Business Entity Services Guide

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Request URL

The Preview Merge URL has the following format:

http://<host>:<port>/<context>/<database ID>/<business entity>/<rowid of the record>?action=previewMerge

The following Preview Merge URL format specifies the number of child levels to return:

http://<host>:<port>/<context>/<database ID>/<business entity>/<rowid of the record>?action=previewMerge&depth=2

Make the following HTTP POST request to the Preview Merge URL:

POST http://<host>:<port>/<context>/<database ID>/<business entity>/<rowid of the record>?action=previewMerge

In the request body, add the keys property and specify the root records that you want to merge with the target record.

To override matches for the child records, add the contentMetadata parameter:

POST http://<host>:<port>/<context>/<database ID>/<business entity>/<rowid of the record>?action=previewMerge&contentMetadata=MERGE/<json/xml>

In the request body, add the overrides property and specify the merge overrides.

To specify the media type of the data you want to send with the request, add the Content-Type header:

POST http://<host>:<port>/<context>/<database ID>/<business entity>/<rowid of the record>?action=previewMerge
Content-Type: application/<json/xml>