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3638495 - FunctionImport GetExpandedDynamicGroupById cannot be imported to Datasphere via Data Flow

Symptom

You have created an OData Connection from SuccessFactor and try to import GetExpandedDynamicGroupById to Datasphere. 
Error happens during the import:

/FunctionImport_getExpandedDynamicGroupById is not a dataset.
Failed to fetch the data. Error in getDisConnectionDetails. Getting dataset definition failed for /FunctionImport_getExpandedDynamicGroupById. 

Environment

  • SAP Datasphere

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Data Builder
  2. Create new Data Flow
  3. Select Sources-> Connections -> <OData Connection>, and click "Import Objects from Connection"
  4. Select Functionimport
  5. Select GetExpandedDynamicGroupById from the right side, and click on "Next"
  6. On the next screen, select GetExpandedDynamicGroupById and click on "Add Selection" 

Resolution

For the Datasphere Dataflow OData connection, functionImport is not supported.
Datasphere only supports entitySet as a source. Unfortunately, functionImport cannot be used as a source, and this feature is not available.

Keywords

KBA , DS-DI-DF , Data Flows , Problem

Product

SAP Datasphere all versions