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Posted on by Ashok Chauhan

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Hi,

I have a on demand workflow where I need to update a field under accounts entity called "NotificationLinkID" which is a GUID.

Requirement is Every time I run a "On demand workflow", the value in the NotificationLinkID should be updated with a new GUID value.

How can I achieve above in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

Thanks

Ashok Chauhan

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

Unfortunately, there is no OOB workflow to do this.

You could create a custom workflow activity to do this and here are the code and results.

using System;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow;
using System.Activities;

namespace CustomWorkFlow
{
    public class Class1 : CodeActivity
    {
        [Output("newGUID")]
        public OutArgument<string> newGUID { get; set; }
        protected override void Execute(CodeActivityContext context)
        {
            System.Guid guid = new Guid();
            guid = Guid.NewGuid();
            string str = guid.ToString();
            this.newGUID.Set(context, str);
        }
    }
}

After run the workflow, the guid refersh to a new one.

About how to set up the custom workflow, you could refer to this blog.

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/creating-word-counter-custom-workflow-activity-in-dynamics-365/

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Leo

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Ashok Chauhan 5 on at

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Thanks for the solution. This worked perfectly

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Hi partner,

If my answer helped, please mark my answer as verified to close this thread and it could help other users with similar issues.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Leo

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