In SharePoint CSOM the root element for CamlQuery.ViewXml property is <View>
, for example:
public CamlQuery CreateInventoryQuery(string searchSku)
{
var qry = new CamlQuery();
qry.ViewXml =
@"<View>
<Query>
<Where>
<BeginsWith>
<FieldRef Name='SKU' />
<Value Type='Text'>" + searchSku + @"</Value>
</BeginsWith>
</Where>
</Query>
</View>";
return qry;
}