In this blog, I will demonstrate how to create a new Opportunity by consuming C4C standard OData service via ABAP code.

The related OData service for Opportunity with detailed explanation on its entity types could be found from SAP help:

I will use a HTTP POST request to finish the creation. A example about how to organize post body could be found from C4C OData development guideline, where ServiceRequest is used for demonstration. I just make minor changes to make it also works on Opportunity.

First I test it in postman to ensure the successful creation:

I paste my http request body text here for your reference:

And a new opportunity could successfully be created in postman:

Now all I need to do is just to translate the activities I have done in postman into ABAP code.

I wrote an ABAP report to create Opportunity by consuming OData service:

Execute the report, new opportunity could be created and found in system:

Source code for ZCL_ODATA_TOOL:

Further reading

You can find a list of all other blogs related to OData written by Jerry.

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