Generic Action Buttons in Tables on the Object Page: Additional Considerations

Generic Action Buttons in Tables on the Object Page: Additional Considerations

You can use annotations to enable generic actions in tables on the object page.

For more information, see Adding Actions to Tables.

Display of the Create Button

The Create button is only displayed in the table toolbar when the object page is in Edit mode, as shown below.

Create Button in Table Toolbar

Additional Features in SAP Fiori Elements for OData V2

Within your annotations, you set the creatable-path to a particular property of the root object (entity) in the back-end system that is either true or false. If the value of this property is true, the Create button is displayed; if it is false, it is hidden. Note that the creatable-path must point to a property of the root entity.

Code Samples

creatable-path: Annotation for SAP Fiori elements for OData V2
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<NavigationProperty Name="to_ProductText" sap:creatable-path="CanCreateProductText".../>
creatable-path: Annotation for SAP Fiori elements for OData V4
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<Annotations Target="STTA_PROD_MAN.STTA_PROD_MAN_Entities/STTA_C_MP_Product">
    <Annotation Term="Capabilities.InsertRestrictions">
        <Record>
            <PropertyValue Property="NonInsertableNavigationProperties">
                <Collection>
                    <If>                                                      
                        <Not>
                            <Path>CanCreateProductText</Path>
                        </Not>
                        <NavigationPropertyPath>to_ProductText</NavigationPropertyPath>
                    </If>
                </Collection>
            </PropertyValue>
        </Record>
    </Annotation>
</Annotations>

Enable or Disable Delete Button

You can enable or disable the Delete button in the toolbar of tables on the object page based on certain conditions in the back-end system. For example, you can disable the Delete button for a product's text if the text is in English.

Within your annotation, you set the deletable-path for an entity set to point to a particular Boolean property of the entity that has a value of either true or false. The Delete button is enabled if the selected item's property is true. If multiple selection is enabled for the table, the button is enabled if at least one selected item is deletable.

Code Samples

Annotation for SAP Fiori elements for OData V2

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<EntitySet Name="STTA_C_MP_ProductText"
           EntityType="STTA_PROD_MAN.STTA_C_MP_ProductTextType" 
           sap:deletable-path="Delete_mc" 
           sap:content-version="1"/>

Annotation for SAP Fiori elements for OData V4

Sample Code

XML Annotation

Sample Code
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<Annotations Target="STTA_PROD_MAN.STTA_PROD_MAN_Entities/STTA_C_MP_ProductText">
   <Annotation Term="Org.OData.Capabilities.V1.DeleteRestrictions">
        <Record>
            <PropertyValue Property="Deletable" Path="Delete_mc"/>
        </Record>
    </Annotation>
</Annotations>

Sample Code

CAP CDS Annotation

Sample Code
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annotate STTA_PROD_MAN.STTA_C_MP_ProductText with @(
  Capabilities.DeleteRestrictions : {
    Deletable : Delete_mc
  }
);

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