CRMContact.RetrieveSubLeads Method

The RetrieveSubLeads method retrieves the leads linked to the specified contact.

Syntax

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function RetrieveSubLeads(
  ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
  ByVal ContactId As String,
  ByVal ColumnSetXML As String
) As String
[C#]
public string RetrieveSubLeads(
  CUserAuth  Caller,
  string  ContactId,
  string  ColumnSetXML
);
[C++]
public: String* RetrieveSubLeads(
  CUserAuth*  Caller,
  String*  ContactId,
  String*  ColumnSetXML
);

Parameters

Caller

Specifies the identity of the caller. To perform this action, the caller must have the prvReadLead privilege and access rights on the objects to be retrieved. See CUserAuth.

ContactId

Specifies the ID of the contact.

ColumnSetXML

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 lead.xsd. See also ColumnSetXML Schema.

Return Value

Returns a String type that specifies the XML data representing the set of leads requested. The fields that are returned depend on what fields are specified in the ColumnSetXML parameter. This XML string is in the format

<leads> + lead1..N + </leads>

where the XML schema for each lead is described by lead.xsd.

Remarks

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";

// CRMContact proxy object
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMContact contact = new Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CRMContact ();
contact.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
contact.Url = strDir + "CRMContact.srf";

string strErrorMsg;
string strContactId = "{ECF99EF1-3858-4E06-ABD9-EBFE526BF9FF}";
try
{
   Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();

   // Set up the columns that you want to retrieve
   string strColumnSetXml = "<columnset>";
   strColumnSetXml += "<column>leadid</column>";
   strColumnSetXml += "<column>firstname</column>";
   strColumnSetXml += "<column>lastname</column>";
   strColumnSetXml += "</columnset>";

   // Retrieve the child leads for this contact
   string strLeadsXml = contact.RetrieveSubLeads(userAuth, strContactId, 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

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