WhoAmIRequest Class

 

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Contains the data that is needed to retrieve the system user ID for the currently logged on user or the user under whose context the code is running.

For the Web API use the WhoAmI Function.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly:  Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy (in Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
    Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages.WhoAmIRequest

Syntax

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")]
public sealed class WhoAmIRequest : OrganizationRequest
<DataContractAttribute(Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")>
Public NotInheritable Class WhoAmIRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

Constructors

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethod WhoAmIRequest()

Initializes a new instance of theWhoAmIRequest class.

Properties

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubproperty ExtensionData

Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty Item[String]

Gets or sets the indexer for the Parameters collection.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty Parameters

Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty RequestId

Gets or sets the ID of an asynchronous operation (system job). Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty RequestName

Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

Methods

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethod Equals(Object)

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod GetHashCode()

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod GetType()

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod ToString()

(Inherited from Object.)

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 WhoAmIResponse.

Privileges and Access Rights

For a complete list of the privileges required, see WhoAmI message privileges.

Examples

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.


Console.WriteLine("Enabling auditing on the organization and account entities.");

// Enable auditing on the organization.
// First, get the organization's ID from the system user record.
Guid orgId = ((WhoAmIResponse)_service.Execute(new WhoAmIRequest())).OrganizationId;

// Next, retrieve the organization's record.
Organization org = _service.Retrieve(Organization.EntityLogicalName, orgId,
    new ColumnSet(new string[] { "organizationid", "isauditenabled" })) as Organization;

// Finally, enable auditing on the organization.
bool organizationAuditingFlag = org.IsAuditEnabled.Value;
org.IsAuditEnabled = true;
_service.Update(org);

// Enable auditing on account entities.
bool accountAuditingFlag = EnableEntityAuditing(Account.EntityLogicalName, true);

Console.WriteLine("Enabling auditing on the organization and account entities.")

' Enable auditing on the organization.
' First, get the organization's ID from the system user record.
Dim orgId As Guid = (CType(_service.Execute(New WhoAmIRequest()), WhoAmIResponse)).OrganizationId

' Next, retrieve the organization's record.
Dim org As Organization = TryCast(_service.Retrieve(Organization.EntityLogicalName, orgId, New ColumnSet(New String() {"organizationid", "isauditenabled"})), Organization)

' Finally, enable auditing on the organization.
Dim organizationAuditingFlag As Boolean = org.IsAuditEnabled.Value
org.IsAuditEnabled = True
_service.Update(org)

' Enable auditing on account entities.
Dim accountAuditingFlag As Boolean = EnableEntityAuditing(Account.EntityLogicalName, True)

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.

See Also

WhoAmIResponse
Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages Namespace
Organization entities
BusinessUnit entity
User and team entities
Sample: Audit entity data changes

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