OData action method with parameter true or false

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Dear team,

Recently I worked on ODATA action method. So, I have found it should be decorated with SysODataActionAttribute("OurODataActionMethodName", true or false)]

Please let me know when to use true or false as a parameter.

Please advise.

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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true or false tells you nothing indeed, but you can easily find more about what the parameter means.

First of all, look at its name: it's _isInstanceMethod.

Then you can find more details in XML documentation inside the class:
/// True – action is bound to an entity instance /// False – action is static, i.e. bound to an OData entity set

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Thanks Martin

Actually do search and found the OData action and Custom services both APIs we exposed with Third party application.

1. Is there any specific difference between both ?

OR both are almost same. We can use any one of them.

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2. As you mentioned "_isinstanceMethod" is any property to set?

Here instance means is it worked for any particular record.

And non instance , I mean static, is it worked globally. Is it worked something like this?

Kindly advise pls. Thanks

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1. This is not related to the topic of this thread. Please create a new thread for this question, if you fail to find the answer by using a web search engine.

2. If we forget OData for now, do you know what static and instance method mean in object-oriented programming?

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Sohaib Cheema 49,677 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Here in this blogpost, I have provided an example for both:

https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=ad009e94-c7fb-42fa-b9d0-38a4b6fabd71

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That's what I am looking for. Thanks a lot Sohaib

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Sohaib Cheema 49,677 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

You should not mark my answer as verified. My answer was not suggested (with checkbox).

you may want to un-verify my answer and choose the one provided from Martin as verified.

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