Business object request handling features

Table 19 details the business object request handling features supported by the connector.

Table 19. Business object request handling features

Category Feature Support Notes
Create Create verb Full
Delete Delete verb Partial Clarify CRM supports deletes by transforming them to updates. Physical deletes are not supported.
Logical delete Partial The connector transforms the Delete verb into the Update verb. This functionality will be deprecated in a future release.
Exist Exist verb Partial The Exist verb is supported; however, the connector returns the whole top-level object.
Misc Attribute names Full
Business object names Full An old object, Clarify_Site, has a specific meaning and should not be used.
Retrieve Ignore missing child object Full
RetrieveByContent Ignore missing child object Full
Multiple results No
RetrieveByContent verb Partial The connector for Clarify CRM supports RetrieveByContent; however, it has some limitations: * All attributes must be marked as RetrieveByContent. * All marked attributes must be from the same table. See the documentation for more detail.
Update After-image support Full
Delta support No
KeepRelations Full
Verbs Retrieve verb Full
Subverb support Full
Verb stability Full

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