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any way to query entity name by entity type code?

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Hello, I have a design that generically supports different types of entities. This design involves passing an ObjectTypeCode parameter as part of a request to a manager class.

So, for example, if a request with ObjectTypeCode = 112 is passed to the manager class then the manager class treats the request as an incident request because CRM defines an incident as having ObjectTypeCode 112.

I'm having problems using a QueryExpression for this. When I try to query "entity" or "entityview" through a QueryExpression, CRM returns the following error message:

The entity with a name = '[entityname]' was not found in the MetadataCache

Do you have any recommendations that I can follow to query an entity name by ObjectTypeCode?

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    yes you can pass entity name in the object type code

    get object type code

    var objectTypeCode = Xrm.Page.context.getQueryStringParameters().etc

    window.open("/DNS/notes/edit.aspx?hideDesc=1&pId=" + recordid + "&pType="+objectTypeCode+"", "", "width=500,height=200");

    object type code by entity name

    var selectQuery = "AnnotationSet?$select=AnnotationId&$filter=IsDocument eq true and ObjectTypeCode eq 'dns_match' and ObjectId/Id eq guid'" + objectid + "'";

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    That's insightful.  Thanks Guido.

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    I decided to go with a parameter of entity name instead of object type code.  Since QueryExpressions use entity name, using entity name as a parameter seems like a reasonable approach, especially given the fact that custom entity object type codes are not guaranteed to be the same across environments.

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