generator does not generate rap unbound operations

[qby-ankul]

Describe the bug
Based on my question in the SCN I tried to create a RAP client with the generator. The action in the RAP service is defined static. However, no operation is generated.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. create unbound operation in RAP
2. generate client
3. no operation generated

Expected behavior
generated operation

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• node version via node -v v18.14.2
• npm version via npm -v 9.5.0
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Impact / Priority

Affected development phase: Development

Impact: Impaired, workaround in scn question

Timeline: eg. Go-Live is in 12 weeks.

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[marikaner]

Hey @qby-ankul,

am I understanding correctly, that you are trying to generate a client for an OData service? Can you share a minimal example of the EDMX file that you have issues with?

[qby-ankul]

Hi @marikaner

Exactly, that is my intention.
gw_client_data_8B11E81A8DA41EEEB6F40E7D84378FFB.txt
Attached is a definition based on a RAP service with an unbound operation. However, the metadata contains Bound.

[marikaner]

@qby-ankul, the service you shared has an action with an entity parameter. Unfortunately, this is currently not supported and occurs quite rarely as far as I know.
As this is a service you are building on your own, as a workaround you could pass the id of the entity instead of the entity itself.
Let me know if this would work for your.

[qby-ankul]

Hi @marikaner,

This is a RAP (ABAP) service with an unbound action, i.e. it has no ID. Is there a reason why unbound operations are not supported? Especially in view of the fact that SAP is pushing RAP further and further, corresponding use cases are certainly becoming more and more common.