SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3153416 - Count or Inlinecount Shows Wrong Result in OData Query

Symptom

You are using OData to retrieve data source or report data. You are also using $count or $inlinecount, however you notice that a wrong value is returned (for example smaller or larger than the actual result of your query).

Environment

  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Cloud for Customer

Cause

Some data sources have a specific technical scope, which does not support the count or inline count. The affected data sources are (technical IDs):

byDesign:

  • BPCSCARB
  • BPCSCONTB
  • BPCSCONTB_2
  • BPCSDB
  • BPCSFINB
  • BPCSRSPB
  • BPSPPB
  • BPSP_PRD_CAT_LIFE
  • BUPASUPPLIERCOLLB01
  • CCABUSINESS_ROLE
  • FNDCLMB
  • FND_SUP_ADDRESS
  • FND_SUP_FINDATA
  • HCMTLMB13
  • SCMITEMCHST
  • SCMLOARESTB03
  • SCMLOARESTB04
  • SCMLOARESTB05
  • SCMLOCLYTB01
  • SCMPRFB01
  • SRMIR_B02
  • SRMPCO_B02
  • SRMPO_B12
  • SRMPRC_B01
  • SRMPR_B03
  • SRM_PPS_SCALES_MDAV

Cloud for Customer:

  • ANA_TEST_DTJ_B01
  • BPCSCARB
  • BPCSCONTB
  • BPCSDB
  • BPCSRSPB
  • BP_EMPLOYEE_DETAILS
  • CCABUSINESS_ROLE
  • CODBPCSCONTB
  • CODUSMB
  • CODUTLPREMISE
  • COD_IND_BANKING_B07
  • COD_IND_BANKING_B08
  • COD_IND_BANKING_B09
  • COD_IND_RET_CUS_CHK_B01
  • COD_MAINTENANCE_PLAN_B01
  • COMPETITOR_PRODUCT_B
  • CRMCASEREPB
  • CRMCHECKLISTHB
  • CRMEMPSKILL_B
  • CRMIBASEHB
  • CRMIBASEIPOINTHB
  • CRMIBASESKILLHB
  • CRMIPOINTHB
  • CRMIPOINTSKILLHB
  • CRMMEASUREMENTPOINTDOCHB
  • CRMOPPHHB
  • CRMQPPRTB01
  • CRM_SKILLH_B
  • FINCACB12
  • FINCACB13
  • FINCACB16
  • FNDCLMB
  • HCMTLMB05
  • PDM_MAT
  • PROCPIB03
  • PROCPIB06
  • PROCPIB07
  • PROCPIB09
  • PROCPIB11
  • UTILITIES_CA_ANAL_VIEW

Resolution

In these data sources, count and inlinecount do not provide reliable results and should not be used.

To request changes or enhancements, please use the Influence Portal.

Keywords

odata, count, wrong, inlinecount, report, data source, inline count , KBA , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions