CRMAccount.BulkRetrieve Method
The BulkRetrieve method retrieves multiple accounts from the database.
Syntax
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function BulkRetrieve(
ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
ByVal Ids As String(),
ByVal ColumnSet As String
) As String
[C#]
public string BulkRetrieve(
CUserAuth Caller,
string[] Ids,
string ColumnSet
);
[C++]
public: String* BulkRetrieve(
CUserAuth* Caller,
String* Ids __gc[],
String* ColumnSet
);
Parameters
Caller
Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvReadAccount privilege and access rights on the objects being retrieved. See CUserAuth.
Ids
Specifies the IDs of the accounts to be retrieved. See Remarks below.
ColumnSet
Specifies an XML string describing the set of columns to be retrieved. Passing an empty string or null returns all columns (Nothing or "" in VB .NET). You can find the valid column names in account.xsd. See also ColumnSetXML Schema.
Return Value
Returns a String type that specifies the XML data containing the requested account information. The fields that are returned depend on what fields are specified in the ColumnSet parameter. This XML string is in the format
<accounts> + account1..N + </accounts>
where the XML schema for each account is described by account.xsd.
Remarks
The array of IDs passed in must not have any empty elements.
Unlike the Retrieve method, the XML string returned from this method may contain multiple objects. If no objects are returned the method simply returns an XML document for the object type with no data.
The XML string returned from this method does not contain elements for fields where the value is null or contains empty strings. This improves performance by not sending more XML data than is necessary from the server to the client.
If there is an error, SOAP throws an exception and the error message is reported in System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException.Detail.OuterXml.
All IDs passed to the platform are GUIDs wrapped in braces. For example: {6522D89A-A752-4455-A2B0-51494C6957C3}
Example
[C#]
// strServer should be set with the name of the platform Web server
string strServer = "myservername";
// virtualDirectory should be set with the name of the Microsoft CRM
// virtual directory on the platform Web server
string virtualDirectory = "mscrmservices";
string strDir = "https://" + strServer + "/" + virtualDirectory + "/";
// BizUser proxy object
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.BizUser bizUser = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.BizUser ();
bizUser.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
bizUser.Url = strDir + "BizUser.srf";
// CRMAccount proxy object
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMAccount account = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMAccount ();
account.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
account.Url = strDir + "CRMAccount.srf";
string strErrorMsg;
string strAccountId = "{ECF99EF1-3858-4E06-ABD9-EBFE526BF9FF}";
string strAccountId2 = "{72D46F0C-3855-4CA2-96E9-498E9BA08665}";
try
{
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();
string[] accounts = new string[2];
accounts [0] = strAccountId;
accounts [1] = strAccountId2;
// Set up the columns that you want to retrieve
strColumnSetXml = "<columnset>";
strColumnSetXml += "<column>name</column>";
strColumnSetXml += "<column>accountnumber</column>";
strColumnSetXml += "</columnset>";
string strAccountsXml = account.BulkRetrieve(userAuth, accounts, strColumnSetXml);
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException err)
{
// Process the platform error here
strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message + " " + err.Detail.OuterXml + " Source: " + err.Source );
}
catch (Exception err)
{
// Process other errors here
strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message );
}
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy
Assembly: Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.dll
See Also