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how to find entity resides to which Module in crm

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Posted on by Rahul G J 605

Hi all,

I wanted to know how to find entity resides in which Module in crm. (progamatically)

Example: "Accounts" entity resides to which module ?

 I need to develop a code which tells me "Accounts" entity resides in Sales/Service module!

Thanks

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  • Tristan Profile Picture
    Tristan 161 on at

    You could use the sdk to download the SiteMap.xml file and then use XPath to query it to find out the Area under which the entity sits, some entities will appear under multiple areas unless you have edited the default Site Map.

    Thanks,

    Tristan

  • Rahul G J Profile Picture
    Rahul G J 605 on at

    Is there any code example that i can see how its done ?

  • Tristan Profile Picture
    Tristan 161 on at

    This code should allow you to download the Site Map:

                       var qe = new QueryExpression("sitemap");

                       qe.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(true);

                       EntityCollection ec = Service.RetrieveMultiple(qe);

                       siteMap = ec[0];

                       siteMapDoc = new XmlDocument();

                       siteMapDoc.LoadXml(ec[0]["sitemapxml"].ToString());

    It's from the XRM Toolkit Site Map Editor code.

    This is a great tool for building XPath queries: www.whitebeam.org/.../xpathtestbed.rhtm

    Thanks,

    Tristan

  • Rahul G J Profile Picture
    Rahul G J 605 on at

    This was a great post, but i unable to build xpath which tells me "Accounts" entity resides in Sales/Service module!

    Thanks

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    Community Member on at

    Hi,

    In that case you need to retrieve entity metadata, please refer the below link :

    crmprof.wordpress.com/.../how-to-retrieve-entity-metadata-using-net-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011

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    Tristan 161 on at

    Have a search on google for find nodes with specific child nodes, this StackOverflow answer has what you need:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10881179/xpath-find-all-elements-with-specific-child-node

    Essentially you're after Group nodes with SubArea nodes where the Entity attribute equals your value.

    Thanks,

    Tristan

  • Rahul G J Profile Picture
    Rahul G J 605 on at

    Thanks Tristan! indeed you gave me a very good solution!

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