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Missing components for a solution after adding a "customer field" can't be found

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Posted on by DirkCuthbertson

Hi,

I added a new custom field of type "Customer" (i.e. a lookup that can be set to be either a contact or an account) from within a solution I'm working on in my dev environment. I got an error message when I attempted to export to say I was missing some components:

A couple are entity relationships - odd they weren't added automatically as you would expect but I found and added them manually. Even with them added, they are showing as missing when I try to export.
There are then two fields that start with the same name as the new field but end with"...idtype" and "...name". I can't even find these in the overall schema to add them manually.

I can't believe I'm the first person to try to add a Customer type field into a solution but I can't find any other mentions of people having a problem like this. I think for now I'll just add separate Account and Contact fields but it'd be good to know what went wrong.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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RE: Missing components for a solution after adding a "customer field" can't be found

Hello Dirk,

I have no idea why is it happening, but I had the same issue when creating customer field on Lead. To add the missing fields you have to remove the customer field from the solution and add it again. Then select to add required components.

That fixed it for me.

Hope it helps.

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RE: Missing components for a solution after adding a "customer field" can't be found

Hi DirkCuthbertson,

We are facing the exact same issue, must be a bug due to the changes they are making on solutions management with PowerPlatform.

We have found a way to bypass the issue and correct previously created customer fields using solutions in PowerAutomate or PowerApps environment :

- we create a new solution there, adding just the correct entity with only the new field

- we merge this solution to our main solution using "Solution Components Mover" in XrmToolBox.

I havn't tried it, but I think that, creating fields directly from PowerApps solutions environment won't have the issue.

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RE: Missing components for a solution after adding a "customer field" can't be found

Hello Dirk,

If you created the field and the entity directly inside the solution you are exporting you shouldn't be facing any missing components error (for these entity components at least)

If this was created outside the solution that you are trying to export, have you tried to use add all assets?

Also, are you exporting this as managed or unmanaged?

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