Resource entity messages and methods

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

A resource is a user or facility/equipment that has a calendar and can be scheduled for a service. The schema name for this entity is Resource. To view the entity metadata for your organization, install the Metadata Browser solution described in Browse the metadata for your organization. You can also view the metadata for an uncustomized organization in the Excel file called EntityMetadata.xlsx included in the top-level folder of the SDK download.

The following table describes the messages for this entity, which you use with the IOrganizationService.Execute method.

Message

Description

AssociateRequest

Creates a link between a record and one or more records that participate in a relationship. You can also use the IOrganizationService.Associate method. For more information, see Actions on entity records. For a list of default relationships for this entity, see Resource entity metadata. You can find this information in the metadata for your organization. See the preceding metadata browser information.

DisassociateRequest

Removes a link between a record and one or more records that participate in a relationship. You can also use the IOrganizationService.Disassociate method. For more information, see Actions on entity records. For a list of default relationships for this entity, see Resource entity metadata. You can find this information in the metadata for your organization. See the preceding metadata browser information.

InitializeFromRequest

Initializes a new record from an existing record provided that an attribute map is defined for the two entities. For more information, see Customize entity and attribute mappings.

RetrieveDuplicatesRequest

Detects and retrieves duplicate records for the specified record provided that duplicate detection is enabled and there are published duplicate detection rules for the entity. For more information, see Detect duplicate data.

RetrieveRequest

Retrieves a resource. You can also call the IOrganizationService.Retrieve method.

RetrieveByGroupResourceRequest

Retrieves all the resource groups to which the specified resource belongs.

RetrieveMultipleRequest

Retrieves a collection of resources. You can also call the IOrganizationService.RetrieveMultiple method.

See Also

Resource entities
Resource entity privileges
Equipment (facility/equipment) entity messages and methods