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Hello Experts,
I am working on Virtual entity and i am retrieving data from Azure SQL database for that I have written OData which retrieves Sql data from Azure SQL Database. I am trying to mapping data to virtual entity fields but data is not showing.
OutPut of ODataservice:
URL: http://sqldb.azurewebsites.net/$metadata
{ "odata.metadata":"http://sqldb.azurewebsites.net/$metadata#Contacts","value":[ { "id":"1","Name":"abc1","Phone":"1111111111","Email":"abs@gmail.com","Address":"India" },{ "id":"2","Name":"abc2","Phone":"2222222222","Email":"afgs@gmail.com","Address":"India" },{ "id":"3","Name":"abc3","Phone":"3333333333","Email":"adfr@gmail.com","Address":"India" },{ "id":"4","Name":"abc4","Phone":"4444444444","Email":"sdy@gmail.com","Address":"India" },{ "id":"5","Name":"abc5","Phone":"5555555555","Email":"xyz@gmail.com","Address":"India" } ] }
But I am enable to get data, I am getting below type of error,
How to resolve that issue?
From References:
1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/virtual-entity-walkthrough-using-odata-provider
2. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/create-edit-virtual-entities
The reason is because there is no property of GUID type for your entity. To create a virtual entity and map it to CRM entity, there must be a GUID property. You can try this OData demo service and it will be fine:
NOTE:contactId will be GUID field which is necessary.
winstonodata4.azurewebsites.net/$metadata
...
"
</Key>
<Property Name="contactId" Type="Edm.Guid" Nullable="false"/>
<Property Name="name" Type="Edm.String"/>
<Property Name="address" Type="Edm.String"/>
<Property Name="email" Type="Edm.String"/>
Thanks for reply winston he,
I have added contactId as a guid and mapped on Primary Key but I am getting same error
URL: dynamisitysqldb.azurewebsites.net/$metadata
URL: dynamisitysqldb.azurewebsites.net/Contacts
for Virtual Entity Data Sources
TimeOut: 120
Pagination Mode: Server-side Paging
Return Inline Count: False
I tried all the possibilities into the url and pagination mode but getting same error,
There could be something wrong when the virtual entity is configured, you can raise a support team for Microsoft support team for further deeper investigation.
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