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Duplicate detection based on date fields

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HI Everyone,

I have custom entity with 3 attributes that are text field and two date fields start and end date .

i need to restrict creation of duplicate records based on all 3 fields and new record should not lie between the date range of existing one so how to achieve this please give solution  .

thank you in advance !

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    Bipin D365 Profile Picture
    Bipin D365 28,964 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    Hi,

    You should generate fetchXml using fetchXml builder tool in xrmtoolbox

    https://fetchxmlbuilder.com/

    Also, try to debug your code to see the generated fetchXml for syntax

  • RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    yes ,

    Exception Message: Invalid XML.

    ErrorCode: -2147220991
    HexErrorCode: 0x80040201

    ErrorDetails:
    ApiExceptionSourceKey: Api/PrePipeline
    ApiStepKey: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    ApiDepthKey: 1
    ApiActivityIdKey: 6c4375b8-5d99-4b2a-84c3-c35e86651678
    ApiPluginSolutionNameKey: System
    ApiStepSolutionNameKey: System
    ApiExceptionCategory: ClientError
    ApiExceptionMessageName: InvalidXml
    ApiExceptionHttpStatusCode: 400

    HelpLink: go.microsoft.com/.../

    TraceText:
    [DuplicateRecord: DuplicateRecord.Show]
    [4208fb01-21ee-ec11-bb3d-0022480a615d: DuplicateRecord.Show: Create of new_show]
    ActivityFeeds.Plugins.PluginBase.Execute(): Configuration is invalid. Skipping ActivityFeeds plugin execution (ConfigParam is null)
    ActivityFeeds.Plugins.PluginBase.Execute(): Configuration is invalid. Skipping ActivityFeeds plugin execution (ConfigParam is null)
    ActivityFeeds.Plugins.PluginBase.Execute(): Configuration is invalid. Skipping ActivityFeeds plugin execution (ConfigParam is null)
    ActivityFeeds.Plugins.PluginBase.Execute(): Configuration is invalid. Skipping ActivityFeeds plugin execution (ConfigParam is null)

    Activity Id: 44c768f8-19de-425e-a762-9edbab5fa22e

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    Bipin D365 Profile Picture
    Bipin D365 28,964 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    Hi,

    Are you getting any error ?

    Can you please tell the Data type behaviour of date & time field is set to Date only?

  • RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    HI Andrew,

    Please find the code below

    using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;

    using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Query;

    using System;

    namespace DuplicateRecord

    {

       public class Show : IPlugin

       {

           public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)

           {

               IPluginExecutionContext context = (IPluginExecutionContext)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IPluginExecutionContext));

               ITracingService tracingService = (ITracingService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(ITracingService));

               IOrganizationServiceFactory serviceFactory = (IOrganizationServiceFactory)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOrganizationServiceFactory));

               IOrganizationService service = serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);

               Entity show= null;

               string enddate = string.Empty;

               string startdate = string.Empty;

               if (context.InputParameters.Contains("Target") && context.InputParameters["Target"] is Entity) ;

               {

                   show = (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];

               }

               if ((show.Attributes.Contains("new_name") && show.Attributes["new_name"] != null) && (show.Attributes.Contains("new_showenddate") && show.Attributes["new_showenddate"] != null) && ( show.Attributes.Contains("new_showstartdate") && show.Attributes["new_showstartdate"]!=null))

               {

                   startdate = ((DateTime)show.Attributes["new_showstartdate"]).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

                   enddate = ((DateTime)show.Attributes["new_showenddate"]).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

                   string showQuery = $@"<fetch version='1.0' output-format='xml - platform' mapping='logical' distinct='false'>

                                         < entity name = 'new_show' >

                                         < filter type = 'and'>

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_name' operator= 'eq' value='{(string)show.Attributes["new_name"]}'/>

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_showstartdate' operator= 'on-or-after' value='{startdate}' />

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_showenddate'  operator= 'on-or-before' value='{enddate}' />

                                          </ filter >

                                          </ entity >

                                          </ fetch >";

                   EntityCollection retrivedShowRecord = service.RetrieveMultiple(new FetchExpression(showQuery));

                   if (retrivedShowRecord.Entities.Count > 0)

                   {

                       throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Duplicate show Record Detected");

                   }

               }

           }

       }

    }

  • RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    That i am trying , don't have now .

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    Where is the code of the plugin since you want to use it for duplicate detection?

  • RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    string fetchquery = @"<fetch version='1.0' output-format='xml - platform' mapping='logical' distinct='false'>

                                          < entity name = 'new_show' >

                                          < order attribute = 'new_name' descending = 'false' />

                                          < filter type = 'and'>

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_name' value = 'x' operator= 'eq' />

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_showstartdate' value = 'today' operator= 'on-or-after' />

                                          < condition attribute = 'new_showenddate' value = 'today' operator= 'on-or-before' />

                                          </ filter >

                                          </ entity >

                                          </ fetch >";

    i have this fetch xml

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    Hello,

    You can use FetchXml (and querying in general) to validate the data. Start writing the plugin, bring what you got here and I will help you.

  • RE: Duplicate detection based on date fields

    Can i use fetch xml on dates like on or after start date and on or before end date in plugin to achieve this

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