Regarding The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

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Hi,

I am trying to use the DynamicsCRM's WebAPI (ODataV4) to query for data. Among all the entities, i could not query for the following entities that throws 400 Bad Request with the following message.

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request - (0x80040800) The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

This happens for the following entities.

calendarrules Its mentioned in the doc that GET/POST/PUT/DELETE is not supported for this entity. docs.microsoft.com/.../calendarrule

complexcontrols (In the doc its mentioned as For internal use)
postregardings (In the doc its mentioned as For internal use)
principalentitymaps
similarityrules
subscriptionmanuallytrackedobjects (In the doc its mentioned as For internal use)
subscriptionstatisticsofflines
subscriptionstatisticsoutlooks

What i would like to know is, how can i detect the fact that these entities are not queriable. I am expecting some sort of flag or indication in the corresponding entity type's metadata. With what i looked so far, there was no property signalling this fact. Please let me know, if i could look up for any Json property in the entity type's metadata to know that these entities can not be queried using the Web API (OData endpoint).

For the entity type's metadata i am using the endpoint - /api/data/v9.0/EntityDefinitions(LogicalName='calendarrule')

or /api/data/v9.0/EntityDefinitions(LogicalName='similarityrule')

Please suggest.

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NKB1 25 on at

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RE: Regarding The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

Thanks Clofly. Looks like there is property or flag in the entity type's metadata that indicates whether an entity is internal or can not be queried using Web APIs.
NKB1 25 on at

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RE: Regarding The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

Thanks a lot Leo, i am using the Web API and not C#. I tried the fetchXML style with the Web API for such entities, but it throws the same 400 bad request.

I option for us is to maintain a black list and hide these entities from querying.
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cloflyMao 25,202 on at

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RE: Regarding The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

Hi Partner,

You could import a solution called metadata browser into your CRM and view all entitie's metadata.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/developer/browse-your-metadata

After imported, it will display as a application menu.

Regards,

Clofly
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LeoAlt 16,331 on at

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RE: Regarding The 'RetrieveMultiple' method does not support entities of type 'similarityrule'

Hi partner,

Unfortunately, there is no such a tag in each entity properties. But the supported entities were listed in this DOC.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2015/developers-guide/gg678557(v%3Dcrm.7)

If you are using C#, to resolve this issue, you could use "ExecuteFetchRequest" method instead.

https://crmtipoftheday.com/796/long-live-executefetchrequest/

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Leo