Application Studio. Rest Kinetic. PartSvc GetById. Response parameters?

[TTT (Patrick)]

Hello EpiUsers!

I am currently trying to perform a GetByID Rest call. I would like to pull the Part Description using the PartNum.

I would like to add the PartNum and PartDescription fields to the actionResult data view.

My Rest call is “successful” but I cannot bind any data to the actionResult dataview.

Below is my setup.

Event

Click a button to trigger a REST Kinetic call. Display an alert indicating Success/Error/Empty

This event is displaying the success alert.

Rest-erp > Rest Services

This should be correct.

Rest-erp > Rest Services > Method Parameters

This should be correct.

rest-erp > Rest Services > Kinetic Rest Arguments

The Process REST response is checked by default. Otherwise, I did nothing.

Rest-erp > Rest Services > Kinetic Rest Arguments > Request Parameters

I did nothing here. Based on pervious EpiUsers posts I think this is supposed to be blank. Which makes sense because the parameter PartNum has already been set.

Rest-erp > Rest Services > Kinetic Rest Arguments > Response Parameters

This is where I am getting tripped up. What is supposed to go here?

I would like to populate actionResult dataview with PartNum and PartDescription.

What is supposed to go in (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10)?

I am fairly confident that (8) is supposed to be actionResult.

Postman Request Output

Below is the structure of the response JSON. returnObj is the root. Part is the table I want.

Application Studio Event Test

Upon triggering the event with the button click, the rest call goes down the Rest success path.

Developer Options Debug

I observer that the rest method is POST. However, the Rest call is still successful.

However, when I check the actionResult data view, it shows as empty.

I strongly suspect my Response parameters are incorrect. Could anyone shed light on this? Your help is much appreciated. Sorry for the long post. =’)

[GabeFranco (Gabriel Franco)]

I do not recommend using actionResult as that is the default output from running a kinetic-function, so it may get overwritten. instead, i recommend creating a new dataview “mypart” with no set up other than the name.

then, for your “Response Parameters” screenshot, 8 should be “mypart”

7 should be “Part” - which is the DataTable inside of the DataSet (returnObj is the DataSet)

6 leave blank. If it is a nested parameter you would need that.

10 = replace.

[TTT (Patrick)]

Hi Gabe- Thank you for your reply. When you say DataView with no setup, so you mean this?

Or should I create a DataView from the BO.PartSvc with all the fields listed out but no data initialized?

(I super appreciate your help!)

[TTT (Patrick)]

I followed this article here.

Update Data with Rest API in Application Studio - Kinetic ERP - Epicor User Help Forum

The empty DataView has to have the same fields/data types/structure as the rest call response.

I created an Empty Data View using Part BO service, then did not initialize with any data. The REST call populated the empty DataView with my desired part.

Thank you!

[GabeFranco (Gabriel Franco)]

To answer this question (even though the issue is already resolved) - the dataview used in this case does not need any setup, no columns defined, dirty view can be unchecked, ERP is ok on schema and it only needs to have a name. The columns in the dataview will blink into existence when the kinetic-rest widget pulls the data in

[TTT (Patrick)]

GASP I will try this later. I did not know that. Thank you for all your help.