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create multiple Entitys in a single request from a plugin

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Posted on by RyanCRM

I have a general question around efficiency and best practice. 

I have read on the Microsoft forum that I should avoid using ExecuteMultipleRequest in my plugins at all costs however it seems to me that its far less efficient to make say 10 calls when 1 call would do, so far my plugin has been working fine without issue however now I'm attempting another creation I'm hitting issues.

For example i have a plugin that updates the opportunity record with opportunityproduct(s), in this example I'm updating with 10 products,

i use ExecuteMultipleRequest to create the product entities in one transaction,
i use ExecuteMultipleRequest to set the state / status of the product entities (SetStateRequest) in one transaction,
i use ExecuteMultipleRequest to create productpricelevel entities 

- so far this process has taken between 3,000 - 3,531 ms 

I then use ExecuteMultipleRequest to create the Opportunityproduct entities in one transaction (there are only 10 records to create)

- plugin execution time drastically jumps to 120,036 causing time out error.


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    a33ik 84,325 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: create multiple Entitys in a single request from a plugin

    Let me re-read that for you.

    1. You read that ExecuteMultiple shouldn't be used from within a plugin.

    2. You develop a plugin and use ExecuteMultiple, your plugin hit the timeout error.

    3. You create a post here describing your issue.

    Doesn't it look for you contradictory?

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    RE: create multiple Entitys in a single request from a plugin

    This is where i read that ExecuteMultiple should not be used from within a plugin - docs.microsoft.com/.../avoid-batch-requests-plugin

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    a33ik 84,325 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: create multiple Entitys in a single request from a plugin

    Hello,

    Can you please provide a source where you read about the usage of ExecuteMultiple from plugins?

    It makes no sense because:

    1. Plugin is executed in transaction itself.

    2. Plugin's code is executed near-door to the Api of Dynamics, so there are no losses with travel time.

    My recommendation - don't use ExecuteMultiple from plugins. It makes sense to use it from other apps but not from plugins.

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