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above to retrieve the value in Javascript but unable to return it

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Posted on by TylerS.Dev 725

Hi,

I have code below to retrieve business unit of current user, the 1st console log console.log("BU from result: " + businessUnitName) shows the proper business unit name, but console.log("BU from GetBusinessUnit: " + businessUnitName) is showing as undefined, any advice is appreciated.

function GetBusinessUnit() {

var roleId = Xrm.Page.context.getUserId();
var businessUnitName;
Xrm.WebApi.online.retrieveRecord("systemuser", roleId, "?$select=_businessunitid_value").then(
function success(result) {
console.log(result);
businessUnitName = result["_businessunitid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];
console.log("BU from result: " + businessUnitName);
},
function(error) {
console.log(error.message);
}
);
console.log("BU from GetBusinessUnit: " + businessUnitName);
return businessUnitName;
}

  • TylerS.Dev Profile Picture
    TylerS.Dev 725 on at
    RE: above to retrieve the value in Javascript but unable to return it

    thank you, I used this and rewrite all functions of that js file to async function, it is calling the value correctly now.

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    TylerS.Dev 725 on at
    RE: above to retrieve the value in Javascript but unable to return it

    Guido Preite  Thank you for the reply and thank you for your Dataverse REST Builder, for some reason CRM REST Builder was able to read most entities I tried but stuck at loading when it try to retrieve fields from systemuser entity, and the Github repository for this tool does not seem to be accessible anymore.  Your tool was able to pull the fields that I needed.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: above to retrieve the value in Javascript but unable to return it

    Hi Tyler S,

    This is because Xrm.WebApi.online.retrieveRecord() is a async function. When you console.log 'businessUnitName', this function hasn't executed successfully. So you would get undefined. Please change you code like this:

    async function GetBusinessUnit() {
	var roleId = Xrm.Page.context.getUserId();
	var businessUnitName;
	var result = await Xrm.WebApi.online.retrieveRecord("systemuser", roleId, "?$select=_businessunitid_value");
	console.log("BU from GetBusinessUnit: "   result["_businessunitid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"]);
	return result["_businessunitid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];
}

    Since it returns a promise, so you could directly add async at function and await Xrm.WebApi.online.retrieveRecord() executed successfully is ok.

    Reference:

    docs.microsoft.com/.../retrieverecord

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    Guido Preite 54,081 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: above to retrieve the value in Javascript but unable to return it

    because the Xrm.WebApi is async, meaning that the lines

    console.log("BU from GetBusinessUnit: " + businessUnitName);

    are executed before the call is completed, you will need to rewrite your logic to handle an async pattern

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