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How to change the ownerid on an account

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Posted on by BrianM2 10

Hi,

I am able to create a new account using the web API /api/data/v9.2/accounts. But when I do this. It allocates the account to the API account. How would I then change the _ownerid to the correct user after creation, if the _ownerid is a read-only property?

The goal is to export all accounts from another system to Dynamics  using the web API and then allocate these accounts to the correct users that also exist on the old system

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hello,

    Try to use following ownerid property setting:

    entity["ownerid@odata.bind"] = "/systemusers(956B410F-0F6E-E711-810E-00155D6FD705)";

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    BrianM2 10 on at

    Thanks for replying.

    I'm however not sure how the JSON string should look

    I have tried:

    POST /api/data/v9.2/accounts(6a09a29c-78c3-eb11-bacc-00224881adac)/ownerid

    {

         "ownerid@odata.bind":"/systemuser(151F639c-1c73-eb11-b1ab-000d3a253b40)"

    }

    Response

    A property 'ownerid' which only has property annotations in the payload but no property value is declared to be of type 'Edm.Guid'. In OData, only navigation properties and named streams can be represented as properties without values

    POST /api/data/v9.2/accounts(6a09a29c-78c3-eb11-bacc-00224881adac)/ownerid

    {

        "value": "ownerid@odata.bind"="/systemuser(151F639c-1c73-eb11-b1ab-000d3a253b40)"

    }

    Response

    an error occurred while validating input parameters

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Drop 'ownerid' piece from your post part like:

    POST /api/data/v9.2/accounts(6a09a29c-78c3-eb11-bacc-00224881adac)

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    BrianM2 10 on at

    Hi Andrew,

    I now get "Unmapped Request found, PathTemplate:~/entityset/key, HttpVerb:POST"

    Do you have an example of what the JSON should look like?

  • a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Brian,

    It would be easier to do the opposite way. Post what you have, I will correct it.

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    BrianM2 10 on at

    Hi Andrew,

    Below is a sample in VB.NET. I have commented out some of my other attempts.

    Private Sub btnUpdateAccount_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnUpdateAccount.Click

           Dim m_http As New MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP60

           Dim Responce As String = ""

           Dim _json As New JSON

           Dim tt() As JSON.AccountInfo

           Dim JSON As String = ""

           Try

               'JSON = "{""value"": ""123456789""}"

               'JSON = "{""value"":""/systemuser(151F639c-1c73-eb11-b1ab-000d3a253b40)""}"

               JSON = "{entity[""ownerid@odata.bind""]=""/systemuser(151F639c-1c73-eb11-b1ab-000d3a253b40)""}"

               'JSON = "{""ownerid@odata.bind"":""71872ae2-4eae-eb11-8236-00224881db1e""}"

              ' m_http.open("PUT", "/api/data/v9.2/accounts(6a09a29c-78c3-eb11-bacc-00224881adac)/accountnumber", False)

               m_http.open("POST", "/api/data/v9.2/accounts(6a09a29c-78c3-eb11-bacc-00224881adac)", False)

               m_http.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

               m_http.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " & pub_Token)

               m_http.send(JSON)

               Responce = m_http.responseText()

           Catch ex As Exception

           End Try

       End Sub

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Not familiar with VB so it's hard for me to give you exact the code. Here is what you have to send:

    {

    "ownerid@odata.bind": "/systemuser(151F639c-1c73-eb11-b1ab-000d3a253b40)"

    }

    Also, you will have to use "PATCH" instead of "POST".  Check this - docs.microsoft.com/.../update-delete-entities-using-web-api

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    BrianM2 10 on at

    Hi Andrew,

    Thanks for your help. I got it to work. I had to also change /systemuser to /systemusers.

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    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hello,

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