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Posted on by Eugene Voloshchenko

Hello, everyone!

Can you explain, what is the great purpose for next methods:

mapEntityToDataSource

updateEntityDataSource

mapDataSourceToEntity

In the context of Import job?

Thank you!

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Sukrut Parab 71,710 Moderator on at

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Maprntitytodatasource- to map inbound field to underlying target datasource

Updateentitydatasource - if you want to update any other table or record after creation the. You can override this method

MapdatasourcetoEntity- if you want to write any custom logic while exporting data out of the system you can override this method

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Hi Sukrut,

If I need to update a field in SalesTable after import (Sales Order Header V2 Entity) based on some business logic, what's the best place to put the code? The field is not part of the data entity.

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Sukrut Parab 71,710 Moderator on at

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Try PostLoad method

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Martin Dráb 237,976 Most Valuable Professional on at

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postLoad() is called after fetching data from database, which doesn't look useful in this case.
mapEntityToDataSource() sounds like a more appropriate place for the business logic. You can find examples in standard entities. For instance, CustCustomerEntity uses mapEntityToDataSource() to fill in MainContactWorker based on the value of EmployeeResponsibleNumber.

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Saurabh_star on at

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there is another method postTargetProcess(), both serves the same purpose? any pros and cons?

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Vishal Dhavgaye 405 on at

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Hi Saurabh,

Did you tried 'mapEntityToDataSource' method as Martin suggested, you should be able to write your business logic based on imported values in this method.

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Ahmed Osama Ibrahim 332 on at

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What is definition of data entity ?

is it classes that responsible of export and import

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Martin Dráb 237,976 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Ahmed, please look at Data entities overview. If you have more questions, please create your own thread with an appropriate title and tags.

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Mark JZ Yeap 240 on at

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One of these three will accomplish the requirement of "allows override of data after it has been inserted into target entity?

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nmaenpaa 101,162 Moderator on at

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Hi Mark,

didn't you already ask the same question here, and mark the answer as verified?

community.dynamics.com/.../i-have-imported-the-data-successfully-using-data-management-in-d365fo-i-want-to-check-if-it-is-possible-to-overwrite-the-method-after-data-is-imported-successfully

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