee558778(v=office.14).aspx to create an external list.
I got the infamous error "Unable to display this Web Part..." that web searches show generally happen when too many results are being returned.
When I set up the Read List operation, I did create a limit filter. The column that has a unique value for each record was selected with a default value of 100. The bits I have read seemed to indicate that would limit the results to 100 records. In my case, what I was attempting to do should have only returned a few records, so that seemed safe.
Since I am getting the error that people indicate is related to too many records being returned, and I looked using powershell and it seems that the default is 2000 items, the limit filter doesn't appear to be working.
I have read books, web blogs, forum threads and technotes. Unfortunately most of what I have read does not really explain _what_ one is supposed to do in a way that is general. Typically it is all done in terms of some specific example, which perhaps I am not translating into my specific case appropriately.
Can someone explain the filtering and how the functionality works?
Thank you!