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StepbystepguidetobuildanODataServicebased
onRFCsPart2
PostedbyVolkerDreesinvolker.dreeson26Oct201211:44:38
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Helloagain.
Inthe firstpart(1)wehavecreatedaservicethatconsistsoftwoentities(SalesOrderandSalesOrderLineItem)
andtworelatedentitysets.TheruntimeartifactshavebeengeneratedandtheODataservicehasbeenregisteredand
activated.
Inthispart(2)wewillmapbothentitysetstotherelateddataprovidersinourcasethe2EPMBAPIs.
Whenitcomestodataprovidermapping/implementationofODataservicesyouusuallystartwiththeQuerymethod
asthisisatypicalentrypointwhenconsumingaservice.Inourcasewewillfirstenablethequery:providemeall
SalesOrdersthatexist.Inarealbusinesscaseyouwouldprobablymakesomefilteringmandatorytonotoverload
thebackendsystem.Butletskeepitsimpleforthetimebeing
1.AsmentionedwewillstartwiththeQuerymethodfortheSalesOrderCollectionentityset.ExpandthenodeService
Implementation>SalesOrderCollectionandrightclickGetEntitySet(Query)andselectMaptoDataSource:

2.Inthemaptodatasourcewindow,enterthefollowingvaluesandchooseEnter:
TargetSystem

Local

DataSourceType

RemoteFunctionCall

DataSourceName

BAPI_EPM_SO_GET_LIST

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3.ThemappinghasalreadydonebecausethedatamodelhasbeenbuiltbasedonthesameRFCinterface.Foreach
property,settheMappingDirectiontoOutput.ChooseEnter:

NowwecanmoveonanddothemappingfortheReadoperation(GetEntity)oftheSalesOrderCollection.
1.RightclickGetEntity(Read)andselectMaptoDataSource:

2.IntheMaptoDataSourcedialogbox,enterthefollowingvaluesandchooseEnter:
TargetSystem

Local

DataSourceType

RemoteFunctionCall

DataSourceName

BAPI_EPM_SO_GET_DETAIL

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3.ThistimetherearenodefaultmappingsettingsbecausethedatamodelhasbeendefinedbasedonadifferentRFC
module.
ExpandtheHEADERDATAnodefromthetreeontherighthandside:

4. Drag&drop the following fields from the righthand tree to the Data Source Parameter column of the grid in the
middleofthescreen:
RFCField(righthandside)

EntityProperty

SO_ID

SoId

NOTE

Note

BUYER_ID

BuyerId

BUYER_NAME

BuyerName

CURRENCY_CODE

CurrencyCode

GROSS_AMOUNT

GrossAmount

NET_AMOUNT

NetAmount

TAX_AMOUNT

TaxAmount

InanyReadOperationwealsoneedtoprovidetheprimarykeyoftheunderlyingentityasaninputparameter.Forthis
wehavetomanuallyaddanewlinetothemappingscreen.

1.ChoosetheAppendRowpushbutton:

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2.OnthenewlinepressF4toselecttheentitysetproperty.DoubleclickSoIdtoselecttheentry:

3.ExpandtheSO_IDnodefromthetreeontherighthandside:

4.Drag&DroptheRFCfieldSO_ID(fromnodeSO_ID)tothenewlycreatedline:

5.Thisperformsthemappingontheinputparameter(SalesOrderIDtofetchtheSalesOrderdetails):

NowwecanmoveonwithmappingtheQueryoperationfortheSalesOrderItementityset
1. Expand the node Service Implementation > SalesOrderItemCollection and rightclick GetEntitySet (Query) and
selectMaptoDataSource:

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2.IntheMaptoDataSourcedialogbox,enterthefollowingvaluesandchooseEnter:

TargetSystem

Local

DataSourceType

RemoteFunctionCall

DataSourceName

BAPI_EPM_SO_GET_DETAIL

3. There is again no default mapping because the data model has been built based on a different RFC module.
ExpandtheITEMDATAnodefromthetreeontherighthandside:

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4. Drag&drop the following fields from the righthand tree to the Data Source Parameter column of the grid in the
middleofthescreen:

RFCField(righthandside)
EntityProperty
SO_ID

SoId

SO_ITEM_POS

SoItemPos

PRODUCT_ID

ProductId

NOTE

Note

CURRENCY_CODE

CurrencyCode

GROSS_AMOUNT

GrossAmount

NET_AMOUNT

NetAmount

TAX_AMOUNT

TaxAmount

QUANTITY

Quantity

QUANTITY_UNIT

QuantityUnit

5.IntheDirectionColumnsetallfieldstoOutput.ChooseEnter:

6.ChooseAppendRowbutton:

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7.Fromtheinputhelp,selectSoIdforthenewline:

8.ExpandtheSO_IDnodefromtherighthandtree:

9.Drag&droptheRFCfieldSO_ID(fromnodeSO_ID)tothenewlycreatedline:

Nowwearedonewiththedataprovidermapping(atleastfortheQueryandReadoperationsweneed).Nowwecan
regeneratetheruntimeartifactsandrunourODataservice.

1.ChoosetheGeneratepushbutton:

2.Verifythattheruntimeobjectshavebeengeneratedsuccessfully:

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3.StarttheGatewayClient(Transaction/IWFND/GW_CLIENT)inaseparatewindowtoruntheservice.Providethe
followingURItogettheSalesOrderCollection.ThisexecutesthequerymethodoftheSalesOrderentityset:
/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGW100_XX_SO_SRV/SalesOrderCollection

4.ChooseanysalesorderentryandusetheURItonavigatetothesalesorderdetail,forexample:
/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGW100_XX_SO_SRV/SalesOrderCollection('0500000001')

5.GettherelatedsalesorderlineitemsviathefollowingURL:
/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGW100_XX_SO_SRV/SalesOrderItemCollection/?$filter=SoIdeq'0500000001'

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TonavigatefromtheSalesOrderentitytotherelatedlineitems(EntitySet),youneedtoconstructtheURIyourself.In
the nextpart(3)youwillseehowtodefineanassociationandanavigationpropertybetweenthetwoEntities.

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MatteoSomensi09May201417:09

hi,
Ifollowedstepbystepyourguide,butitdoesnotwork,theservicewhenIcallSalesOrderCollection
orSalesOrderItemCollectiongivesmeanerrorlikethis:

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akshathlt14May201412:59(inresponsetoMatteoSomensi)

HiMatteo,

CheckwithconnectionofNW&ECC(Backend)systemconnectedproperlyornot.

OnceyoucrosscheckwithBASISteamifpossible.
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ARSHADSHAIKH03Nov201412:45

HiVolker,

Ifollowedyourblog.iamnotgettingerrorbut,

/sap/ZSALES_ORDER_SRV/SalesOrderSet

InVBAKihavemanySalesOrdersbutitshowonlyfirst2andwithoutanyotherdeailslike
Note,BuyerId,BuyerNameall.

Tableentries.

IfIpasscorrectSalesorderid
/sap/ZSALES_ORDER_SRV/SalesOrderSet('0000004975')
Iamgettingthiserror

Canyouhelpmeoutinresolvingtheproblem.
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VolkerDrees03Nov201416:51

HelloArshad,
asmentionedinthefirstparttheBAPIsusedareaccessingtheEPMdemocontent.Theyarenot
accessingtheSDtables(likeVBAK).
InsteadyoufindthesamplesalesordersofEPMintableSNWD_SO.

Hopethishelps.
BestRegards,

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Volker
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ARSHADSHAIKH04Nov201406:38(inresponsetoVolkerDrees)

ThanksVolker,

canyousuggestmehowtoaccessthedatafromstandardtables(likeVBAK),
IhavetocreatecompleteserviceforSalesOrderandPurchaseorder,

BestRegards,
ArshadShaikh
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VolkerDrees04Nov201409:33(inresponsetoARSHADSHAIKH)

HelloArshad,
I'dproposetoaccessstandardtablesviatherelatedBAPIs.E.g.forSalesOrders
thereistheBAPI_SALESORDER_GETLISTfunctionmodule.

BestRegards,
Volker
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ShakeeluddinKhaja24Nov201413:46

Veryusefulinfo.ThanksVolker
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PatrickDean27Nov201412:00

Superuseful!Thanksforthedetails!
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saurabhvakil26Feb201513:31

Hi,

Wehavefollowedyourfirstblog StepbystepguidetobuildanODataServicebasedonRFCs
Part1andaretryingtoimplementthestepsmentionedinthisblog.Whileperformingthestep
1.ExpandthenodeServiceImplementation>SalesOrderItemCollectionandrightclickGetEntitySet
(Query)andselectMaptoDataSource:

wefindthatwhenwerightclickonGetEntitySet(Query)weseetheoptionMaptoDataSourcein
disabledformat.

Canyoupleaseletmeknowwhatmaybethereasonforthis?

Regards,
Saurabh
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VolkerDrees27Feb201511:06(inresponsetosaurabhvakil)

HiSaurabh,
areyoustillinEditmode?"MaptoDataSource"shouldbedisabledonlyinDisplaymode.

BestRegards,
Volker
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VolkerDrees27Feb201511:37(inresponsetosaurabhvakil)

Orhaveyoualreadymappedadatasource?Inthiscasethemenuoptionisalso
greyedout.

Regards,Volker
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