Business Rule Scope: Entity vs All Forms

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When creating a Business rule you have the option to set the scope. What is the difference between Entity and All Forms?

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Rajkumar Rajaraman on at

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JD,

If business rule is created with scope as “Entity” then the business rules will execute server side. This means that you do not need the CRM form for the rules to be executed. It can also be executed when you do updates to a record programmatically similar to the concept of Workflows and Plugins

Refer the following blog:

inogic.com/.../business-rule-updates-in-dynamics-crm-2015

Hope this helps.

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R.Rajkumar

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Refer this blog also:

adisys.wordpress.com/.../crm2015businessrules

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JDMCRM 1,799 on at

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Thanks for the information. It seems like entity is probably what I'm after then.

When faced with the two options, why would you not want it to execute server side?

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I guess if someone wanted to localise the changes to a single client?

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hello,

It depends on the requirement actually, when you just want to run your business rule at client side only, you won't select entity.

A simple example of hiding fields, you want to when user will open records based on some value specific field should be hidden using business rule.

Hope it will help.

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Rajkumar Rajaraman on at

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Walkthrough the following blog. It explains the limitations of Business Rule

community.dynamics.com/.../crm-2013-business-rule-workings-limitations-and-exam-notes

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JDMCRM 1,799 on at

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Thanks for the info, I have one more question about Client vs Server side not being technical myself.

If 'All Forms' only executes the Business Rule Client side, does that mean the Business Rule is carried out for the one client who creates the business rule, or all clients?

I'm assuming client side means the Business Rule applies to the client that created it, and Server side executes the Business Rule for all clients?

Is that correct?

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hello,

Here Client means the browser, if your business rules are not published using Entity, it will only run client side (browser), it does not means to specific user.

So for example I am changing something in entity form field associated with the business rule, it will fire . But if I am updating entity data using service call/SDK which do changes in server, business rule won't fire.

But in case of server side business rule, it will fire in above case.

Hope it will help.

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That's great thanks.

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hi On account i wrote a js cript on click of button to set a field value.On setting i made a BR to lock the field here scope is ACCOUNT as u said the field changing by JS so to excecute BR scope should be ENTITY. the logic has excuted though here account is my scope why?

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