What is the importance of EDMX file in Entity Framework? Technology Community › Category: Entity Framework › What is the importance of EDMX file in Entity Framework? 0 Vote Up Vote Down VietMX Staff asked 4 years ago EDMX (Entity Data Model XML) is an XML file which contains all the mapping details of how your objects map with SQL tables. The EDMX file is further divided into three sections: CSDL, SSDL, and MSL.