How to get the entity name from the public collection name

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Hi..I have the public collection name but I need to know how can I get the entity name by knowing the public collection name?

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Martin Dráb 239,022 Most Valuable Professional on at

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You can use Metadata search in Visual Studio to find the entity with this property value.

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Hi Martin,

can you give me the syntax, because i used metadata search by typing the public collection name directly but nothing is returned

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As you see, that's not how it works. Please look into documentation (Metadata search in Visual Studio) to learn how to use it the search.

In your case, it should be something like type:dataentity property:PublicCollectionName=CustomersV2. Unfortunately I don't have an environment on hand to test it.

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it didn't work... i tried to play with it but with no luck

type:dataentity property:PublicCollectionName=CustomersV3

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Hi junior AX,

Refer to the below links.

https://dynamicsaxtechstuff.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/how-to-search-in-d365-fo-via-metadata-search/

https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/daxology/posts/read-data-from-d365fo-using-powerapps

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Girish S.

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Hi Girish,

I already tried those but with no luck

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Hi junior AX,

Syntax should be like below screenshot.

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Girish S.

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Martin Dráb 239,022 Most Valuable Professional on at

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This is my suggestion fixed and tested. (I had to use dataentityview instead of dataentity):

type:dataentityview property:PublicCollectionName=CustomersV2

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