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Cannot change relationship behavior from Referential to Configurable Cascading

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Posted on by KrishnaReddy95 45

Hi All,

We have one custom entity to that entity we have 1:N relationship to Opportunity (custom entity - Opportunity) , by default the relationship behavior is Referential. When i try to change the relationship behavior from Referential to Configurable Cascading getting below error.

Error Message: The related entity has already been configured with a cascading or parental relationship.

I have cross checked the error message on this two entities but there is no relationship exist either with cascading or parental. Any leads on resolving this issue. Please post here.

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Thanks,

Krishna Reddy Yeruva

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    Nya 29,060 on at
    RE: Cannot change relationship behavior from Referential to Configurable Cascading

    Hi,

    There is a message in the error log saying that “Opportunity is parented to Entity with id: ……”.

    The “parented” here means one in which anything cascades, not just the parental type relationship.

    Here is a documentation on cascading behavior which you can refer to know more about how the actions of the entities governed by this relationship interact with each other:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/developers-guide/gg309412(v=crm.8)?redirectedfrom=MSDN#cascading-behavior

     

    Opportunity has this relationship with two entities by default – Contact and Account.

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    Also, you can find a Note which says that:

    A custom entity cannot be the primary entity in a relationship with a related system entity that cascades.

    in the following documentation.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/administering-dynamics-365/dn531171(v=crm.8)#create-or-edit-1n-relationships-between-entities

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    So "Referential: restrict delete" is the best option for you.

     

    If this helped you, I'd appreciate it if you'd mark this as a Verified Answer, which may in turn help others as well.

    Best Regards,

    Nya

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