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Generate GUIDs for API use

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Posted on by zielus 5

Hi,

I'm trying to create new customer via BC api v2, but examples available in documentation contains id and name values which I would like to be set automatically - generated GUID and next available customer number like C00020. Acording to documentation I need to POST JSON body like this:

{
    "id": "f2a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "number": "10000",
    "displayName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "type": "Company",
    "addressLine1": "192 Market Square",
    "addressLine2": "",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772",
    "phoneNumber": "",
    "email": "robert.townes@contoso.com",
    "website": "",
    "taxLiable": true,
    "taxAreaId": "90196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "taxAreaDisplayName": "ATLANTA, GA",
    "taxRegistrationNumber": "",
    "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "currencyCode": "USD",
    "paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "shipmentMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "paymentMethodId": "3b196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "blocked": " ",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-08-21T07:38:44.293Z"
}

How to get id for new customer and 'next available' customer number?

When I omit id and number in request body I get "Invalid Request Body" error :/

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    jamescarrey Profile Picture
    jamescarrey 5 on at
    RE: Generate GUIDs for API use

    Thanks, Josh, for the helpful tip! Although I couldn't find an explicit option to select "No. Series"or UUID/Guid Generator for the Configuration template, I discovered that the issue actually resided in the JSON request body.

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    zielus 5 on at
    RE: Generate GUIDs for API use

    Thank you ZHU! I modified my json request body and now works like a charm :)

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 78,898 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    RE: Generate GUIDs for API use

    Hi, If you set the default No. Series for the Customer in BC, as long as you omit these two fields, the system will automatically generate it.

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    For example,

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    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    zielus Profile Picture
    zielus 5 on at
    RE: Generate GUIDs for API use

    Thank you Josh for the tip! I couldn't find an option to choose No. Series for Configuration template but figured out that the problem was in json request body itself.

    I think example request body available here:

    docs.microsoft.com/.../dynamics_customer_create

    is not correct. I had to remove from request body "taxAreaDisplayName" and "lastModifiedDateTime" fields and I finally get "201 Created" response :) Of course I omitted "id" and "name" and that fields was generated automatically.

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    JAngle 63 on at
    RE: Generate GUIDs for API use

    Within BC search for api setup and verify the template assigned to table 18 has a no. series assigned to it

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    then omit the fields from the POST action.

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