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Adding a lookup field to a custom entity adds all the lookup entity components to solution

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Posted on by Scott AU 7

In a DEV environment, I have created new solution with new entities in Dynamics 365 (online). In one of the new entities I added a lookup field to the Contacts entity. This has automatically added all the contact entity components to my solution (all fields, chart, views etc.). I would have expected that only the new relationship would have been added. Is this standard functionality?

I will eventually move this solution from my DEV environment as an unmanaged solution to a TEST environment that has additional managed solutions not in my DEV environment. These managed solutions contain fields on the contacts entity not in my custom solution. Will the additional managed solution fields remain un-impacted by the new solution import?

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    RaviKashyap Profile Picture
    RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at
    RE: Adding a lookup field to a custom entity adds all the lookup entity components to solution

    Hi,

    While adding the component, CRM ask you if you wish to add the related components. If you select yes then it will add other components otherwise not. When you import a solution, all the components in the target gets updated with the component you have in your solution. So if you have contact entity then it will override the contact entity as well along with other components. Ypu need to ensure that your solution only contains the compomnents which you want to export/ import.

    Hope this helps.

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    Scott AU 7 on at
    RE: Adding a lookup field to a custom entity adds all the lookup entity components to solution

    Hi Ravi,

    Thanks for the response. However I’m not manually adding components to the solution (i.e. using the “Add Existing” button in the solution). I’m just adding a new lookup field to a new entity so I can link it to the existing “contact” entity. I didn’t  get the option to determine what components of the “Contact” entity I wanted, CRM automatically included them all.

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    RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at
    RE: Adding a lookup field to a custom entity adds all the lookup entity components to solution

    In that case, it won't be adding the full contact entity but just the relationship which is related to that lookup field which is fine. Bottom line is , once you are done with your changes, takle a look at the compoments oin your solution and check if those needs to be remain in the solution or not. Just a best practice.

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    TNS 1,197 on at
    RE: Adding a lookup field to a custom entity adds all the lookup entity components to solution

    Hi,

    If i am right you have created a solution and in your custom entity you have created a lookup of contact entity , which will add the contact entity in your solution.

    So if you have not done any customization in contact entity and you don't want to take the contact entity in your solution you can remove the contact entity it will not affect your relationship between custom entity and contact entity(i.e. lookup which you have created in custom entity of contact). If you will not remove contact entity it will change the customization of contact entity also.

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