RetrieveEntityRequest Class

 

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

Syntax

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

Constructors

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethod RetrieveEntityRequest()

Initializes a new instance of the RetrieveEntityRequest class.

Properties

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubproperty EntityFilters

Gets or sets a filter to control how much data for the entity is retrieved. Required.

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 LogicalName

Gets or sets the logical name of the entity to be retrieved. Optional.

System_CAPS_pubproperty MetadataId

A unique identifier for the entity. Optional.

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.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty RetrieveAsIfPublished

Gets or sets whether to retrieve the metadata that has not been published. Required.

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 RetrieveEntityResponse.

Privileges and Access Rights

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

Notes for Callers

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

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.


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)

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

Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages Namespace
Sample: Create and update entity metadata
Customize entity metadata

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