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Getting Lookup field Value

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How to get different field values in a lookup field other than primary field value form another entity.

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    cloflyMao Profile Picture
    cloflyMao 25,210 on at

    Hi Partner,

    Lookup field only save three properties: record id, record name and record entity name, it is by design.

    You could create an extra query request to get more fields of the selected record.

    The code below is JavaScript version.

    var entityId = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("lookup_field_name").getValue()[0].id.replace('{', '').replace('}', '').toLowerCase();

var entityName = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("lookup_field_name").getValue()[0].entityType;

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl()   "/api/data/v8.2/"   entityName   "s"   "("   entityId   ")", true);
req.setRequestHeader("OData-MaxVersion", "4.0");
req.setRequestHeader("OData-Version", "4.0");
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if (this.readyState === 4) {
        req.onreadystatechange = null;
        if (this.status === 200) {
            var result = JSON.parse(this.response);
            console.log(result);
        } else {
            alert(this.response);
        }
    }
};
req.send();

    Please take articles below as reference for lookup field description:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/developers-guide/gg334767(v=crm.8)#retrieve-data-about-lookup-properties

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamics-crm4/developers-guide/cc189833(v=msdn.10)

    Regards,

    Clofly

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    Bipin D365 Profile Picture
    Bipin D365 28,983 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    Use expand properties in web api to get other field from lookup entity record.

    GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.0/accounts(00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001)?$select=name&$expand=primarycontactid($select=contactid,fullname) HTTP/1.1  

    As you can see in above api call, We are getting contact full name from primary contact lookup on Account.

    If found helpful, Please mark my answer verified.

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    Aditya Profile Picture
    Aditya 260 on at

    Hi,

    You can use the expand in your query to retrieve the lookup field value from another entity using Xrm.Webapi. An example is shown below :-

    //getting of userid from the context
    var userId = Xrm.Utility.getGlobalContext().userSettings.userId.replace("{", "").replace("}", "");

    //fetching user by id and expanding roles to get role names
    Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("systemuser", userId, "?$expand=systemuserroles_association($select=name)").then(
    function success(result) {

    //looping through all the roles available for user
    for (var i = 0; i < result.systemuserroles_association.length; i++) {
    //getting current role name
    var roleName = result.systemuserroles_association[i]["name"];
    }


    },
    function (error) {
    Xrm.Navigation.openAlertDialog({ text: error.message });
    }

    Please mark the answer as verified if it is useful to you !!

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