Dynamics CRM how to get list of all entities
Thank you for your comment and answer it work now, this is my function
public static EntityMetadata[] GetEntities ( IOrganizationService organizationService)
{
Dictionary<string, string> attributesData = new Dictionary<string, string>();
RetrieveAllEntitiesRequest metaDataRequest = new RetrieveAllEntitiesRequest();
RetrieveAllEntitiesResponse metaDataResponse = new RetrieveAllEntitiesResponse();
metaDataRequest.EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Entity;
// Execute the request.
metaDataResponse = (RetrieveAllEntitiesResponse)organizationService.Execute(metaDataRequest);
var entities = metaDataResponse.EntityMetadata;
return entities;
}
and i call my function in the windows app form like this:
var allEntities = CRMHelpers.GetEntities(service);
foreach (EntityMetadata Entity in allEntities)
{
cbxEntity.Items.Add(Entity.LogicalName);
}
If you are looking for getting the entity metadata using code (C#) then we have inbuilt messages to get all entities and if required attribute level information as well. You can use the message "RetrieveAllEntitiesRequest". A sample code would be as follows to achieve the same.
RetrieveAllEntitiesRequest retrieveAllEntityRequest = new RetrieveAllEntitiesRequest
{
RetrieveAsIfPublished = true,
EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Attributes
};
RetrieveAllEntitiesResponse retrieveAllEntityResponse = (RetrieveAllEntitiesResponse)serviceProxy.Execute(retrieveAllEntityRequest);
If you need to get a specific entity information then you may use the message "RetrieveEntityRequest". A sample for the same would be as follows,
RetrieveEntityRequest entityRequest = new RetrieveEntityRequest
{
EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Attributes,
LogicalName = entityName,
RetrieveAsIfPublished = true
};
RetrieveEntityResponse entityResponse = (RetrieveEntityResponse)serviceProxy.Execute(entityRequest);
Hope this is what you were looking for. Let us know if you need any more information on the same.