The Hybrid Data Pipeline Data Source Group feature allows you to expose multiple data sources as a single OData endpoint. After you OData enable one or more data sources, you can create a data source group. The data source group contains references to multiple OData-enabled data sources, enabling you to access them with the same resource path.

Take the following steps to create an OData data source group.

  1. Sign in to Hybrid Data Pipeline.
  2. Navigate to the Data Sources view by clicking the data sources icon .
  3. Click the Data Source Groups tab. The Data Source Groups page opens.
  4. Click +NEW GROUP. The Create a Data Source Group page opens.
  5. Enter a unique name to identify the data source group in the Data Source Group Name field.
  6. Optionally, enter a description for the data source group in the Description field.
  7. Choose the OData version for the data source group from the OData Version dropdown. If you want to use more than one version, you need to create different data source groups for each OData version. Note that the OData version of a data source group cannot be different from the OData versions of its members.
  8. Optionally, specify a value in the Maximum Length of Entity Name field to control the length of the entity prefix. You can specify values from 10 to 128. Names that are longer than the specified value are altered to fit.
  9. Record the OData Access URI. This is the URI you will use to expose your data as an external object in Salesforce.
    Note: You may also obtain the OData Access URI after saving the data source group by clicking the link icon on the Data Source Groups page.
  10. The OData Data Sources section displays the list of data sources that have been enabled for OData. These data sources have a defined schema map and an associated model.
    1. Select the data sources that you want to add to the group.
    2. For every selected data source, enter a unique prefix. The prefix can be a combination of alphanumeric characters but must not start with a number. The length of the prefix must be less than half the value of Maximum Entity Name Length. For example, if the value of Maximum Length of Entity Name is 10, the prefix must be no more than 5 characters long.
  11. Click Save & Close. The new data source group is displayed on the Data Source Groups page.

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