IOrganizationService.Create Method (Entity)

Article
10/20/2016

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2015

Creates a record.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

[OperationContractAttribute]
[FaultContractAttribute(typeof(OrganizationServiceFault))]
Guid Create(
    Entity entity
)

[OperationContractAttribute]
[FaultContractAttribute((OrganizationServiceFault^::typeid))]
Guid Create(
    Entity^ entity
)

[<OperationContractAttribute>]
[<FaultContractAttribute(typeof(OrganizationServiceFault))>]
abstract Create : 
        entity:Entity -> Guid

<OperationContractAttribute>
<FaultContractAttribute(GetType(OrganizationServiceFault))>
Function Create (
    entity As Entity
) As Guid

Parameters

entity
Type: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Entity

Type: Entity. An entity instance that contains the properties to set in the newly created record.

Return Value

Type: System.Guid

Type:Guid
The ID of the newly created record.

Remarks

Message Availability

This message works regardless whether the caller is connected to the server or offline.

Not all entity types support this message offline. See Supported Entities later in this topic.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges on the entity that is specified in the entity parameter. For a list of the required privileges, see Create message privileges.

Notes for Callers

This method creates one record in a transaction. To create a record that has related records in a transaction, use CreateRequest.

By default the caller becomes the owner for the new record. However, for the caller to own the new record, it must have both Create and Read privileges for the entity. For more information, see Privileges by entity. Alternatively, you can set the ownerid property to the ID of another user.

The entity instance that is specified as a parameter must contain values for all the attributes where the RequiredLevel is set to SystemRequired. You can see this in the metadata topic for the entity. If the entity instance includes properties where IsValidForCreate is false, the values are ignored. You can find this information in the metadata for your organization. See the preceding metadata browser information.

For more information about the exceptions that can be thrown when this method is called, see Handle exceptions in your code.

Supported Entities

You can use this method to create any record of an entity that supports the Create message, including custom entities.

The following table shows the default entities that support this message. For the listed entities of this message, the Availability column shows Server if the caller must be connected to the server and shows Both if the caller can be either connected to, or disconnected from, the server.

Entity	Availability
Account	2 (Both)
ActivityMimeAttachment	2 (Both)
Annotation	2 (Both)
AnnualFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Appointment	2 (Both)
AsyncOperation	2 (Both)
AttributeMap	2 (Both)
BusinessUnit	2 (Both)
BusinessUnitNewsArticle	2 (Both)
Calendar	2 (Both)
Campaign	2 (Both)
CampaignActivity	2 (Both)
CampaignResponse	2 (Both)
ColumnMapping	2 (Both)
Competitor	2 (Both)
Connection	2 (Both)
ConnectionRole	2 (Both)
ConnectionRoleObjectTypeCode	2 (Both)
ConstraintBasedGroup	2 (Both)
Contact	2 (Both)
Contract	2 (Both)
ContractDetail	2 (Both)
ContractTemplate	2 (Both)
ConvertRule	2 (Both)
ConvertRuleItem	2 (Both)
CustomerAddress	2 (Both)
CustomerOpportunityRole	2 (Both)
CustomerRelationship	2 (Both)
Discount	2 (Both)
DiscountType	2 (Both)
DuplicateRule	2 (Both)
DuplicateRuleCondition	2 (Both)
DynamicProperty	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyAssociation	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyInstance	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyOptionSetItem	2 (Both)
Email	2 (Both)
EmailServerProfile	2 (Both)
Entitlement	2 (Both)
EntitlementChannel	2 (Both)
EntitlementTemplate	2 (Both)
EntitlementTemplateChannel	2 (Both)
Equipment	2 (Both)
ExchangeSyncIdMapping	2 (Both)
Fax	2 (Both)
FieldPermission	2 (Both)
FieldSecurityProfile	2 (Both)
FixedMonthlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Goal	2 (Both)
GoalRollupQuery	2 (Both)
HierarchyRule	2 (Both)
HierarchySecurityConfiguration	2 (Both)
Import	2 (Both)
ImportEntityMapping	2 (Both)
ImportFile	2 (Both)
ImportJob	2 (Both)
ImportMap	2 (Both)
Incident	2 (Both)
IncidentResolution	2 (Both)
Invoice	2 (Both)
InvoiceDetail	2 (Both)
IsvConfig	2 (Both)
KbArticle	2 (Both)
KbArticleComment	2 (Both)
KbArticleTemplate	2 (Both)
Lead	2 (Both)
Letter	2 (Both)
List	2 (Both)
LookUpMapping	2 (Both)
Mailbox	2 (Both)
MailMergeTemplate	2 (Both)
Metric	2 (Both)
MonthlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostAlbum	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostConfig	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostRuleConfig	2 (Both)
msdyn_wallsavedquery	2 (Both)
msdyn_wallsavedqueryusersettings	2 (Both)
Opportunity	2 (Both)
OpportunityClose	2 (Both)
OpportunityProduct	2 (Both)
OrderClose	2 (Both)
OrganizationUI	2 (Both)
OwnerMapping	2 (Both)
PhoneCall	2 (Both)
PickListMapping	2 (Both)
PluginAssembly	2 (Both)
PluginType	2 (Both)
Position	2 (Both)
Post	2 (Both)
PostComment	2 (Both)
PostFollow	2 (Both)
PostLike	2 (Both)
PriceLevel	2 (Both)
PrincipalObjectAttributeAccess	2 (Both)
ProcessSession	2 (Both)
ProcessTrigger	2 (Both)
Product	2 (Both)
ProductAssociation	2 (Both)
ProductPriceLevel	2 (Both)
ProductSubstitute	2 (Both)
Publisher	2 (Both)
PublisherAddress	2 (Both)
QuarterlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Queue	2 (Both)
QueueItem	2 (Both)
Quote	2 (Both)
QuoteClose	2 (Both)
QuoteDetail	2 (Both)
RecurrenceRule	2 (Both)
RecurringAppointmentMaster	2 (Both)
RelationshipRole	2 (Both)
RelationshipRoleMap	2 (Both)
Report	2 (Both)
ReportCategory	2 (Both)
ReportEntity	2 (Both)
ReportVisibility	2 (Both)
ResourceSpec	2 (Both)
Role	2 (Both)
RollupField	2 (Both)
RoutingRule	2 (Both)
RoutingRuleItem	2 (Both)
SalesLiterature	2 (Both)
SalesLiteratureItem	2 (Both)
SalesOrder	2 (Both)
SalesOrderDetail	2 (Both)
SavedQuery	2 (Both)
SavedQueryVisualization	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStep	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStepImage	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStepSecureConfig	2 (Both)
SemiAnnualFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Service	2 (Both)
ServiceAppointment	2 (Both)
ServiceEndpoint	2 (Both)
SharePointDocument	2 (Both)
SharePointDocumentLocation	2 (Both)
SharePointSite	2 (Both)
Site	2 (Both)
SLA	2 (Both)
SLAItem	2 (Both)
SLAKPIInstance	2 (Both)
SocialActivity	2 (Both)
SocialInsightsConfiguration	2 (Both)
SocialProfile	2 (Both)
Solution	2 (Both)
Subject	2 (Both)
SystemForm	2 (Both)
SystemUser	2 (Both)
Task	2 (Both)
Team	2 (Both)
TeamTemplate	2 (Both)
Template	2 (Both)
Territory	2 (Both)
TraceLog	2 (Both)
TransactionCurrency	2 (Both)
TransformationMapping	2 (Both)
TransformationParameterMapping	2 (Both)
UoM	2 (Both)
UoMSchedule	2 (Both)
UserEntityInstanceData	2 (Both)
UserEntityUISettings	2 (Both)
UserForm	2 (Both)
UserQuery	2 (Both)
UserQueryVisualization	2 (Both)
WebResource	2 (Both)
Workflow	2 (Both)
WorkflowDependency	2 (Both)
WorkflowLog	2 (Both)

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Create method to create an account record (early bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to instantiate an IOrganizationService interface. You can find the complete sample in the sample code package in the folder SampleCode\CS\GeneralProgramming\EarlyBound\CRUDOperations.cs.


// Connect to the Organization service. 
// The using statement assures that the service proxy will be properly disposed.
using (_serviceProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(serverConfig.OrganizationUri, serverConfig.HomeRealmUri,serverConfig.Credentials, serverConfig.DeviceCredentials))
{
    // This statement is required to enable early-bound type support.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();

    CreateRequiredRecords();

    // Instantiate an account object.
    // See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentation to determine 
    // which attributes must be set for each entity.
    Account account = new Account { Name = "Fourth Coffee" };

    // Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
    _accountId = _serviceProxy.Create(account);
    Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Name);

    // Retrieve the account containing several of its attributes.
    ColumnSet cols = new ColumnSet(
        new String[] { "name", "address1_postalcode", "lastusedincampaign", "versionnumber" });

    Account retrievedAccount = (Account)_serviceProxy.Retrieve("account", _accountId, cols);
    Console.Write("retrieved ");

    // Retrieve version number of the account. Shows BigInt attribute usage.
    long? versionNumber = retrievedAccount.VersionNumber;

    if (versionNumber != null)
        Console.WriteLine("version # {0}, ", versionNumber);

    // Update the postal code attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_PostalCode = "98052";

    // The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
    retrievedAccount.Address2_PostalCode = null;

    // Shows usage of option set (picklist) enumerations defined in OptionSets.cs.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_AddressTypeCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountAddress1_AddressTypeCode.Primary);
    retrievedAccount.Address1_ShippingMethodCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountAddress1_ShippingMethodCode.DHL);
    retrievedAccount.IndustryCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountIndustryCode.AgricultureandNonpetrolNaturalResourceExtraction);

    // Shows use of a Money value.
    retrievedAccount.Revenue = new Money(5000000);

    // Shows use of a Boolean value.
    retrievedAccount.CreditOnHold = false;

    // Shows use of EntityReference.
    retrievedAccount.ParentAccountId = new EntityReference(Account.EntityLogicalName, _parentAccountId);

    // Shows use of Memo attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Description = "Account for Fourth Coffee.";

    // Update the account record.
    _serviceProxy.Update(retrievedAccount);
    Console.WriteLine("and updated.");                    

    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete);
}


' Connect to the Organization service. 
' The using statement assures that the service proxy will be properly disposed.
_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig)
Using _serviceProxy
    ' This statement is required to enable early-bound type support.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes()


    CreateRequiredRecords()

    ' Instantiate an account object.
    ' See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentation to determine 
    ' which attributes must be set for each entity.
    Dim account_Renamed As Account = New Account With {.Name = "Fourth Coffee"}

    ' Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
    _accountId = _serviceProxy.Create(account_Renamed)
    Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account_Renamed.LogicalName, account_Renamed.Name)

    ' Retrieve the account containing several of its attributes.
    Dim cols As New ColumnSet(New String() {"name", "address1_postalcode", "lastusedincampaign", "versionnumber"})

    Dim retrievedAccount As Account = CType(_serviceProxy.Retrieve("account", _accountId, cols), Account)
    Console.Write("retrieved ")

    ' Retrieve version number of the account. Shows BigInt attribute usage.
    Dim versionNumber? As Long = retrievedAccount.VersionNumber

    If versionNumber IsNot Nothing Then
        Console.WriteLine("version # {0}, ", versionNumber)
    End If

    ' Update the postal code attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_PostalCode = "98052"

    ' The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
    retrievedAccount.Address2_PostalCode = Nothing

    ' Shows usage of option set (picklist) enumerations defined in OptionSets.cs.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_AddressTypeCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountAddress1_AddressTypeCode.Primary)))
    retrievedAccount.Address1_ShippingMethodCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountAddress1_ShippingMethodCode.DHL)))
    retrievedAccount.IndustryCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountIndustryCode.AgricultureandNonpetrolNaturalResourceExtraction)))

    ' Shows use of a Money value.
    retrievedAccount.Revenue = New Money(5000000)

    ' Shows use of a Boolean value.
    retrievedAccount.CreditOnHold = False

    ' Shows use of EntityReference.
    retrievedAccount.ParentAccountId = New EntityReference(Account.EntityLogicalName, _parentAccountId)

    ' Shows use of Memo attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Description = "Account for Fourth Coffee."

    ' Update the account record.
    _serviceProxy.Update(retrievedAccount)
    Console.WriteLine("and updated.")

    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete)
End Using

The following example shows how to use the Create method to create an account record (late bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to instantiate an IOrganizationService interface. You can find the complete sample in the sample code package in the folder SampleCode\CS\GeneralProgramming\LateBound\CRUDOperationsDE.cs.


// Instaniate an account object.
Entity account = new Entity("account");

// Set the required attributes. For account, only the name is required. 
// See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentatio to determine 
// which attributes must be set for each entity.
account["name"] = "Fourth Coffee";

// Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
_accountId = _service.Create(account);

Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Attributes["name"]);

// Create a column set to define which attributes should be retrieved.
ColumnSet attributes = new ColumnSet(new string[] { "name", "ownerid" });

// Retrieve the account and its name and ownerid attributes.
account = _service.Retrieve(account.LogicalName, _accountId, attributes);
Console.Write("retrieved, ");

// Update the postal code attribute.
account["address1_postalcode"] = "98052";

// The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
account["address2_postalcode"] = null;

// Shows use of Money.
account["revenue"] = new Money(5000000);

// Shows use of boolean.
account["creditonhold"] = false;

// Update the account.
_service.Update(account);
Console.WriteLine("and updated.");

// Delete the account.
bool deleteRecords = true;

if (promptForDelete)
{
    Console.WriteLine("\nDo you want these entity records deleted? (y/n) [y]: ");
    String answer = Console.ReadLine();

    deleteRecords = (answer.StartsWith("y") || answer.StartsWith("Y") || answer == String.Empty);
}

if (deleteRecords)
{
    _service.Delete("account", _accountId);

    Console.WriteLine("Entity record(s) have been deleted.");
}


' Instaniate an account object.
Dim account As New Entity("account")

' Set the required attributes. For account, only the name is required. 
' See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentatio to determine 
' which attributes must be set for each entity.
account("name") = "Fourth Coffee"

' Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
_accountId = _service.Create(account)

Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Attributes("name"))

' Create a column set to define which attributes should be retrieved.
Dim attributes As New ColumnSet(New String() { "name", "ownerid" })

' Retrieve the account and its name and ownerid attributes.
account = _service.Retrieve(account.LogicalName, _accountId, attributes)
Console.Write("retrieved, ")

' Update the postal code attribute.
account("address1_postalcode") = "98052"

' The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
account("address2_postalcode") = Nothing

' Shows use of Money.
account("revenue") = New Money(5000000)

' Shows use of boolean.
account("creditonhold") = False

' Update the account.
_service.Update(account)
Console.WriteLine("and updated.")

' Delete the account.
Dim deleteRecords As Boolean = True

If promptForDelete Then
            Console.WriteLine(vbLf &amp; "Do you want these entity records deleted? (y/n) [y]: ")
    Dim answer As String = Console.ReadLine()

            deleteRecords = (answer.StartsWith("y") OrElse answer.StartsWith("Y") OrElse answer = String.Empty)
End If

If deleteRecords Then
    _service.Delete("account", _accountId)

    Console.WriteLine("Entity record(s) have been deleted.")
End If

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