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  1. OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
  2. ODATA-1105

Simplify selection of properties of complex type

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: V4.01_CSD02
    • Fix Version/s: V4.01_CSD03
    • Component/s: URL Conventions
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      Description

      Currently, properties of complex types are individually selected, as in:
      $select=Name,Address/City,Address/State,Address/Zip

      We could simplify the syntax for selecting individual properties of a complex type, similar to expand options. Something like:
      $select=Name, Address($select=City,State,Zip)
      or
      $select=Name, Address(City,State,Zip)

      The first syntax would support adding the ability, for example, to $filter or $sort a collection of complex types.

      We could put $compute (or an inline expression) in the $select in as a scoped value (couldn't be used in filter/sort).

      Putting $expand in $select brings in all the issues of combining $expand and $select and results in two ways of doing expand.

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              Reporter:
              mikep Michael Pizzo
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