Here’s a snippet of the SData discussion at Sage SalesLogix Boot Camp 2011 discussing the groups system endpoint, which implements the request to execute groups a little differently than we’ve seen with SData before. (Because the group itself is only going to get the metadata.) We do this through $queries/execute?[resource]. Here are two examples:

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Execute a group based on its plugin ID:
/slx/system/-/groups/$queries/execute?_groupId=p6UJ9A0004TS

Execute a group based on its family and name:
/slx/system/-/groups/$queries/execute?_family=Account&_name=All Accounts

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Why are “_groupId” and “_family” underscored? Nathan (SData expert) joins the SData discussion from Melbourne via Skype and tells us why: