Has anyone been successful in using alternate keys to update a lookup field when using web API?
I'm searching for examples online but can only see where the GUID is used.
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Does this blog post help: www.oak3.org/.../using-alternate-keys-webapi
I think it's the same issue you are referring to and after I figured out how to use it, I wrote a blog post on the subject.
It would look something like this to set a lookup value using the alternate key 'blg_alternatekey':
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url: /api/data/v8.2/contacts
method: POST
body: {
"firstname" : "john",
"lastname" : "smith",
"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind" : "/accounts(blg_alternatekey='blg12345')"
}
This should solve your query.
Dude, Have you tried to set Lookup field using Alternate Key? Kindly Suggest.
Hi
Did you find any solution for the same? I am facing the same issue and need to set Lookup field using Alternate Key.
Thanks,
Rahul
Please have a look in below blog:
[View:http://www.inogic.com/blog/2016/10/retrieve-update-and-delete-record-using-alternate-key-in-dynamics-crm-web-api/]
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