Messaging for odata error targets

A method comprising:

• transmitting, via an application, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request to an Open Data Protocol (OData) service, the HTTP request comprising identifiers of one or more input fields displayed on a user interface and one or more values for the one or more input fields;
• receiving, from the OData service, an HTTP response indicating that the HTTP request was processed successfully with one or more errors;
• identifying an input field from among the one or more input fields which is a target of the error and a description of the error from a field in the HTTP response indicating that the HTTP request was processed successfully with one or more errors;
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• rendering, via the application, a visual identifier of the error in association with a display of the input field on the user interface.

A method comprising:

• receiving, via an Open Data Protocol (OData) service, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request from an application, the HTTP request comprising identifiers of one or more input fields displayed on a user interface and one or more values for the one or more input fields;
• generating, via the OData service, an HTTP response indicating that the HTTP request was processed successfully with one or more errors;
• storing a target identifier in a response header of the HTTP response which identifies an input field from among the one or more input fields which is a target of the error and a description of the error;
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• transmitting the HTTP response to the application which includes information indicating the HTTP request was processed successfully with one or more errors and which includes the target identifier.