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  1. OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
  2. ODATA-1423

Check uniform handling of entities reached via navigation in responses

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: V4.0_CS02
    • Fix Version/s: V4.0_CSD04
    • Component/s: Data Aggregation
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      1. Rephrase wording in section 3 to have clear definitions referenced throughout the text:

      • input set for the input of a transformation
      • output set for the result of a transformation
      • the final result of the $apply option is the output set of the last transformation

      2. Add general remark for the whole $apply section 3: Navigation properties in the final result set are carried over to the final result of the $apply option. Navigation properties in this final result can be further expanded using $expand.

      3. Section 3.1 and 3.12: Accompany "mental bridge" by more normative text.

      The necessary text changes are provided in this file, marked with the ID of this issue as comments.

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      1. Rephrase wording in section 3 to have clear definitions referenced throughout the text: input set for the input of a transformation output set for the result of a transformation the final result of the $apply option is the output set of the last transformation 2. Add general remark for the whole $apply section 3: Navigation properties in the final result set are carried over to the final result of the $apply option. Navigation properties in this final result can be further expanded using $expand. 3. Section 3.1 and 3.12: Accompany "mental bridge" by more normative text. The necessary text changes are provided in this file , marked with the ID of this issue as comments.

      Description

      When a transformation adds entities reached via navigation to its result, the request must specifically ask to expand them in order to have them appear in the response.

      Example from ODATA-1409 that triggered the discussion: The join transformation in

      GET ~/Products?$apply=join(Sales as Sale) creates a Sale dynamic property with Sales instances as values which are entities. Another $expand=Sale is required to include these entities in the response.

      Cross-check this with other cases such that all behave in the same way:

      • transformation nest that can be used to add related entities to the input set
      • transformation groupby applied to single-valued navigation properties (see ODATA-971)
      • transformation aggregate on related entities (see ODATA-945)

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          heiko.theissen Heiko Theissen added a comment -

          The nest transformation is defined in such a way that it already carries out the expansion. Otherwise, example 29

          GET ~/Customers?$apply=nest(Sales,filter(Amount gt 3) as FilteredSales)

          would be invalid.

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          heiko.theissen Heiko Theissen added a comment - The nest transformation is defined in such a way that it already carries out the expansion. Otherwise, example 29 GET ~/Customers?$apply=nest(Sales,filter(Amount gt 3) as FilteredSales) would be invalid.
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          gerald.krause1 Gerald Krause added a comment -

          2021-03-18

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          gerald.krause1 Gerald Krause added a comment - 2021-03-18

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              gerald.krause1 Gerald Krause
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              gerald.krause1 Gerald Krause
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