Author: Furkan Karacan
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Property ‘field’ on type ‘Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.entity’ is not a navigation property or complex property. Only navigation properties can be expanded
This is a common error message when you are trying to use multi-type lookup fields(i.e regardingobjectid, customerid, activityid) in odata requests to expand(join) entities. It basically says the lookup field you are expanding to does not have a navigation property for that entity. You just need to tell the web…
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Dynamics 365 Web Api – How to Set Lookup Field Value
When updating lookup values, or using lookups in entities you must use the @odata.bind annotation to set the value. The syntax for this is: {field_name@odata.bind: “/entitypluralname(guid)”} Some examples: ownerid@odata.bind:”/systemusers(a30cbf7b-69cd-4299-b468-b4978f716af7)” opportunityid@odata.bind: “/opportunities(a30cbf7b-69cd-4299-b468-b4978f716af7)” For lookups that have different possible entity types(i.e regardingobjectid), this changes slightly (note the entity logical name at the…
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Dynamics 365 – Input and Output Parameters of Custom Actions
Actions in Dynamics 365 are a type of process that used to extend the functionality of Dynamics 365. You can invoke actions through a workflow, plugin, Javascript or API. We can pass the Input parameters to the custom Action and the results can be set as Output parameters. C# Code…
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Dynamics 365 – Make the Form Readonly with Javascript
To make the form read-only in Dynamics 365 you have 2 options. Either changing record status to Inactive or making all form fields disabled with Javascript. Changing record status to Inactive might not suitable for some business cases. For example you might want to make your form read-only based on…
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Dynamics 365 – Execute Custom Action From Javascript with Input and Output Parameters
In Dynamics 365, you can call an action directly from JavaScript with its inputs. This can be achieved using the WebAPI. First, let’s create a new custom action in Dynamics 365. Our action will accept RecordURL, Prefix, FieldsToIgnore parameters. Then it will create a copy of the Record by querying its…
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Dynamics 365 – Copy/Clone a Record with Custom Workflow Activity
By using below code, you can copy a record dynamically by using its URL property. You can execute this workflow activity from Javascript with WEB API or you can execute it inside of an Workflow and implement to any required business logic easily. All you have to do is create…
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