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Update field/custom field for Project (msdyn_project) entity - Project for the web (CDS API)

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Posted on by dwilliams123

I'm trying to see if anyone know if this error message is a limitation from Microsoft (CDS API):

"We’re sorry. You cannot directly do 'Update' operation to 'msdyn_project'. Try editing it through the Resource editing UI in Dynamics or via Project."

I'm basically trying to update a field/custom field of a project item in the msdyn_project entity, and we are using the Project for the web. For some reason the API always response with the above error message. I tried doing a 'PATCH' to that specific item.

Does anyone here ever figure how to update an existing item in the 'Project' entity for Project for the web via the CDS API? Is it even possible? I know if we are not using the project for the web, the Project entity is updatable just fine.

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Bipin D365 28,983 Moderator on at

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Hi,

Could you please share your code to check this issue?

Have you tried updating from Rest builder tool?

RestBuilder Download link - github.com/.../releases

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dwilliams123 10 on at

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Hi!

I actually use Postman to try to do the patch.

PATCH https://{InstanceURL}/api/data/v9.0/msdyn_projects({GUID})

The body:

{

"msdyn_subject": "Test A",

"msdyn_effort": 17

}

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pcrozer 25 on at

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Hi!

Did you get anywhere with this? I'm trying to do a similar PATCH on msdyn_projecttask -- just trying to change the percent complete, but the API also says "We're sorry. You cannot directly do 'Update' operation to 'msdyn_projecttask'. Try editing it through the Resource editing UI via Project."

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dwilliams123 10 on at

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Sorry for the late response. I'm still getting the same issue till today to update existing tasks. Any clue/update from your end?

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