title: OData V4 + WebAPI Filter by Int Value of Enum?
body: <p>OData V4 has enum support but it appears you have to search by the namespace only. How does one now search by the value instead of the text representation?</p>
  
  <p>In V3 of odata you could query for <code>$filter=Status eq 35</code>, where <code>35</code> is <code>Complete</code> in the enum. This method would work, even if that field was an enum field in the data model.</p>
  
  <p>Now this method fails in V4, instead requiring the namespace with text representation of the enum. </p>
  
  <p>I want to get the V3 support working again without having to lose the other features of odata V4. Searching by the int value for the enum item seems more reliable than searching for text. Older odata clients (such as kendo) don't support a by-text enum filtering method.</p>