Dynamics CRM 2011 REST JSON - how to add an organizer to an appointment?

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Posted on by igormoochnick

When I create an appointment in the client-side script, I understand, I need to add an Organizer via a party list, but can't understand in what format it should be present. Please help!

The example below gives an error on an invalid Organizer field but works without an Organizer. How to add an Organizer?

var appointment = new Object();

appointment.Subject = "Test Appointment";
appointment.Description = "Test Appointment created using the BookRequest Message.";
appointment.ScheduledStart = DateToUTCFormat(new Date(y, m, d, 13, 0));
appointment.ScheduledEnd = DateToUTCFormat(new Date(y, m, d, 15, 0));
appointment.Location = "Office";

var organizerParty = new Object();
organizerParty.partyid = { type: "systemuser", Value: '{0a69fa75-92e3-df11-9ecd-00155d01ce0c}' };

appointment.Organizer = [ organizerParty ];

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Kjell W 140 on at

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I'd suggest you download and install the oData Query Designer solution from codeplex:

crm2011odatatool.codeplex.com

It's a great tool, that generates a query according to your personal selection. After that, you can execute the query and check the result in both the ATOM or JSON format.

Good practice: create a record in crm. Go to the oData Query Designer, select the fields you need, set up your filter so the query returns only 1 result and check out the format you want.

Hope this helps. Good luck!!

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Hi,

Party List is like a lookup, except it allows you to select multiple entities to associated with the field. In the CRM SDK, search for "Xrm.Page.data.entity attribute Methods". Please see the example for setting a value for Lookup. It must be an array.

However when using REST/JSON calls, you have to use EntityReference to support updating or insertion of related entities. There is not direct reference to PartyList in SDK.

However when you search for "Query Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Using the REST Endpoint" in SDK, you will see a reference to how to update a Lookup (aka EntityReference).

Based on what you see here, you can create an array of Entities, if there is more than one participant for the meeting and update the Party List.

+++++++++++++ SDK Snippet +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

EntityReference

The Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.EntityReference type represents a lookup. It corresponds to EntityReference.The following table lists the properties.

Name	Type	Description
Id	GUID	The unique ID for the record associated in the lookup.
LogicalName	String	The name of the entity.
Name	String	The value of the primary attribute for the record associated in the lookup.

The following example is an ATOM XML EntityReference:

Xml
<d:PrimaryContactId m:type="Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.EntityReference"> <d:Id m:type="Edm.Guid">76713858-5e81-df11-afdb-00155dba380a</d:Id> <d:LogicalName>contact</d:LogicalName> <d:Name>Cat Francis (sample)</d:Name> </d:PrimaryContactId>

Xml

<d:PrimaryContactId m:type="Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.EntityReference">
<d:Id m:type="Edm.Guid">76713858-5e81-df11-afdb-00155dba380a</d:Id> 
<d:LogicalName>contact</d:LogicalName> 
<d:Name>Cat Francis (sample)</d:Name> 
</d:PrimaryContactId>

The following example is a JSON EntityReference:

JScript
"PrimaryContactId" :{ "__metadata": {"type": "Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.EntityReference" }, "Id": "78713858-5e81-df11-afdb-00155dba380a", "LogicalName": "contact", "Name": "Cathan Cook (sample)" }

JScript

"PrimaryContactId" :{
    "__metadata": {"type": "Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.EntityReference" },
    "Id": "78713858-5e81-df11-afdb-00155dba380a",
    "LogicalName": "contact",
    "Name": "Cathan Cook (sample)"
}

+++++++++++++ SDK Snippet +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hope this helps.

Prabhakar Harita
SAIT Services Inc.

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