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How would I do simple data transformations in a query?

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Description

Hey guys, I don't think the OData spec covers this and thus i'm fairly confident that the framework won't do this but we have an interesting solution where clients often tell us "specifically" how they want a "file".

I'm trying to find a way to tell the framework something like this SQL query ...

SELECT Foo AS Bar FROM SetName

the idea I have is to extend the framework to support an "$as" query param like this ...
~/SetName?$select=Foo&$as=Bar

Ideally though it would be better to extend $select support so I could write something like this ...
~/SetName?$select=Foo as Bar

How would I go about either of these options?

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Use the issue's $select and proposed $as query examples as the starting point, and first verify whether the OData specification supports aliases or transformations. Done means establishing one supported query form and documenting or implementing its expected result shape; the issue does not name files or tests to run.

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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