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Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

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Posted on by dkrishna 475

can any one suggest why iam not able to get new_area field in result of retrieverecord ?

new_area is lookup field in new_contry entity iam able to get new_name but not new_area do i miss anything here in select?

after retrieving record i want to set value to another lookup.

Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("new_contry", contryid, "$select=new_area,new_name").then(
function success(result) {
if (result != null) {
//set text field

//set lookup field
if (result.new_area != null) {
var object = new Array();
object[0] = new Object();
object[0].id = result.new_area.id;
object[0].name = result.new_area.name;
object[0].entityType = "new_area";
Xrm.Page.getAttribute(new_area1).setValue(object);
}

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  • Sai Yanamandra Profile Picture
    Sai Yanamandra 5 on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    Thank you very much for this clue. I was struggling with the same issue without knowing that I need to prepend column name with _ and append _ value for lookup columns. It works fine for me now

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    Mahendar Pal Profile Picture
    Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    Hi,

    You can check our sample here: http://himbap.com/blog/?p=2874

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    Community Member on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    arunpotti.wordpress.com/.../how-to-retrieve-a-record-in-dynamics-365-online-v-9-x-using-javascript-webapi

    Please refer the above link, In this link they have retrieved contact field lookup.

    Hope it will help.

    Thanks,

  • dkrishna Profile Picture
    dkrishna 475 on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    tried but It says property does not belongs to entity

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    Hi dkrishna

    You can try it with _new_area_value.

    Thanks,

  • dkrishna Profile Picture
    dkrishna 475 on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    its getting success but new_area field is not getting where as new_name field is showing in result.  . is that because of new_area is lookup field ?

  • Aric Levin Profile Picture
    Aric Levin 30,188 Moderator on at
    RE: Retrieve parent entity lookup field value from javascript

    Using developer tools F12, put a breakpoint on the line after function(success), and see if you ever hit that line.

    That will help pinpoint if the problem if the problem is with your api code of something else.

    Check the data in result, and if data exists, check the data in result.new_area.

    Hope this helps.

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