Streamlining Implementations with Virtual Entities Presented by Mike

Streamlining Implementations with Virtual Entities Presented by: Mike Ochs

Michael Ochs • Exec. VP Exalents • Business Applications MVP • Life-long Coder • Girl Dad mike@mikefactorial. com https: //mikefactorial. com/blog https: //github. com/mikefactorial @mikefactorial

Agenda What are the Scenarios for Virtual Entities Custom Virtual Entity Provider (Demo) Questions

Benefits of Virtual Entities Cost Savings • Consumption Model Licensing • Cheaper Storage • Decreased API Usage Simpler Integration • No Data Duplication • No Trigger Based Event Handling or Sync Required Native Functionality • First Class Entities • Fully Supported • Reporting and API Access

Limitations of Virtual Entities Limited Functionality Limited Connectors Additional Limitations • Currently Read Only • No User / Team Ownership • No Auditing / Change Tracking • OData is only OOB Connector • Other Connectors require code / third party solutions • Requires Guid as Primary Key? • No Calculated / Rollup Fields • No Activity / Queue / BPF Support

Scenarios for Virtual Entities External Data • Surface External Data in Native UI Reporting Data • Surface specific line of business data based on standard entities in CDS Enriched Data • Provide data and analysis from multiple sources including CDS

Direct SQL Virtual Entities Demo

Wrapping Up What are the Scenarios for Virtual Entities Custom Virtual Entity Provider (Demo) Questions

Michael Ochs • Exec. VP Exalents • Business Applications MVP • Life-long Coder • Girl Dad mike@mikefactorial. com https: //mikefactorial. com/blog https: //github. com/mikefactorial @mikefactorial

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