OData - Provide Data - Properties of the Function

The properties of a function are defined here.

Name

The unique name of the function. It cannot contain special characters or spaces.

HTTP method

Defines the HTTP method that will be used to request the function.

Entity Set Name (optional)

Defines the entity set on which the function operates.

Return type

Defines the return value type of the function. This can be either an OData data type (such as Edm.String, Edm.Int32, Edm.Double, etc.) or an Entity Type.

Is collection

Defines whether the return value contains one or multiple data records/values.

Parameters

List of input parameters of a function.

A parameter can be added to the parameters list by clicking

Add parameter, or an existing parameter can be changed by clicking

Edit parameter.