WHAT IS THE USE OF FUNCTION IMPORT(EXECUTE ACTION)?

[former_member816488]

Hi All!

I am a beginner and new to SAP ABAP!

I just came across a concept called function imports and after a little research i came to know that it is used when a scenario doesn't fall under standard CRUD operations.

can someone please give a scenario that doesn't fall under standard CRUD operation so that i can understand that as a beginner!

NOTE: please don't give too in depth examples like release of sales order etc!

Thanks in advance!

[RalfHandl]

The "Follow" button on this page could call an action "follow" on the "people" instance with id "m_kawuser":

POST /people/m_kawuser/follow

(using latest OData V4 URL syntax here).

This action would do a lot of things under the hood, each of which could ultimately be broken down into some form of CRUD operations, but it is easier to hide this potential complexity and wrap it up into a single atomic action.