In my project,there was a requirement for creating a custom entity which will have the same records as present in the subject entity.So I had to create a tool to import the subject records to the custom entity created in CRM(here named as : DecisionTreeNode)
Here in this article I will be demonstrating the steps for creating the tool which imports subject record to the custom entity.Below are the steps:
Step 1:
Create a new windows application with the following form design:
Step 2:
In the Program.cs ,it will have the following code :
static class Program {
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new Utility());
}
}
Step 3 :
Add a new cs file and write the following code:
On click of the Retrieve button:
private void ButtonSubjects_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmAuthenticationToken token = new Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmAuthenticationToken();
token.OrganizationName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["organizationName"];
string crmServerUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["crmServiceUrl"];
Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.CrmService service = new Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.CrmService();
if (crmServerUrl != null && crmServerUrl.Length > 0)
{
UriBuilder builder = new UriBuilder(crmServerUrl);
builder.Path = "//MSCRMServices//2007//CrmService.asmx";
service.Url = builder.Uri.ToString();
}
service.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["username"], ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["password"], ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Domain"]);
service.CrmAuthenticationTokenValue = token;
this.UpdateChildRecords(service);
labelMessage.Text = "Records imported to Decision TreeNode successfully.";
labelMessage.ForeColor = Color.Green;
labelMessage.Visible = true;
}
catch (Exception)
{
labelMessage.Text = "Records could not be imported!";
labelMessage.ForeColor = Color.Red;
labelMessage.Visible = true;
throw;
}
}
Which calls UpdateChild Records function
public void UpdateChildRecords(CrmService crmService)
{
////string parentName = string.Empty;
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression();
//// Setup the query for the new_decisiontreenode entity
query.EntityName = "subject";
//// Specify the columns to retrieve
ColumnSet columns = new ColumnSet();
columns.AddColumns(new string[] { "subjectid", "parentsubject", "title", "description" });
query.ColumnSet = columns;
RetrieveMultipleRequest retrieveMultipleRequest = new RetrieveMultipleRequest();
retrieveMultipleRequest.ReturnDynamicEntities = true;
retrieveMultipleRequest.Query = query;
RetrieveMultipleResponse retrieved = (RetrieveMultipleResponse)crmService.Execute(retrieveMultipleRequest);
BusinessEntityCollection businessUpdate = retrieved.BusinessEntityCollection;
//// Execute the query and return the result
foreach (BusinessEntity bechild in businessUpdate.BusinessEntities)
{
string parentId = string.Empty;
string currentTitle = string.Empty;
string fullName = string.Empty;
string formattedName = string.Empty;
DynamicEntity de = (DynamicEntity)bechild;
if (de.Properties.Contains("parentsubject"))
{
parentId = ((Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmReference)de.Properties["parentsubject"]).Value.ToString();
currentTitle = de.Properties["title"].ToString();
fullName = this.GetParentName(crmService, ((Key)de.Properties["subjectid"]).Value.ToString()) + "." + currentTitle;
formattedName = fullName.Remove(0, 1);
}
string subjectId = ((Key)de.Properties["subjectid"]).Value.ToString();
string title = de.Properties["title"].ToString();
var lookupPropertySubject = new LookupProperty();
lookupPropertySubject.Name = "new_subject";
var lookupSubject = new Lookup();
lookupSubject.type = "subject";
lookupSubject.Value = new Guid(subjectId);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(formattedName))
{
lookupSubject.name = title;
}
else
{
lookupSubject.name = formattedName;
}
lookupPropertySubject.Value = lookupSubject;
CreateNewRecord(subjectId, parentId, lookupPropertySubject, crmService);
}
public string GetParentName(CrmService crmService, string subjectId)
{
////string parentName = string.Empty;
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression();
//// Setup the query for the new_decisiontreenode entity
query.EntityName = "subject";
//// Specify the columns to retrieve
ColumnSet columns = new ColumnSet();
columns.AddColumns(new string[] { "subjectid", "parentsubject", "title", "description" });
////ColumnSet columns= new AllColumns();
query.ColumnSet = columns;
//// Create the new_parentid condition
ConditionExpression condition1 = new ConditionExpression();
condition1.AttributeName = "subjectid";
condition1.Operator = ConditionOperator.Equal;
condition1.Values = new object[] { subjectId };
////Create the FilterExpression
FilterExpression filter = new FilterExpression();
filter.FilterOperator = LogicalOperator.And;
filter.Conditions.Add(condition1);
query.Criteria = filter;
RetrieveMultipleRequest retrieveMultipleRequest = new RetrieveMultipleRequest();
retrieveMultipleRequest.ReturnDynamicEntities = true;
retrieveMultipleRequest.Query = query;
RetrieveMultipleResponse retrieved = (RetrieveMultipleResponse)crmService.Execute(retrieveMultipleRequest);
BusinessEntityCollection businessUpdate = retrieved.BusinessEntityCollection;
BusinessEntity businessEntity = businessUpdate.BusinessEntities[0];
//// Execute the query and return the result
DynamicEntity de = (DynamicEntity)businessEntity;
string fullName = string.Empty;
if (de.Properties.Contains("parentsubject"))
{
fullName = this.GetParentName(crmService, ((Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmReference)de.Properties["parentsubject"]).Value.ToString()) + "." + ((Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmReference)de.Properties["parentsubject"]).name.ToString();
}
return fullName;
}
Step 4 :
Creating new records in the custom entity:
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public static void CreateNewRecord(string subjectId, string parentId, LookupProperty subject, CrmService crmService)
{
if (crmService != null && subject != null)
{
if (!IsIdExists(subjectId, crmService))
{
var entityDecisionTreeNode = new DynamicEntity();
entityDecisionTreeNode.Name = "new_decisiontreenode";
var boolToBeEscalated = new CrmBooleanProperty();
boolToBeEscalated.Name = "new_tobeescalatedflag";
boolToBeEscalated.Value = new CrmBoolean();
boolToBeEscalated.Value.Value = true;
var newSubjectId = new StringProperty("new_subjectid", subjectId);
var newParentId = new StringProperty("new_parentid", parentId);
var subjectName = new LookupProperty("new_subject", subject.Value);
var subjectTitle = new StringProperty("new_title", subject.Value.name);
entityDecisionTreeNode.Properties.Add(newSubjectId);
entityDecisionTreeNode.Properties.Add(newParentId);
entityDecisionTreeNode.Properties.Add(boolToBeEscalated);
entityDecisionTreeNode.Properties.Add(subjectName);
entityDecisionTreeNode.Properties.Add(subjectTitle);
var targetCreate = new TargetCreateDynamic();
targetCreate.Entity = entityDecisionTreeNode;
//// Create the request object.
var create = new CreateRequest();
create.Target = targetCreate;
//// Execute the request.
crmService.Execute(create);
}
}
}
The above function turn calls IsIdExists function,which checks duplicate records are not created:
public static bool IsIdExists(string subjectId, CrmService crmService)
{
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression();
//// Setup the query for the new_decisiontreenode entity
query.EntityName = "new_decisiontreenode";
//// Specify the columns to retrieve
ColumnSet columns = new ColumnSet();
columns.AddColumns(new string[] { "new_subjectid" });
query.ColumnSet = columns;
//// Create the new_parentid condition
ConditionExpression condition1 = new ConditionExpression();
condition1.AttributeName = "new_subjectid";
condition1.Operator = ConditionOperator.Equal;
condition1.Values = new object[] { subjectId };
////Create the FilterExpression
FilterExpression filter = new FilterExpression();
filter.FilterOperator = LogicalOperator.And;
filter.Conditions.Add(condition1);
query.Criteria = filter;
RetrieveMultipleRequest retrieveMultipleRequest = new RetrieveMultipleRequest();
retrieveMultipleRequest.ReturnDynamicEntities = true;
retrieveMultipleRequest.Query = query;
RetrieveMultipleResponse retrieved = (RetrieveMultipleResponse)crmService.Execute(retrieveMultipleRequest);
BusinessEntityCollection businessUpdate = retrieved.BusinessEntityCollection;
if (businessUpdate.BusinessEntities.Count > 0)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
Step 5:
On Button Close click the following code has to be added:
private void ButtonClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
private void Utility_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
labelMessage.Visible = false;
}
Now just build and run the exe,you will find the records created automatically to your custome entity.
Hope this helps and let me know if you face any issues.
Happy Coding 🙂
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