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OData Query Options in SAP Netweaver Gateway

By Prakash

Hello everyone, in this tutorial we will learn what are the different query options available in
SAP Netweaver Gateway OData service.

What are Query Options ?

Query Options are parameters added to the OData service by an application to control the
amount and order of data retrieved.The name of all query options will starts with $.

Available OData Query Options

1. $select
2. $count
3. $expand
4. $format
5. Read $links
6. $value
7. $orderby
8. $top
9. $skip
10. $lter
11. $inlinecount
12. $skiptoken

Some of the above OData query options can be used directly and some required additional
implementation to be done from code perspective.Lets see what are they

OData Query Options Implementation NOT needed

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You can directly add these query options directly to the service and the service will respond
accordingly.

$select
Syntax : http://<server>:<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/ProductsSet?
$select=ProductId,Name,Description

$count
Syntax : http://<server>:<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/ProductsSet??$count

$expand
Syntax : http://<server>:<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/Suppliers?
$expand=Products

$format
Syntax : http://<server>:<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/ProductsSet?
$format=json

Read $links
Syntax : http://<server>:
<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/Products(1001)/$links/Category

$value
Syntax : http://<server>:
<port>/sap/opu/odata/sap/<service_name>/Products(1000)/Name/$value

OData Query Options Implementation needed

You need to change the ABAP code in DPC extension class to use these query options.

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$orderby
$top
$skip
$lter
$inlinecount
$skiptoken

In our next tutorial we will dig deep into these OData query options one by one. Stay tuned to
us for more SAP Netweaver Gateway tutorials.

Thank you. Please feel free to comment and let us know your feedback.

Prakash

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