Using EntityReference in SOAP CreateRequest

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Hi,

If I fetch a record for a user I can see the following section:

<b:KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>
<c:key>cust_address1country</c:key>
<c:value i:type="b:EntityReference">
	<b:Id>38bef25b-2d34-e411-80dd-005056a57719</b:Id>
	<b:LogicalName>cust_country</b:LogicalName>
	<b:Name>ANDORRA</b:Name>
</c:value>
</b:KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

If I try using the same snippet in a CreateRequest then I get the following error:

Element 'schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic:value' contains
data from a type that maps to the name 'schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic:EntityReference'.
The deserializer has no knowledge of any type that maps to this name.

Is it correct to add the record this way, or do I need a separate AssociateRequest call to link the country address field to the custom Country entity?

Thanks in advance.

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thordurg 30 on at

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RE: Using EntityReference in SOAP CreateRequest

Why Soap? Are you using the SDK? Then do it like this...

Entity account = new Entity("account"); account["cust_address1country"] = new EntityReference("cust_country", new Guid("38bef25b-2d34-e411-80dd-005056a57719")); service.Create(account);

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328416.aspx
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RE: Using EntityReference in SOAP CreateRequest

Hi Velors,

I would sugest you to use SOAPlogger to create the SOAP request.
refer:
https://xrmadvice.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/javascript-soap-xml-calls-made-easy-with-soap-logger/
http://mscrmtechie.blogspot.in/2015/09/soaplogger-to-generate-request-xml-in.html