Create records with related records
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Sometimes you will need to create a record with related records at the same time.
I used to create the related records before the parent record and then update them to set the reference of their parent. I wasn't satisfied by this method, so I searched on the Internet and there is a proper way to create related record.
It's pretty easy, I'll show you :)
I used to create the related records before the parent record and then update them to set the reference of their parent. I wasn't satisfied by this method, so I searched on the Internet and there is a proper way to create related record.
It's pretty easy, I'll show you :)
Here is a example of the method using Late Bound Entities :
public void CreateRecord()
{
Entity parentEntity = new Entity("new_parententity");
parentEntity["new_name"] = "Parent Entity";
// Create an collection of entity containing the associated records
EntityCollection childEntityCollection = new EntityCollection { EntityName = "new_childentity" };
// Add 3 children to the parent record
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
Entity childEntity = new Entity("new_childentity");
childEntity["new_name"] = string.Format("Child Entity {0}", i + 1);
childEntityCollection.Entities.Add(childEntity);
}
parentEntity.RelatedEntities.Add(new Relationship("new_parententity_childrenentities"), childEntityCollection);
// Create the parent record and the related records
// OrganizationService is an instance of the IOrganizationService interface
OrganizationService.Create(parentEntity);
}
Source : TechNet
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