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Posted on by Frosty8467 50

Hi Everyone,

Probably a really stupid question but I'm having a brain fade at the moment.

If I'm on the task form I can find the id of a task in javascript using

var sGUID = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();

But how do I get it if I call the Xrm.WebApi.retrieveMultipleRecords("task", "?$select=xxxxxx") from another entity?

Does anybody know the ID fields name? I need it so I can update things on the task should things change on a custom entity it's linked to like if the owner is changed on the custom entity the owner of all the uncompleted tasks gets changed also.

Thanks

Frosty

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  • Frosty8467 Profile Picture
    Frosty8467 50 on at
    RE: Task Entity ID

    thanks guys I thought that was it but when I tested it I got what I thought was the same GUID but it was only the last 12 characters that were the same. Like I said brain fade.

    Thanks for the help I will use that Rest builder from now on. 

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    gdas Profile Picture
    gdas 50,085 on at
    RE: Task Entity ID

    Hi ,

    I agreed with Aric , it's easy to create Web API  query using rest builder download it and import the solution in your crm instance.

    However ID field name of task is activityid for more details please refer -

    docs.microsoft.com/.../task

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    Aric Levin Profile Picture
    Aric Levin 30,188 on at
    RE: Task Entity ID

    You can use the activityid to get the Guid of the task record:

    ?$select=activityid

    If you are not familiar with CRM Rest Builder, I would recommend that you download it and install it in your environment.

    This will help you with the generation of your api calls. CRM Rest Builder does not have v9 api code generation, but it will still give you the query options that you need. You can download it form here:

    github.com/.../CRMRESTBuilder

    Hope this helps.

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