odata v2 – SAP EWM Help https://www.sapewmhelp.com SAP EWM questions answered by experts — ABAP, S/4HANA, warehouse management Sat, 02 Aug 2025 19:40:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 OData v2 vs OData v4 https://www.sapewmhelp.com/question/odata-v2-vs-odata-v4/ https://www.sapewmhelp.com/question/odata-v2-vs-odata-v4/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 19:37:40 +0000 https://www.sapewmhelp.com/?question=odata-v2-vs-odata-v4 Feature OData v2 OData v4 Release Year 2010 2014 (OASIS Standard) Standardization Microsoft proprietary Official OASIS and ISO standard Data Format Atom (XML) and JSON (limited) Optimized JSON (no Atom), cleaner structure Metadata Format CSDL in XML CSDL in XML and JSON Navigation $expand (basic support) Improved $expand with deeper levels Actions/Functions Limited Fully supported, standardized Enum Support Not available Supported Containment Not supported Supported (better nested structures) Batch Requests Multipart MIME Multipart MIME (more refined) Type System Less flexible Richer type system with inheritance & complex types Annotations Minimal Strong support for annotations Adoption Legacy systems (e.g., older SAP services) Recommended for new development

 

OData v4 is a more modern, flexible, and standardized protocol, while v2 is still used in many legacy systems but lacks advanced features.

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