OData vs custom methods in REST?

[proper-function (Jeremy Schar)]

When do you use OData methods then? Create/delete?

And do you consider JobEntry to be a more complex BO?

I’m getting into Epicor more and don’t yet have the experience to know when OData be useful or what kinds of issues it can cause

This may be related?

REST API - Job Entry - GetNewJobHead

You may find it easier to use the JobEntrySvc/UpdateExt process as it takes care of all the clutter that needs to be done in creating a new job. UpdateExt is what Updatable dashboards use to create/update records in Kinetic. It is also what our other integration products use. With UpdateEXT, you do not have to “getnewjobhead” since that is automatically done. You dont have to do all the other things that are done in Job Entry either. you only need to populate the NEEDED fields (company, part nu…