What is OData services in SAP HANA?

OData Service in SAP HANA: An OData service exposes data stored in database tables or views as OData collections for analysis and display by client applications. The client can be web browser, or SAPUI5 application or HTML5 application or any other application which supports OData.

How do I run OData service in SAP?

Let’s start with the configuration on SAP NetWeaver Gateway:

1. Step 1: Create an RFC destination.
2. Step 2: Create a System Alias.
3. Step 3: Generate OData Service in SAP NetWeaver Gateway.
4. Step 5: Activate Service using /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE.
5. Step 6: Test the service.

Where is OData service in SAP?

Log on to your front-end server (your SAP Gateway system). and execute the Customizing activity. As a quick shortcut to the same screen, use transaction /n/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE. The Service Catalog shows you all the services that are currently active in your SAP Gateway system.

What is the purpose of OData?

The purpose of OData is to provide a protocol that is based on Representational State Transfer (REST) for create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations. OData applies web technologies such as HTTP and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to provide access to information from various programs.

How do I view OData services in SAP?

Log on to your front-end server (your SAP Gateway system). and execute the Customizing activity. As a quick shortcut to the same screen, use transaction /n/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE. The Service Catalog shows you all the services that are currently active in your SAP Gateway.

How do I enable OData services in SAP?

Procedure

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori server backend using SAP GUI.
2. Enter transaction Activate and Maintain Services (/N/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE).
3. Choose Add Service.
4. For the System Alias field, use the value help to select the correct service.
5. Enter API_GRMasterData_SRV in the Technical Service Name field and choose Enter.

How do you expose Hana table as OData service?

If you want to expose HANA Cloud tables, check “Use CAP to expose HANA Cloud tables as Odata services.” When you want to expose data residing into a HANA database to the outside world, the recommended best practice is to use Odata.

What is OData in SAP CPI?

The OData adapter allows you to communicate with an OData API using OData protocol. You use messages in ATOM or JSON format for communication. This OData adapter uses OData V2 message protocol. In the sender channel, the OData adapter listens for incoming requests in either ATOM or JSON format.

What is the advantage of OData service?

OData provides the following benefits: It lets developers interact with data by using RESTful web services. It provides a simple and uniform way to share data in a discoverable manner. It enables broad integration across products.

Why do we need OData in SAP?

OData is used to define best practices that are required to build and consume RESTful APIs. It helps you to find out changes, defining functions for reusable procedures and sending batch requests etc. OData provides facility for extension to fulfill any custom needs of your RESTful APIs.