Set Lookup Field Value using Javascript

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I am getting the below mentioned error while setting value on lookup field from account entity. Please have a look on it.

"UciError: Value should be of type: LookupValue[] with valid entity type.Entity type "account" is invalid."

I have used Xrm.Page.getAttribute(FiledName).setValue(lookupObjectValue);

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Dynamics365 Rocker 7,755 on at

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You have to write your code some thing like this:

var lookupVal = new Array();

lookupVal[0] = new Object();

lookupVal[0].id = accountid;

lookupVal[0].name = accountname;

lookupVal[0].entityType = "account";

Xrm.Page.getAttribute(FiledName).setValue(lookupVal);

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LeoAlt 16,341 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

Look up filed is a special field with two properties: Id and Value which makes a little difference between setting value to lookup and other fields.

So you need to set a lookup object to lookup field.

In addition, I prefer to use "ExecutionContext.getFormContext().getAttribute(fieldname)" in V9.0.

You could refer to the following code:

// GET and SET Lookup / Customer field value var functionName = function (executionContext) { // Access the field on the form var field = executionContext.getFormContext().getAttribute("parentaccountid"); // Verify it does exist on the form if (field != null) { // Get its field value; Returns the Lookup object var value = field.getValue(); // To get the Id, Name and Entity Name (account/contact) var reocord_id = field.getValue()[0].id; var record_name = field.getValue()[0].name; var record_entityName = field.getValue()[0].entityType; // Set its field value field.setValue([{ id: reocord_id, name: record_name, entityType: record_entityName }]); } }

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Leo

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bogzero 30 on at

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This working fine. Thank you!

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Kranthi Kiran Gulla... 105 on at

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Please the article which i have written, It gives complete details on how to set and why we need to set in that way.

d365learnings.blogspot.com/.../how-to-set-lookup-value-using-javascript-dynamics-crm-portal.html

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