diff --git a/cds/cdl.md b/cds/cdl.md index 1262cc4b97..f9b468d217 100644 --- a/cds/cdl.md +++ b/cds/cdl.md @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ entity Bar { An element definition can be prefixed with modifier keyword `virtual`. This keyword indicates that this element isn't added to persistent artifacts, that is, tables or views in SQL databases. Virtual elements are part of OData metadata. -By default, virtual elements are annotated with `@Core.Computed: true`, not writable for the client and will be [silently ignored](../guides/providing-services#readonly). This means also, that they are not accessible in custom event handlers. If you want to make virtual elements writable for the client, you explicitly need to annotate these elements with `@Core.Computed: false`. Still those elements are not persisted and therefore, for example, not sortable or filterable. +By default, virtual elements are annotated with `@Core.Computed: true`, not writable for the client and will be [silently ignored](../guides/providing-services#readonly). This means also, that they are not accessible in custom event handlers. If you want to make virtual elements writable for the client, you explicitly need to annotate these elements with `@Core.Computed: false`. Still those elements are not persisted and therefore, for example, not sortable or filterable. Further, during read requests, you need to provide values for all virtual elements. You can do this by using post-processing in an `after` handler. ```cds entity Employees {