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Composite data entity manifest customisation

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Hello,

I have created a composite data entity that we will be using to import transfer order header and lines into the system, we are using a composite data entity rather than the standard ones for header and lines that are separate as we wish the system to automatically generate the transfer order number for the header and lines and as far as I am aware this is the only way to do it.

When downloading the package from the composite entity the manifest.xml file does not contain the individual field settings that it does when generating from a regular data entity such as below:

<EntityMap>

<ArrayIndex>0</ArrayIndex>
<EntityField>TRANSFERORDERNUMBER</EntityField>
<EntityFieldConversionList i:nil="true" />
<IsAutoDefault>false</IsAutoDefault>
<IsAutoGenerated>true</IsAutoGenerated>
<IsDefaultValueEqualNull>false</IsDefaultValueEqualNull>
<UseTextQualifier>false</UseTextQualifier>
<XMLField>TRANSFERORDERNUMBER</XMLField>

</EntityMap>

The import of these files will be automated so changing the mapping manually to set fields to Auto-Generate isn't an option.

Is it possible to set these values somewhere on the data entity or alter the composite data entity manifest to set these values? 

Cheers,

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  • Jerome! Profile Picture
    105 on at

    Hey Ben,

    I'm experiencing a similar issue. Did you manage to get it working in the meanwhile?
    Thanks

  • Ben W Profile Picture
    5 on at

    Hi Jerome,

    Unfortunately what I was trying to accomplish above was not possible by changing any values in the package, Microsoft confirmed that this functionality is not available for composite data entities.

    I got around the issue by creating an Odata action which when called would return the next available transfer order number as well as increment the number, we then added this step to our transfer order creation process, finally we changed the settings on the transfer order number sequence to allow using lower numbers.

    Hopefully that's of some help,

    Cheers,

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    ArunGarg Profile Picture
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    Hi ,

    Did you receive any solution related to this issue.

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    Arun Garg

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