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How to get Standard and Custom fields/attributes of an Entity

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I am trying to get standard and custom attributes of an entity. I am using following API 

GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.0/EntityDefinitions(LogicalName='contact')/Attributes?$select=LogicalName,AttributeType,SchemaName,IsCustomAttribute,IsValidODataAttribute,EntityLogicalName&$filter=IsValidODataAttribute eq true and IsValidForRead eq true

Though it return all the attributes but when I try to get these attributes data by using following API

GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.0/contacts?$select=emailaddress3,slaid,emailaddress2,emailaddress1,.....

The API return response: "Could not find a property named 'slaid' on type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.contact'."

I get this message for following properties:

createdbyexternalparty, slaid, parentcontactid, slainvokedid, modifiedbyexternalparty, accountid, parentcustomerid

by removing these fields from select filter, API returns 200 response.

Is there is anything I am missing or need to add some filter while getting attributes information?

Thank you!

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    Guido Preite Profile Picture
    54,084 Moderator on at
    RE: How to get Standard and Custom fields/attributes of an Entity

    you get an error because lookup properties (like slaid or accountid in your call, but also the other fields you removed) they are not available to query with just the name but with the following syntax:

    _propertyname_value

    so like

    _slaid_value, _accountid_value

    hope it helps

  • Amit Katariya007 Profile Picture
    10,409 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: How to get Standard and Custom fields/attributes of an Entity

    Hi,

    You can easily get the lookup field data. please refer below article and make changes as per the article.

    carldesouza.com/.../

    Thank you,

    Amit Katariya

    Please verify this answer if it helped you to resolve the issue.

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