The OData filter function
It is possible to get OData to return selected data only by using a filter.
For example, for a debtor:
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/DebtorClient?$filter=Account eq ‘1101798’
For example, for debtor transactions for a certain date range:
Eg. Finance in date range
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/DebtorTransClient?$filter=Date ge datetime’2021-01-01T00:00:00′ and Date le datetime’2021-12-31T00:00:00′
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/GLTransClient?$filter=Date ge datetime’2021-01-01T00:00:00′ and Date le datetime’2021-12-31T00:00:00′
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/GLTransSumClient?$filter=Date ge datetime’2021-01-01T00:00:00′ and Date le datetime’2021-12-31T00:00:00′
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/GLBudgetLineClient?$filter=Date ge datetime’2021-01-01T00:00:00′ and Date le datetime’2021-12-31T00:00:00′
Example of Filters in PowerQuery “Advanced Editor”. The underline shows the relationship between Line 2 and Line 3
let
Source = OData.Feed(“https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/GLTransSumClient?$filter=Date ge datetime’2021-01-01T00:00:00′”, null, [Implementation=”2.0″]),
#”Filtered Rows” = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Account] = “1012”))
in
#”Filtered Rows”
| Definition | Example and explanation | Equivalent C/AL expression |
| Select a range of values | filter=Entry_No gt 610 and Entry_No lt 615 Query on GLEntry service. Returns entry numbers 611 through 614. | .. |
| And | filter=Country_Region_Code eq ‘ES’ and Payment_Terms_Code eq ’14 DAYS’ Query on Customer service. Returns customers in Spain where Payment_Terms_Code=14 DAYS. | & |
| Or | filter= Country_Region_Code eq ‘ES’ or Country_Region_Code eq ‘US’ Query on Customer service. Returns customers in Spain and the United States. Important OR operators can be used to apply different filters on the same field. However, OR operators cannot be used to apply filters on two different fields. | | |
| Less than | filter=Entry_No lt 610 Query on GLEntry service. Returns entry numbers that are less than 610. | < |
| Greater than | filter= Entry_No gt 610 Query on GLEntry service. Returns entry numbers 611 and higher. | > |
| Greater than or equal to | filter=Entry_No ge 610 Query on GLEntry service. Returns entry numbers 610 and higher. | >= |
| Less than or equal to | filter=Entry_No le 610 Query on GLEntry service. Returns entry numbers up to and including 610. | <= |
| Different from (not equal) | filter=VAT_Bus_Posting_Group ne ‘EXPORT’ Query on Customer service. Returns all customers with VAT_Bus_Posting_Group not equal to EXPORT. | <> |
| endswith | filter=endswith(VAT_Bus_Posting_Group,’RT’) Query on Customer service. Returns all customers with VAT_Bus_Posting_Group values that end in RT. | * |
| startswith | filter=startswith(Name, ‘S’) Query on Customer service. Returns all customers names beginning with “S”. | |
| substringof | filter=substringof(Name, ‘urn’) Query on Customer service. Returns customer records for customers with names containing the string “urn”. | |
| length | filter=length(Name) gt 20 Query on Customer service. Returns customer records for customers with names longer than 20 characters. | |
| indexof | filter=indexof(Location_Code, ‘BLUE’) eq 0 Query on Customer service. Returns customer records for customers having a location code beginning with the string BLUE. | |
| replace | filter=replace(City, ‘Miami’, ‘Tampa’) eq ‘CODERED’ | |
| substring | filter=substring(Location_Code, 5) eq ‘RED’ Query on Customer service. Returns true for customers with the string RED in their location code starting as position 5. | |
| tolower | filter=tolower(Location_Code) eq ‘code red’ | |
| toupper | filter=toupper(FText) eq ‘2ND ROW’ | |
| trim | filter=trim(FCode) eq ‘CODE RED’ | |
| concat | filter=concat(concat(FText, ‘, ‘), FCode) eq ‘2nd row, CODE RED’ | |
| day | filter=day(FDateTime) eq 12 | |
| month | filter=month(FDateTime) eq 12 | |
| year | filter=year(FDateTime) eq 2010 | |
| hour | filter=hour(FDateTime) eq 1 | |
| minute | filter=minute(FDateTime) eq 32 | |
| second | filter=second(FDateTime) eq 0 | |
| round | filter=round(FDecimal) eq 1 | |
| floor | filter=floor(FDecimal) eq 0 | |
| ceiling | filter=ceiling(FDecimal) eq 1 |
Referencing Different Data Types in Filter Expressions
The appropriate notation for different data types must be used with filter expressions.
String values must be delimited by single quotation marks.
Numeric values require no delimiters.
DateTime values must be delimited by single quotation marks and preceded by the word datetime, such as ’2010-01-25T02:13:40.1374695Z’.
You can break your queries and select a range of items not overlapping.
For example, here for transactions you must find out how many intervals you need and then you do not need to worry about that you have many transactions.
Item <= ‘02’:
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/InvTransClient?$filter=Item le ’02’
Item > ’02’ and <= ’05’:
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/InvTransClient?$filter=Item gt ’02’ and Item le ’05’
Item > ’05’ and <= ’11’:
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/InvTransClient?$filter=Item gt ’05’ and Item le ’11’
Item > ‘11’:
https://odata.uniconta.com/odata/InvTransClient?$filter=Item gt ’11’