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ODATA action method and Custom services in D365F&O

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Dear team,
 
As I discussed about ODATA action method and well understood.
 
 
My questions is
 
When we found the Logic which is not possible through ODATA then we go for Custom services.
 
Please let me know what is the difference between ODATA action method and Custom services.
 
In both scenario we used to create our own logic and expose the API.
 
Pls advise.
 
Thanks in advance.
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    ODATA action method and Custom services in D365F&O
    I wouldn't say that "When we found the Logic which is not possible through ODATA then we go for Custom services". I can't think of anything that you couldn't write in an OData action but you could in a custom service.
     
    The typically reason for choosing an OData action is that the logic is related to an entity. For example, you can create a transfer order with InventTransferOrderHeaderEntity and the ship the order by the ship action. It could be a custom service, but this is easier to discover and use.
     
    Note that OData actions are also exposed in dataverse virtual entities, therefore they can be easily used through the Dataverse connector. 

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