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Removing field from form with managed solution

Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hi.

I have a managed solution, and I'm trying to remove a field from a form. I don't want to delete the field, I just removed it from the form in my dev environment. When I import the entity in a managed solution, the old field is still on the form in the target environment afterwards. How can this be removed? Or do I have to manually removing it via the customizations in the target environment?

Thanks.

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  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Thanks for your reply, but I'm using CRM 2011

  • MattB-MSFT Profile Picture
    MattB-MSFT on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    This feature is built into CRM 2016+

    You will notice a new option on the solution import screen called "Stage for Upgrade".   When you use stage for upgrade, the version of the incoming solution must be higher then the source solution, and they must have the same unique name.

    Stage for upgrade will import a holding solution, then when complete give you the option to "apply" the solution upgrade.

    This will replace the existing version of the solution with the new one, and any components not claimed by the new solution will be deleted.

    MattB.

  • Nausher Sayeed Profile Picture
    Nausher Sayeed 520 on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Hi,

    Check my response above for creating holding solution.

  • saadzag Profile Picture
    saadzag 1,145 on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    you have just to move them to another temporary section

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Thanks, but I'm reluctant to do that as I'm new enough to managed solutions.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Do this in dev? If I delete a section, will it delete the fields as well?

    Thanks

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    Nausher Sayeed Profile Picture
    Nausher Sayeed 520 on at
  • saadzag Profile Picture
    saadzag 1,145 on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    The last suggestion is that you delete the section where you have your field, and re create it, and put the fields that were there.

    I have already faced this problem that came from the section and not the field.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Yes, the whole entity is. I added in a new field, and that is appearing fine.

  • saadzag Profile Picture
    saadzag 1,145 on at
    RE: Removing field from form with managed solution

    Is the form in your exported solution?

    I guess yes.

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