I want to create a lookup field in which multiple options can be selected.
I dont want to do this using subgrid work around.
Can any one help with web-resource with multiselect dropdown?
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I'm afraid the multi-option set was exactly that. Taking an Option Set and making it a multi-option set. What you're asking for is significantly different.
Have you thought about creating a many-to-many relationship between the primary entity and the entity holding your lookup values?
You could do this and then put a small grid on the form which would give you a multi option lookup to an entity.
I did this recently so I can associate various hash tags to contacts and accounts in crm.
Other than this I know no other quick resolution to your issue.
Good luck
@Steve I want multi option set to take values from another entity. In Dynamics CRM multi option set has fixed values, I want those to be look up values. If your solution do the same could you plesae share it.
@Goutam Das, we cannot retrieve the selected values(in subgrid kind of multi select field) in quick view form or for any other validations
As others have alluded too, the online version of CRM supports multi-select options sets. I've used them with V9 and they are really cool.
I have also "rolled my own" multi-option set since CRM 2013 despite it not being supported. My advice would be to stick to the supported methods now available, or do a child entity. However, if you wanted to roll your own, the process is simple (if somewhat unsupported).
There are blogs online that explain, but for each option-set you have, you need to create a long enough string value to go with it. Then in java-script you override the drop-down control by adding tick-boxes to the options available, and then when you save the record, your save code has to walk through each option in the list that has been ticked and transfer the values to the string field with semi-columns (;) between each value. When your CRM form loads you read the string value and then walk the drop-down list ticking we option that was set.
It was a fudge back then, but worked... the new Microsoft version is much much better I would recommend that always.
Good luck
Steve
I don't see any reason to go with custom webresource for your requirement , may I know any difficulty you are facing with OOB solution that is adding subgrid. I would still encourage to go with subgrid to avoid custom code and additional page loading time, In addition using custom webresource you might face lot of challenges with unified interface as well.
Please share your scenario why you want to go with html webresource?
Hi
Since you are on CRM Online, it's definitely worth having a look at using the new lookup dialog launching options, it allows doing multi-select as well
community.dynamics.com/.../open-lookup-dialog-programmatically-using-xrm-utility-dynamics-v9-0
butenko.pro/.../microsoft-dynamics-365-v9-0-lookupobjects-closer-look
The main benefit of the above is usability. Users are familiar with the lookup dialog throughout the system.
But if you do not want to go for this option, let us now we should be able to point you towards a custom web resource option
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