Unable to retrieve OData entity count AND data

[johnhw]

I have seen several questions about this but no answer that has worked for me.

I am able to get the number of job requisition posting entities using:

/odata/v2/JobRequisitionPosting/$count?$params[…]

That works, but the data – the reqs themselves – are not included. Only the count is returned. The SuccessFactors API docs indicate the $count=true should work as a URL parameter, but this appears to be ignored, even in SF's own "Try Out" sandbox feature. It doesn't work in my org's implementation either.

I have also tried $inlinecount=allpages and that returns a server error.

I can call the API twice to get both the data and the count, but that seems ridiculously inefficient. Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks for your help!

John

[evanireland]

I suppose the backend team should respond to this (I have no involvement there), but as a workaround if you need to send a $count query and one for the data, then maybe put them in a batch request to reduce latency.

[johnhw]

Thank you, evanireland! I will look into batch processing. Appreciate your help.

[CarlosRoggan]

Hi, as far as I remember, the $count returns only the number, this is intended and specified as such in the OData v2 specification, as a fast request to get only the number, e.g. to be displayed in the UI
To get the number as additional information in the payload, you have to use the inlinecount, as you mentioned.
If it throws an error, this is (either not supported or it should be) an error that needs to be fixed