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Can't Hide Entity in Site Map

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Posted on by Kyle M Garrett 315

I'm editing the Site Map of a virgin (brand new) CRM 2011 Online organization.

I've been commenting out the XML for the entities I wish to hide.

I've done this successfully for all entities EXCEPT the 'Competitors' entity.

I've double checked the XML. The competitors entity is commented out, yet it still appears in the site map after the customizations have been published. Weird.

Is there some sort of dependency that forces it to stay? I've removed the competitor fields from the lead/opportunity forms.

See attached my Site Map Zip File.

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    Muhammad Adeel Javaid Profile Picture
    Muhammad Adeel Javaid 5,580 on at

    I am copying a link below and hope it will resolve your problem:

    mubashersharif.blogspot.com/.../crm-2011-privileges-in-sitemap-hiding.html

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    Muhammad Adeel Javaid Profile Picture
    Muhammad Adeel Javaid 5,580 on at

    You can also use the below XML and can also try it after replacing Entity="String" with Entity="false". This XML defines what will be displayed in the main pane of the application when selected.

    <SubArea

    AvailableOffline=["0" | "1" | "true" | "false"]

    CheckExtensionProperty="String"

    Client=["All" | "Outlook" | "OutlookLaptopClient" | "OutlookWorkstationClient"  | "Web" ]

    Description="String"

    DescriptionResourceId="String"

    Entity="String"

    GetStartedPanePath="String"

    GetStartedPanePathAdmin="String"

    GetStartedPanePathAdminOutlook="String"

    GetStartedPanePathOutlook="String"

    Icon="String"

    Id="String"

    License="String"

    OutlookShortcutIcon="String"

    PassParams=["0" | "1" | "true" | "false"]

    ResourceId="String"

    Sku=["All" | "OnPremise" | "Live" | "SPLA"]

    Title="String"

    Url="String">

    <Titles />

    <Descriptions />

    <Privilege/>

    </SubArea>

  • Kyle M Garrett Profile Picture
    Kyle M Garrett 315 on at

    Thank you for your response Muhammad.

    I've tried the solution you posted of setting the entity= 'false'. It didn't work for whatever reason. The entity is still visible.

    I've also tried using the SiteMap Editor (which should be easy to use), but I can't get it to connect properly to my CRM organization (CRM Online within Office 365).

    This is something that should be really easy to change, i'm puzzled as to why it's not.

    Microsoft should build a sitemap editor right into the CRM application. It shouldn't require messing with import/export solutions and using third party editors.

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    Muhammad Adeel Javaid Profile Picture
    Muhammad Adeel Javaid 5,580 on at

    Ok. I am copying a link below and I am sure that it will be of help for you:

    social.microsoft.com/.../fa1bf5b8-1f85-4b5e-bfe2-1783a4ae91c7

    Regards

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    thanga prakash Profile Picture
    thanga prakash 35 on at

    In the left hand side panel of sitemap editor, you could see the entities. Just right click on the entity, then 'Disable' the entity. It won't appear anymore, but at the sametime the entity has not been deleted.

  • AFTAB HUSSAIN Profile Picture
    AFTAB HUSSAIN Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Kyle,

    Please refer the links below.

    social.microsoft.com/.../how-can-i-hide-unnecessary-entities-in-crm-2011

    social.msdn.microsoft.com/.../crm-2011-hide-add-and-add-existing-for-specific-relationship

    social.microsoft.com/.../how-to-hide-navigation-group-in-crm-2011-entity-

    social.microsoft.com/.../crm-2011-globally-hideremove-all-references-to-an-entity

    I hope these help.

    Thank You !

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    Vijay Waghmare Profile Picture
    Vijay Waghmare on at

    Hi,

    You can hide left hand navigation link/enity by using javascript at runtime(in supported way). Use below code on page load event of the entity form,

    Xrm.Page.ui.navigation.items.get(“linked”).setVisible(false);

    You can a link-id using IE developer tollbor(press F12 on entity form to trace the link id).

    Thanks,

    Vijay

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    Vijay Waghmare on at

    is solution resolve your concern?

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