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Retrieve list of fields of a specific entity

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Posted on by Mohsin Ali 3,634

I can retrieve list of entities exists in CRM using this walkthrough but I also want to access list of fields of a specific entity. Such as Account, I want to have list of all fields of this entity.

Any suggestion or walkthrough on it.

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
    Nithya Gopinath 17,078 on at

    Hi Mohsin Ali,

    We can retreive all the attributes(fields) of an entity using the following code.

    RetrieveEntityRequest req= new RetrieveEntityRequest
{
EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Entity,
LogicalName = "EntityLogicalName" // like "account"
};
RetrieveEntityResponse res= (RetrieveEntityResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(req);
EntityMetadata currentEntity = res.EntityMetadata;
foreach(AttributeMetadata attribute in  currentEntity.Attributes)
{
var attributeName  = attribute .LogicalName;
}


  • Mohsin Ali Profile Picture
    Mohsin Ali 3,634 on at

    Thanks Gopinath. I've 31 fields so far in CRM for account but it shows I have null in attributes.

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    Andreas Cieslik Profile Picture
    Andreas Cieslik 9,267 on at

    Hi Mohsin Ali,

    Nithya started correct but you need to provide a different EntityFilter option:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xrm.sdk.metadata.entityfilters.aspx

    Member nameDescription
    All

    Use this to retrieve all data for an entity. Value = 15.
    Attributes

    Use this to retrieve entity information plus attributes for the entity. Value = 2.
    Default

    Use this to retrieve only entity information. Equivalent to EntityFilters.Entity. Value = 1.
    Entity

    Use this to retrieve only entity information. Equivalent to EntityFilters.Default. Value = 1.
    Privileges

    Use this to retrieve entity information plus privileges for the entity. Value = 4.
    Relationships

    Use this to retrieve entity information plus entity relationships for the entity. Value = 8.

    Cheers,

    Andreas

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
    Nithya Gopinath 17,078 on at

    Hi Mohsin Ali,

    Please correct the code as follows.

    RetrieveEntityRequest req= new RetrieveEntityRequest
{
EntityFilters = EntityFilters.All,
LogicalName = "EntityLogicalName" // like "account"
RetrieveAsIfPublished = true
};
RetrieveEntityResponse res= (RetrieveEntityResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(req);
EntityMetadata currentEntity = res.EntityMetadata;
foreach(AttributeMetadata attribute in  currentEntity.Attributes)
{
var attributeName  = attribute .LogicalName;
}

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