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Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

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Posted on 7 Oct 2016 21:22:43 by Community Member

How can I retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a distinct view by ViewId, using C#.

The display names of the columns are not saved in the record itself of course, so from where can I get them using c#. I need the source.

Thanks.

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    Tim Dutcher Profile Picture
    Tim Dutcher 2,100 on 09 Oct 2016 at 00:25:10
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    With the SDK, you can query the savedquery entity by savedqueryid field (GUID). Be sure to return the field named "fetchxml" from the savedquery record.

    Once you have the view's fetch xml statement, you will need to parse the xml. You can identify the fields in the view by getting the "name" attribute's value for each "attribute" node. See the SDK for a sample of fetch xml. You'll see that the xml contains attribute nodes.

    Once you have the fields in the view, you can query CRM's metadata, using class RetrieveAttributeRequest, to get the display name of each of the fields.

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    Community Member on 08 Oct 2016 at 10:25:36
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    I want to retrieve the display names via c# code, I get the record, but the display names are not saved inside the record as they can be localized and differ by language...

    I found them in the database, but how to filter by view and get the right column order like in the view?

    I would prefer to go via SDK API...

    1. SELECT TOP 1000 [LocalizedLabelId]
    2. ,[LocalizedLabelRowId]
    3. ,[LanguageId]
    4. ,[ObjectId]
    5. ,[ObjectColumnName]
    6. ,[Label]
    7. ,[VersionNumber]
    8. ,[LabelTypeCode]
    9. ,[SolutionId]
    10. ,[SupportingSolutionId]
    11. ,[ComponentState]
    12. ,[OverwriteTime]
    13. ,[IsManaged]
    14. FROM [dbo].[LocalizedLabelAsIfPublishedView]
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    Community Member on 08 Oct 2016 at 10:22:27
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    on-prem using C# 

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    Nuno Profile Picture
    Nuno 2,005 on 08 Oct 2016 at 09:11:56
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    Hi,

    Views are stored on a entity named 'savedquery'.

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg328457.aspx

    you may do a retrievemultiple for those records

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg328457.aspx

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    PS Profile Picture
    PS 23,577 on 07 Oct 2016 at 22:57:46
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    Column names you can get just by exporting records from a view. ViewID you can get by pressing F11 when you are customizing the view.

    Let me know if you ar after something else

  • Tim Dutcher Profile Picture
    Tim Dutcher 2,100 on 07 Oct 2016 at 22:20:23
    RE: Retrieve all Display names of columns contained in a view by ViewId

    Online or on-prem?

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