OrganizationServiceContext Class

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

Represents the runtime context of the data service that is used to track Microsoft Dynamics CRM entities and that sends and receives entities from the server.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class OrganizationServiceContext
    Implements IDisposable

public class OrganizationServiceContext : IDisposable

Remarks

The organization service context class maintains state on the client between interactions with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web service to support features such as change management. This class also manages identities and tracks changes to Microsoft Dynamics CRM data. The organization service context class implements the IQueryable interface and a .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) query provider so you can write LINQ queries against Microsoft Dynamics CRM data.

Objects tracked by the organization service context are instances of entity types that represent data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. You can designate actions to be performed on these objects and the service context tracks the changes. When the SaveChanges method is called, the service context instructs Microsoft Dynamics CRM to generate commands to create, update or delete the entities the tracked objects represent.

The code generation tool (CrmSvcUtil.exe) can be used to create a custom instance of the OrganizationServiceContext class. This class includes customizations and provides helper properties and methods for working with entities.

Several enumerations are used with the OrganizationServiceContext class. The MergeOption enumeration indicates how changes are applied to Microsoft Dynamics CRM data. The SaveChangesOptions enumeration determines how changes are managed by the service context if an error occurs.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.OrganizationServiceContext

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),

See Also

Reference

OrganizationServiceContext Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client Namespace

Other Resources

Create Early-Bound Entity Classes with the Code Generation Tool (CrmSvcUtil.exe)
Use the Early Bound Entity Classes for Create, Update, and Delete
Use the Early Bound Entity Classes to Add or Update Associations Between Related Records
Sample: Use the Organization Service Context

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