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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'RunAs' method in Dynamics 365 FO

Hi Folks,

Most of us have used RunAs earlier and it has the same use in D365Fo as well. Sometimes we came across where we need to run a specific business operation under a different user account than the currently logged-in user. To achieve this we can use RunAs to execute a specific operation. This enables the caller to run an X++ method in the security context of another user. This function is most often used with batch processing or workflow submission for another user.

The syntax is really simple as below,

container runAs(

        str userId,

        int classId,

        str staticMethodName

        [,

        container params,

        str company,

        str language,

        str partition

        ])

Parameter	Description
userId	The user to impersonate.
classId	The class to invoke in the impersonated session.
staticMethodName	The class method to invoke in the new user context.
params	The parameters to pass to the method; optional.
company	The company that is selected for the impersonated session; optional.
language	The language that is selected for the impersonated session; optional.
partition	The partition key of the type that is returned by the getCurrentPartitionfunction; optional.

Now, let's see how to implement it and take an example of submitting a PR for a different user.

I need to submit a Purchase requisition on behalf of the different user through X++ code. To get this done I need a few details all in a single container type parameter

Hope it will help.
Cheers!!!
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