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Passing Multiple Guid In QueryExpression using ConditionOperator.In

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Posted on by Shahbaaz Ansari 6,211

Hi All,

i want to retrieve multiple accounts by passing multiple account guid in query expression. Below is my code 

Guid[] accoundIds = new Guid[2];
accoundIds[0] = new Guid("67B9EAD9-B305-E811-8103-XXXXXXXXX");
accoundIds[1] = new Guid("2D39D37E-E70B-E811-8121-XXXXXXXXX");
var getfavAccount = new QueryExpression();
getfavAccount.EntityName = "account";
getfavAccount.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("new_fav");
getfavAccount.Criteria.AddCondition("accountid", ConditionOperator.In, accoundIds);
EntityCollection retrieveAccounts = _serviceProxy.RetrieveMultiple(getfavAccount);

But i am getting below exception

{"The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: There was an error while trying
to deserialize parameter schemas.microsoft.com/.../Services:query. The InnerException
message was 'Error in line 1 position 8431. Element 'schemas.microsoft.com/.../Arrays:anyType'
contains data from a type that maps to the name 'System:Guid[]'. The deserializer has no knowledge of any type that maps to this name.
Consider changing the implementation of the ResolveName method on your DataContractResolver to return a non-null value for name 'Guid[]'
and namespace 'System'.'.
Please see InnerException for more details."}

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  • Suggested answer
    Seenivasan Profile Picture
    Seenivasan on at

    Hi Shahbaaz ,

    Instead of Specifying Account ID,  Try to filter the Query Expression based on Account Guid by Adding Filter Expression.

  • Shahbaaz Ansari Profile Picture
    Shahbaaz Ansari 6,211 on at

    Thanks SR for the reply, i also tried adding filter expression but no luck, below is my code

    Guid[] accoundIds = new Guid[2];

                       accoundIds[0] = new Guid("67B9EAD9-B305-E811-8103-XXXXXXXXX");

                       accoundIds[1] = new Guid("2D39D37E-E70B-E811-8121-XXXXXXXXX");

                       ConditionExpression condition = new ConditionExpression();

                       condition.AttributeName = "accountid";

                       condition.Operator = ConditionOperator.In;

                       condition.Values.Add(accoundIds);

                       FilterExpression filter = new FilterExpression();

                       filter.AddCondition(condition);

                       var getfavAccount = new QueryExpression();

                       getfavAccount.EntityName = "account";

                       getfavAccount.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("new_fav");

                       getfavAccount.Criteria.AddFilter(filter);

                       //getfavAccount.Criteria.AddCondition("accountid", ConditionOperator.In, accoundIds);                  

                       EntityCollection retrieveAccounts = _serviceProxy.RetrieveMultiple(getfavAccount);

  • Shahbaaz Ansari Profile Picture
    Shahbaaz Ansari 6,211 on at

    It is strange that when i am using In operator with link entity it is working fine...below is my code

    Guid[] arrayOfAccountId = new Guid[2];

                       arrayOfAccountId[0] = new Guid("67B9EAD9-B305-E811-8103-xxxxxxx");

                       arrayOfAccountId[1] = new Guid("2D39D37E-E70B-E811-8121-xxxxxxx");

                       var getOpportunityCount1 = new QueryExpression();

                       getOpportunityCount1.EntityName = "account";

                       getOpportunityCount1.LinkEntities.Add(new LinkEntity("account", "opportunity", "accountid", "parentaccountid", JoinOperator.Inner));

                       getOpportunityCount1.LinkEntities[0].EntityAlias = "opportunity";

                       getOpportunityCount1.LinkEntities[0].Columns.AddColumns("opportunityid");

                       getOpportunityCount1.LinkEntities[0].LinkCriteria.Filters.Add(

                          new FilterExpression()

                          {

                              FilterOperator = LogicalOperator.And,

                              Conditions =

                              {

                                              new ConditionExpression("parentaccountid", ConditionOperator.In,arrayOfAccountId)

                              }

                          }

                      );

                       getOpportunityCount1.Distinct = true;

                       OrderExpression order1 = new OrderExpression("accountid", OrderType.Ascending);

                       getOpportunityCount1.Orders.Add(order1);

                       EntityCollection retrieveOpportunityCount1 = _serviceProxy.RetrieveMultiple(getOpportunityCount1);

  • Suggested answer
    RaviKashyap Profile Picture
    RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at

    Hi Shahbaaz,

    Please refer the below blog which has the explanation of this and a solution. This looks like a known issue-

    mscrmuk.blogspot.com.au/.../unexpected-error-with.html

    community.dynamics.com/.../crm-2011-odd-error-with-query-expression-and-conditionoperator-in

    Hope this helps.

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    ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,477 on at

    Hi,

     using your original code, try this instead:

    getfavAccount.Criteria.AddCondition(

       new ConditionExpression("accountid", ConditionOperator.In, accoundIds));

    (for more details, have a look at this post:

    https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crmdavidjennaway/archive/2011/05/25/unexpected-error-with-conditionoperator-in-and-typed-arrays )

  • Shahbaaz Ansari Profile Picture
    Shahbaaz Ansari 6,211 on at

    Thanks Alex it worked, but can you tell me why my above code is not working?

  • ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,477 on at

    It seems to be because of this:

    " The constructor for ConditionExpression takes 5 overloads, and the compiler will use System.Collections.ICollection for the array of Guids. However, the AddCondition method only offers one type for the third parameter (params object[]). The result of this is that the code fails because the parameter is interpreted as object[] {new Guid[] { g1, g2 }}."

  • Suggested answer
    Prutal Profile Picture
    Prutal 10 on at

    i had the same issue.

    solution was to pass ids as array of strings instead on array of guids

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