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Custom Entity update: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary

Hi,

A Newbie here! I am trying my hands on Dynamics programming and testing out a basic code to update a custom entity that I created in a plugin.

Task I am trying to code is: when "sales rep" is assgined to to a zone (custom field "crdc2_repinzoneid") set field "status" (type:two option, name:crdc2_status) to "assigned" (See screenshot below)

Step is registered to fire on Entity Update at PostOperation (see screenshot below).

This is what I did in plugin code:

1. Create a new entity "sales rep" using context.PrimaryEntityId

Entity salesRep = new Entity("crdc2_salesrep", context.PrimaryEntityId);

2. Create attribute which needs to be updated:

salesRep["crdc2_status" = entity["crdc2_repinzoneid" == null ? false : true; //set value

3. Fire Update

service.Update(salesRep);

I debugged the plugin and at #3 I get the exception System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary

I fail to understand the reason here. The name "crdc2_status" exists in "crdc2_salesrep" entity.

What am I missing here!

Code:

public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
      //Extract the tracing service for use in debugging sandboxed plug-ins.
      ITracingService tracingService =
          (ITracingService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(ITracingService));
      IPluginExecutionContext context = (IPluginExecutionContext)
                serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IPluginExecutionContext));

      tracingService.Trace("SalesRepAssignedPlugin plgin: start execution4");
      if (context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") &&
          context.InputParameters["Target"] is Entity)
      {
        try
        {
          Entity entity = (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];
          var serviceFactory = (IOrganizationServiceFactory)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOrganizationServiceFactory));
          var service = serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);

          if (entity.LogicalName != "crdc2_salesrep")
            return;

          //create new entity with only fields that needs to be updated
          Entity salesRep = new Entity("crdc2_salesrep", context.PrimaryEntityId);
          //create attrib to update
          salesRep["crdc2_status"] = entity["crdc2_repinzoneid"] == null ? false : true;            //set value

          service.Update(salesRep);
        }
        catch (FaultException ex)
        {
          tracingService.Trace("SalesRepAssignedPlugin plgin ex: {0}", ex.ToString());
          throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("SalesRepAssignedPlugin plgin:siyapa!", ex);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
          tracingService.Trace("SalesRepAssignedPlugin plgin ex: {0}", ex.ToString());
          throw;
        }

      }

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