ODataService CallFunction¶

CallFunction action is used to execute OData FunctionImport or ActionImport.

The properties defined in Action are also applicable to this action.

ODataService CallFunction Properties¶

Property	Type	Required
Headers	`object`	Optional
RequestOptions	RequestOptions	Optional
Target	CallFunctionTarget	Required
_Type	`const`	Required

Headers¶

Custom headers to be included as part of the request to the OData Service in key/value pair format

type: object

RequestOptions¶

Options for processing of data requests

type: RequestOptions

Target¶

type: CallFunctionTarget

_Type¶

type: const

The value of this property must be equal to:

"Action.Type.ODataService.CallFunction"

Note¶

CallFunction action returns an empty string in the offline mode. The App user needs to upload the pending changes to the backend to complete the transaction. Currently offline mode only supports OData Version 2 and HTTP POST method.
CallFunction will store the results in the ActionBinding automatically. The App can bind it to Control directly like the example below. The parameter Target is the CallFunction name and case senstive.

{
  "ObjectCell": {
    "Footnote": "{CategoryName}",
    "Title": "{CategoryID}"
  },
  "Target": "{GetOneCategory}",
  "_Name": "SectionObjectCollection0",
  "_Type": "Section.Type.ObjectCollection"
}

Action Result¶

The ActionResult of this action is a JS primitive type, object or a JS array.

Examples¶

{
  "_Type": "Action.Type.ODataService.CallFunction",
  "Target": {
    "Function": {
      "Name": "UpdateCustomerDetail",
      "Parameters": {
        "FirstName": "Lewis",
        "LastName": "Black",
        "Emails": [
          "lewisblack@example.com",
          "lewisblack@google.com"
        ],
        "Address": {
          "Street": "187 Suffolk Ln.",
          "City": "Boise"
        }
      }
    },
    "Service": "/MyMDKApp/Services/MyOData.service"
  }
}