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CallContext for Custom Service using JSON Endpoint in AX 7

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Posted on by mjjoachim 5

Hello,

Is it possible to specify a "CallContext" when calling a custom service at the JSON endpoint in the new Dynamics AX? I'd like to be able to specify the company.

I've tried specifying a "Company" request header and a "CallContext" request header but get a 500 response in both cases.

Thanks in advance.

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    Marcel Ferreira Profile Picture
    Marcel Ferreira Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi mjjoachim,

    If you're working with oData, to select an specific company you have to use something like this:
    http://[baseURI]/data/FleetCustomers?$filter=dataAreaId eq ‘usrt’&cross-company=true

    I believe for a custom service is the same, but I'm not sure.

    https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/dynamics-ax-7-services-technical-concepts-guide/


    Can you test and let us know?

    Regards,
    Marcel

  • mjjoachim Profile Picture
    mjjoachim 5 on at

    Thank you Marcel, I had not tried that.

    Unfortunately, it does not seem to work. I am using the following service address: usnconeboxax1aos.cloud.onebox.dynamics.com/.../Services[ServiceGroup]/[Service]/insert?$filter=dataAreaId eq 'USP2'&cross-company=true. If the user's default company is USP2 the call works. If the user's default company is not USP2, the call fails because of a referential integrity violation. So I think the call is OK, but using the OData syntax does not seem to be changing the company.

    Thank you though.

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    Mea_ 60,286 on at

    Hi mjjoachim,

    As far as I know there is no "company" context and it will return you data from user's default company. The only work around I have heared is to use "cross-company=true" query option and than filter by company in your application.

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    mjjoachim 5 on at

    Hi ievgen,

    It may be that there is no way to switch the company via the JSON endpoint for custom services. However, it is possible to pass a CallContext object for the same custom service via the SOAP endpoint. So it seems like it would be a pretty big oversight to omit it for the JSON endpoint.

    Just to be clear, I'm calling a Dynamics AX custom service, not the OData service.

    If I can't figure this out, I will resort to using the SOAP endpoint or manually switching the company within the service. But I don't think that is a good idea if there is a more standard way to do it.

    Thanks

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    Mea_ 60,286 on at

    Hi mjjoachim,

    Yep I probably missed part about JSON and thought that you are talking about OData.

    However, I have not heard about call context with JSON as well, here is a similar question on yammer

    www.yammer.com/dynamicsaxfeedbackprograms

    I don't know if you have access to it or not but solution that is proposed there is to pass company inside of JSON request and  do changecompany in your service manually.  

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