Query option 'Format' is not allowed. To allow it, set the 'AllowedQueryOptions' property on EnableQueryAttribute or QueryValidationSettings
I'm getting an exception on my Web API controller end-point and I would really apricaite some help in solving this: Here is the story: My Web API project a controller exposes the following End-Point: My Kendo UI Datagrid makes the following request: http://localhost:63865/api/employees/GetAll?$callback=jQuery21109420544053427875_1410883352953&%24inlinecount=allpages&%24format=json&%24top=5 When validating the ODataQueryOptions sent in the request, I'm getting this exception: Query option 'Format' is not allowed. To allow it, set the 'AllowedQueryOptions' property on EnableQueryAttribute or