Getting Parent Entity information on Quick Create Form (using JavaScript)

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(Dynamics 365) Background: Account lookup is added on various entities. Creating new Account from lookup opens the quick create form.

I have a requirement where I need to get the parent entity information in JavaScript whenever the Account quick create is getting opened from lookup. I need to call different JavaScript functions based on the parent entity.

Please suggest ways to attain it.

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi Partner,

You could use the following JS code to get the entity name where you open the account QC form.

function getParent(){ var entity= window.parent.frames[0].Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName(); alert(entity); }

For example I opened the QC account form in contact, then this code got the contact entity name successfully.

Attention that this code is suitable for chrome, if you are using IE, please replace with "window.parent.frames[1."

Best Regards,

Leo

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Hi Leo,

Thanks for sharing this approach. I noticed that in UCI, I always get the value of window.parent.frames[0].Xrm.Page.data as null when the form is first loaded, if I refreshes the form then it is able to get the parent entity name. Any suggestion to fix that?

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi Partner,

You could try this code.

function getParent(){ var interval = setInterval(function () { if (window.parent.frames[0]!=null) { clearInterval(interval); var entity= window.parent.frames[0].Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName(); alert(entity); } }, 2000); }

Best Regards,

Leo

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello,

I would highly recommend to avoid unsupported approaches like usage of window, parent, frames and so on when there is a supported way on how you can achieve your goal - butenko.pro/.../

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi Partner,

Argue with Andrew, the code I provided is not supported in D365, Andrew's feature are provided by D365 Xrm library which will be more suitable.

Regards,

Leo

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Thank you Leo and Andrew, really appreciate the help!

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