Retrieve Entity Information from CRM 2011 Roll Up 12.

Hi,

Now we can retrieve entity information using a SDK method. i.e.. RetrieveEntityRequest

Here is the sample code of it.

RetrieveEntityRequest retrieveRequest = new RetrieveEntityRequest
{
      EntityFilters = EntityFilters.Entity,
      LogicalName = "entityname"
};
RetrieveEntityResponse retrieveEntityResponse = (RetrieveEntityResponse)objService.Execute(retrieveRequest);

EntityFilters is a enum. Here are the values of it.

Enum	Description
All	Use this to retrieve all data for an entity. Value = 15.
Attributes	Use this to retrieve entity information plus attributes for the entity. Value = 2.
Default	Use this to retrieve only entity information. Equivalent to EntityFilters.Entity. Value = 1.
Entity	Use this to retrieve only entity information. Equivalent to EntityFilters.Default. Value = 1.
Privileges	Use this to retrieve entity information plus privileges for the entity. Value = 4.
Relationships	Use this to retrieve entity information plus entity relationships for the entity. Value = 8.

Hope this helps.

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Happy CRM'ing
Gopinath.