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3710626 - Text Property Of Field Not Being Generated In Custom OData Collection

Symptom

In the custom OData collection, the field’s Text property is not being generated or populated.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Administrator.
  2. Open OData Service Explorer.
  3. Select the Custom OData Service.
  4. Click on Test, which navigates to the OData Console.
  5. Copy the OData service URL from the console.
  6. Access the service metadata using the OData URL.
  7. Observe that the Text property of the field is missing in the metadata.

Cause

Upon checking the OData Editor, it was observed that the “Include Code Description” option under the Header section was disabled for the custom OData service.
As a result, the text property was not generated and therefore did not appear in the service metadata.

Resolution

Enabled the “Include Code Description” option in the OData Editor for the custom OData service and reactivated the service.
After reactivation, the Text property of field was successfully generated and is now visible in the service metadata as expected.

Keywords

Custom OData collection, Text property not generated. , KBA , LOD-CRM-INT-DWB , Data Workbench , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions