RetrieveEntityRequest Class

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Contains the data that is needed to retrieve entity metadata.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Namespace:="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")> _
Public NotInheritable Class RetrieveEntityRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")] 
public sealed class RetrieveEntityRequest : OrganizationRequest

Example

The following example shows how to use this message. For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get an IOrganizationService interface. For the complete sample, see the link later in this topic.

RetrieveEntityRequest retrieveBankAccountEntityRequest = new RetrieveEntityRequest
{
 EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Entity,
 LogicalName = _customEntityName
};
RetrieveEntityResponse retrieveBankAccountEntityResponse = (RetrieveEntityResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(retrieveBankAccountEntityRequest);

Dim retrieveBankAccountEntityRequest As RetrieveEntityRequest = New RetrieveEntityRequest With {
 .EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Entity,
 .LogicalName = _customEntityName
}
Dim retrieveBankAccountEntityResponse As RetrieveEntityResponse = CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(retrieveBankAccountEntityRequest), RetrieveEntityResponse)

Remarks

Message Availability

This message works regardless whether the caller is connected to the server or offline.

Usage

Pass an instance of this class to the Execute method, which returns an instance of RetrieveEntityResponse.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges listed in RetrieveEntity Privileges.

Notes for Callers

You can use either the LogicalName or the MetadataId to specify the entity you want to retrieve.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
    Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages.RetrieveEntityRequest

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),

Change History

See Also

Reference

RetrieveEntityRequest Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages Namespace

Other Resources

Sample: Create and Update Entity Metadata
Customize Entity Metadata

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