Dynamics 365: Add Solution Components To An Unmanaged Solution With C# Code

The following code example will show you how to add solution components to an unmanaged solution specified in the SolutionUniqueName property using the AddSolutionComponentRequest Class. Adjust the ComponentType and ComponentId values depending on the type of component that you want to add to the solution.

//Retrieve a component (The contact entity is retrieved for this example).

var retrieveRequest = new RetrieveEntityRequest()
{
    LogicalName = Contact.EntityLogicalName
};

var retrieveResponse = (RetrieveEntityResponse)service.Execute(retrieveRequest);

//Add component to an unmanaged solution.

var addSolutionComponentRequest = new AddSolutionComponentRequest()
{
    ComponentType = (int)componenttype.Entity,
    ComponentId = (Guid)retrieveResponse.EntityMetadata.MetadataId,
    SolutionUniqueName = solution.UniqueName
};

service.Execute(addSolutionComponentRequest);

Dynamics 365 stores components of a CRM solution inside an entity called Solution Component. The componenttype field provides information on the object type code of these components. A complete list of these values can be found in the table below.

For solution components that derive from MetadataBase, the correct value of the ComponentId is the MetadataId property. For other solution components, use the property that is the unique identifier for the entity.