How to add 'Actions' on Odata entities

Hi Folks,

[Updated on Jan 27, 2020
I got one feedback about Odata action on entity extension are not supported. It worked for me for one odd case, I yet to test myself if its not working now. I would request all readers to take necessary caution while trying below code. Thanks to Ashish for sharing his feedback.]

In this post, I'll show how to add a new action to D365FO Odata entities which you may want to access in Logic apps or Microsoft Flow. There could be two possible scenarios, either you have custom data entity where you can directly add a method or you have standard data entity for that you need to create extension class.  

First, let's see how to add on the custom entity (yes cause, it's straight forward 😉 ), 

Add your method on data entity and add below attribute

 [SysODataActionAttribute("<MethodName>", false)]

public static void <methodName>(<parameters(optional)>)

{

}

Save, Synch and Build your changes. This method should be available now on OData action in the Logic app or Flow. 

Now the other part, how to add the same in Data entity extension. Create a new class and add below attribute.

[ExtensionOf(tableStr(<data entity name>))]

final class <data entity name>_Extension

{

         [SysODataActionAttribute("<MethodName>", false)]

         public static void <methodName>(<parameters(optional)>)

        {

         }

}

Pl make sure you use '_Extension' keyword for above class, it's mandatory.

That's all for today. Try it and share your feedback. 

[Updated May 18, 2020]

 If you want to return any value use this syntax

 [SysODataActionAttribute("<MethodName>", false), SysODataCollectionAttribute("return", Types::Record, "CarColor")]

         public static void <methodName>(<parameters(optional)>)

        {

         }

Check below link for more details on Odata

Open data protocol (Odata)

Related topics:

Table Event handler methods in Dynamics 365 FO

Form Event handler methods in Dynamics 365 FO

Edit/Display or new methods on the standard application objects

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