Introduction to OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector
Use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector to connect to the OData V2 service enabled on SAP or other applications in the cloud and on-premises.
Open Data Protocol (OData) is an OASIS standard that defines best practices to build and consume RESTful APIs. OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector communicates with the OData APIs, version 2, exposed through the Catalog Service in the OData V2 application. The catalog service lists all the available services in the OData V2 application.
In Data Integration, you can use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector in a mapping through a Web Services transformation to pass requests in ATOM XML or JSON format to the OData V2 API and integrate the data. You can also pass data obtained from multiple transformations in the mapping pipeline and process the data before integrating the data in OData V2 Applications.
When you use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector midstream in a mapping, you first create a business service for the operation that you want to perform in OData V2 Applications. You then associate the configured business service in a Web Services transformation midstream in a mapping to write data to OData V2 Applications.
In advanced mode, the Mapping Designer updates the mapping canvas to include transformations and functions that enable advanced functionality.
You can use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector to insert, update, upsert, and delete data in OData V2 Applications.
Example
You want to create sales orders in SAP S/4HANA Cloud with sales details from a third-party system. Use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector to call the required sales order OData V2 API in SAP S/4HANA. Select the SAP entity and post the sales order data. You can then process the response obtained from SAP S/4HANA Cloud before writing to a target.
You can also use OData V2 Protocol Writer Connector to communicate with the OData V2 Service APIs to integrate data related to business partner, customer, supplier, and vendor entities in SAP.