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Using CDS to create Guides Templates from existing information

Is there a currently supported method for creating Guides via scripting or a program? I understand that the authoring will still require work in the desktop application and the hololens application to refine as well as place and anchor the holograms for the guides, but I am looking for a method to rapidly translate existing data into a basic Guides structure without needing to do all the data entry by hand.

I have a client I am assisting with implementing Guides. They have a wealth of data that they have parsed from a variety of sources, thousands of pages of documentation already split up and organized in a fashion they would like to bring into guides. Doing this by hand is not efficient or worthwhile. I am trying to confirm that creating some code or a helper application will allow them to dynamically instantiate templates or outlines of Guides without needing to do so by hand.

So far from my research and the documentation it seems that this is feasible through the Common Data Service and the Entities available for Guides.

However, while I see some minor details about the various entities available in Guides on this page- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/mixed-reality/guides/developer-entity-reference

I do not see any further details about these entities here- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/developer/about-entity-reference

Granted that last link is specifically for Dynamics CRM, but that link is on the Guides Page and I have not found any documentation providing in depth information on the entities available in Guides. I am looking for confirmation that creating and modifying entities through CDS is supported, and the detailed documentation about the entities available for Dynamics 365 Guides. Or, alternatively I am looking for methods that can be used to create custom, basic guide frameworks or outlines via scripting or a helper application rather than doing all the initial setup (for what is potentially thousands of guides) by hand.

Thank you

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