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What is the correct approach to set a field value on an entity (during creation) based upon metadata tied to the logged in user. For example, we have added a Business Unit field to our Account entity and when a user creates a new account I would like to default that field to the Business Unit to which the user is associated. Is this best done with Flow or another means?
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Hi Justin,
I've answered the above in your other post. Can you please review the same and let me know if this works -
community.dynamics.com/.../947603
If correct, kindly mark both threads as verified.
Hope this helps.
Pravin,
Thank you for the reply. As a newbie to D365 CRM a couple follow-ups:
1) Would you have recommended guide for the steps to create a "pre operation plugin"
2) Is there a reason you recommend a plugin instead of a Flow based solution?
Hi Justin,
I would suggest you to create pre operation plugin on create of account record. Using context you can retrieve user business unit.
Please refer below code for your reference:
IPluginExecutionContext context = (IPluginExecutionContext)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IPluginExecutionContext));
ITracingService tracingService = (ITracingService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(ITracingService));
IOrganizationServiceFactory serviceFactory = (IOrganizationServiceFactory)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOrganizationServiceFactory));
IOrganizationService service = (IOrganizationService)serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);
Guid UserId = context.UserId;
Guid BUId = Guid.Empty;
string BUXmlString = @"<fetch version='1.0' output-format='xml-platform' mapping='logical' distinct='true'>
<entity name='businessunit'>
<attribute name='name' />
<attribute name='parentbusinessunitid' />
<attribute name='businessunitid' />
<order attribute='name' descending='false' />
<link-entity name='systemuser' from='businessunitid' to='businessunitid' link-type='inner' alias='aa'>
<filter type='and'>
<condition attribute='systemuserid' operator='eq' uitype='systemuser' value = '" + UserId + @"' />
</filter>
</link-entity>
</entity>
</fetch>";
FetchExpression BUFetchXmlQuery = new FetchExpression(BUXmlString);
EntityCollection BUFetchXmlResult = service.RetrieveMultiple(BUFetchXmlQuery);
if (BUFetchXmlResult.Entities.Count > 0)
{
BUId = BUFetchXmlResult.Entities[0].Id;
}
Entity Account= (Entity)context.InputParameters["Target"];
Account.Attributes["fieldlogicalnameofbusinessunitonaccount"] = // Pass here entityreference of Business Unit entity
context.InputParameters["Target"] = Account;
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