category EntityType

 

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

Description: Entity for categorizing records to make it easier for your customers to find them on portals and through search.

Entity Set path:[organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/categories

Base Type: crmbaseentity EntityType

Display Name: Category

Primary Key: categoryid

Primary Name Attribute: title

Properties

Lookup Properties

Single-valued navigation properties

Collection-valued navigation properties

Properties

Properties represent fields of data stored in the entity. Some properties are read-only.

Name

Type

Details

categoryid

Edm.Guid

Description: Shows the category.

Display Name: Category ID

categorynumber

Edm.String

Description: Shows the category number for customer reference.

Display Name: Category Number

createdon

Edm.DateTimeOffset

Description: Date and time when the record was created.

Display Name: Record Created On

Read-only property

description

Edm.String

Description: Type a detailed description of the category

Display Name: Description

exchangerate

Edm.Decimal

Description: Shows the conversion rate of the record's currency. The exchange rate is used to convert all money fields in the record from the local currency to the system's default currency.

Display Name: Exchange Rate

Read-only property

importsequencenumber

Edm.Int32

Description: Unique identifier of the data import or data migration that created this record.

Display Name: Import Sequence Number

modifiedon

Edm.DateTimeOffset

Description: Date and time when the record was modified.

Display Name: Modified On

Read-only property

overriddencreatedon

Edm.DateTimeOffset

Description: Date and time that the record was migrated.

Display Name: Record Created On

sequencenumber

Edm.Int32

Description: Enter a number to define the display position of the category in the hierarchy.

Display Name: Display Order

title

Edm.String

Description: Type a title for the Category.

Display Name: Title

versionnumber

Edm.Int64

Description:

Read-only property

Lookup Properties

Lookup properties are read-only, computed properties which contain entity primary key Edm.Guid data for one or more corresponding single-valued navigation properties. More information: Lookup properties and Retrieve data about lookup properties

Name

Single-valued navigation property

Description

_createdby_value

lk_category_createdby

Unique identifier of the user who created the record.

_createdonbehalfby_value

lk_category_createdonbehalfby

Unique identifier of the delegate user who created the record.

_modifiedby_value

lk_category_modifiedby

Unique identifier of the user who modified the record.

_modifiedonbehalfby_value

lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby

Unique identifier of the delegate user who modified the record.

_ownerid_value

ownerid

Enter the user or team who is assigned to manage the record. This field is updated every time the record is assigned to a different user.

_owningbusinessunit_value

owningbusinessunit

Shows the business unit that the record owner belongs to.

_owningteam_value

Unique identifier of the team who owns the category.

_owninguser_value

Unique identifier of the user who owns this category.

_parentcategoryid_value

parentcategoryid

Select an existing category article for the category.

_transactioncurrencyid_value

transactioncurrencyid

Choose the local currency for the record to make sure budgets are reported in the correct currency.

Single-valued navigation properties

Single-valued navigation properties represent lookup fields where a single entity can be referenced. Each single-valued navigation property has a corresponding partner collection-valued navigation property on the related entity.

Name

Type

Partner

lk_category_createdby

systemuser EntityType

lk_category_createdby

lk_category_createdonbehalfby

systemuser EntityType

lk_category_createdonbehalfby

lk_category_modifiedby

systemuser EntityType

lk_category_modifiedby

lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby

systemuser EntityType

lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby

ownerid

principal EntityType

owner_categories

owningbusinessunit

businessunit EntityType

business_unit_category

parentcategoryid

category EntityType

category_parent_category

transactioncurrencyid

transactioncurrency EntityType

transactioncurrency_category

Collection-valued navigation properties

Collection-valued navigation properties represent collections of entities which may represent either a one-to-many (1:N) or many-to-many (N:N) relationship between the entities.

Name

Type

Partner

category_parent_category

category EntityType

parentcategoryid

Category_SyncErrors

syncerror EntityType

regardingobjectid_category_syncerror

knowledgearticle_category

knowledgearticle EntityType

knowledgearticle_category

See Also

Use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API
Web API Action Reference
Web API Function Reference
Web API Query Function Reference
Web API EnumType Reference
Web API ComplexType Reference
Web API Metadata EntityType Reference

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