UpdateEntityRequest Class

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Contains the data that is needed to update the definition of an entity.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Namespace:="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")> _
Public NotInheritable Class UpdateEntityRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")] 
public sealed class UpdateEntityRequest : OrganizationRequest

Example

The following example shows how to use this message. For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get an IOrganizationService interface. For the complete sample, see the link later in this topic.

EntityMetadata BankAccountEntity = retrieveBankAccountEntityResponse.EntityMetadata;

// Disable Mail merge
BankAccountEntity.IsMailMergeEnabled = new BooleanManagedProperty(false);
// Enable Notes
UpdateEntityRequest updateBankAccountRequest = new UpdateEntityRequest
{
 Entity = BankAccountEntity,
 HasNotes = true
};



_serviceProxy.Execute(updateBankAccountRequest);

Dim BankAccountEntity As EntityMetadata = retrieveBankAccountEntityResponse.EntityMetadata

' Disable Mail merge
BankAccountEntity.IsMailMergeEnabled = New BooleanManagedProperty(False)
' Enable Notes
Dim updateBankAccountRequest As UpdateEntityRequest = New UpdateEntityRequest With {
 .Entity = BankAccountEntity,
 .HasNotes = True
}
_serviceProxy.Execute(updateBankAccountRequest)

Remarks

Message Availability

For this message to work, the caller must be connected to the server.

Usage

Pass an instance of this class to the Execute method, which returns an instance of UpdateEntityResponse.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges listed in UpdateEntity Privileges.

Notes for Callers

You must publish the changes to the metadata before this change will be visible in the application. For more information, see Publish Customizations

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
    Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages.UpdateEntityRequest

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),

Change History

See Also

Reference

UpdateEntityRequest Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages Namespace

Other Resources

Sample: Create and Update Entity Metadata
Retrieve, Update and Delete Entities
Customize Entity Metadata

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