CRM 2016 Web API, how do I find entity type for Activityparty?

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From Javascript on the email form, I need to find the entitytype of the values in the partylist fields (from, to, regarding) of the parent email record. I'm currently trying to do this with the web API, but am not sure where to go next. I've used the following query:

"/api/data/v8.0/emails(" + parentEmailId + ")?$select=subject,_regardingobjectid_value&$expand=email_activity_parties"

This gets me some fields from the parent email record, and also the activityparty records for that email, but as shown in the web api reference here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/mt607938.aspx , this does not return the entitytype of the activityparty record, e.g. contact, systemuser.

Am i missing something here? Is there an easier way to find which type of record is in these fields?

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Saroj Das 3,355 on at

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Hi,

Can you please provide your code? So i can check what is missing.

Thanks,
Saroj

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Saroj Das 3,355 on at

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Hi,

Please check the below. You will get an idea.

scaleablesolutions.com/retrieve-activity-party-using-javascript-rest

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Saroj

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Saroj Das I'm really sorry to point on obvious thing but article you provided demonstrates how to work with ActivityParties using OrganizationData endpoint and TS mentioned WebApi.

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Saroj Das 3,355 on at

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Hi Andrii,

Thank you for pointing out this. Yes i know the requirement is on Web API instead of OData endpoint. But the select query will be same for both approach. Please correct me if i am wrong. I could have mention the query instead of complete post, sorry about that.

In this case, I think PartyId.Name will give the Entity Name. Please advise.

Best Regards,

Saroj

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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So in other words uppercase that works for Odata will work for WebApi as well and to get equivalent query for WebApi based on query for OData all I need is to replace server/.../OrganizationData.svc with https://server/api/data/v8.1/

Have I understood your reply "the select query will be same for both approach" in right way?

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Goutham A 2 on at

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Please check with activitypointer or activityparty in the query instead of email. Just add an where condition objecttypecode eq email

[organization URI]/api/data/v8.0/activitypointers

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Saroj Das 3,355 on at

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Hi Andrii,

Yes, you are correct.

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Saroj

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Saroj Das yes. Following queries are "100% equal".

Odata:

/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/EmailSet(guid'')?$select=Subject,email_activity_parties/ParticipationTypeMask,email_activity_parties/PartyId&$expand=email_activity_parties

WebApi:

/api/data/v8.0/emails()?$select=subject&$expand=email_activity_parties($select=participationtypemask,partyid)

Elliott

It looks like that it's not possible at the moment. May be Microsoft will give possibility to make it. Any chance you can rewrite your code to use SOAP endpoint instead of WebApi?

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Take a look at the activityparty._partyid_value and try using the annotations described here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg334767.aspx#bkmk_lookupProperty

The lookuplogicalname should be the type.

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Elliott 125 on at

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Hi Andrii,

Thanks for your response. I was hoping to get the partyobjecttypecode attribute, so thanks for confirming this is not possible. Hopefully Microsoft can implement this in the future.

Regards,

Elliott

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