post EntityType

 

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Description: An activity feed post.

Entity Set path:[organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/posts

Base Type: crmbaseentity EntityType

Display Name: Post

Primary Key: postid

Primary Name Attribute: text

Properties

Lookup Properties

Single-valued navigation properties

Collection-valued navigation properties

Operations bound to post

Operations using the post entity type.

Properties

Properties represent fields of data stored in the entity. Some properties are read-only.

Name

Type

Details

createdon

Edm.DateTimeOffset

Description: Shows the date and time when the record was created. The date and time are displayed in the time zone selected in Microsoft Dynamics 365 options.

Display Name: Created On

Read-only property

modifiedon

Edm.DateTimeOffset

Description: Shows the date and time when the record was last updated. The date and time are displayed in the time zone selected in Microsoft Dynamics 365 options.

Display Name: Modified On

Read-only property

postid

Edm.Guid

Description: Unique identifier for entity instances

Display Name: Post

source

Edm.Int32

Description: Select whether the post was created manually or automatically.

Default Options:

1 : Auto Post
2 : Manual Post
3 : ActionHub Post

Display Name: Source

text

Edm.String

Description: Shows the text of a post. If this is a manual post, it appears in plain text. If this is an auto post, it appears in XML.

Display Name: Text

timezoneruleversionnumber

Edm.Int32

Description: For internal use only.

Display Name: Time Zone Rule Version Number

type

Edm.Int32

Description: Select the post type.

Default Options:

1 : Check-in
2 : Idea
3 : News
4 : Private Message
5 : Question
6 : Re-post
7 : Status

Display Name: Type

utcconversiontimezonecode

Edm.Int32

Description: Time zone code that was in use when the record was created.

Display Name: UTC Conversion Time Zone Code

Lookup Properties

Lookup properties are read-only, computed properties which contain entity primary key Edm.Guid data for one or more corresponding single-valued navigation properties. More information: Lookup properties and Retrieve data about lookup properties

Name

Single-valued navigation property

Description

_createdby_value

createdby

Shows who created the record.

_createdonbehalfby_value

createdonbehalfby

Shows who created the record on behalf of another user.

_modifiedby_value

modifiedby

Unique identifier of the user who modified the record.

_modifiedonbehalfby_value

modifiedonbehalfby

Unique identifier of the delegate user who modified the record.

_organizationid_value

organizationid

Unique identifier of the organization associated with the solution.

_regardingobjectid_value

Choose the parent record for the post to identify the customer, opportunity, case, or other record that the post most closely relates to.

_regardingobjectownerid_value

Unique identifier of the user or team who owns the regarding object.

_regardingobjectowningbusinessunit_value

Unique identifier of the business unit that owns the regarding object.

Single-valued navigation properties

Single-valued navigation properties represent lookup fields where a single entity can be referenced. Each single-valued navigation property has a corresponding partner collection-valued navigation property on the related entity.

Name

Type

Partner

createdby

systemuser EntityType

lk_post_createdby

createdonbehalfby

systemuser EntityType

lk_post_createdonbehalfby

modifiedby

systemuser EntityType

lk_post_modifiedby

modifiedonbehalfby

systemuser EntityType

lk_post_modifiedonbehalfby

organizationid

organization EntityType

organization_post

postregardingid

postregarding EntityType

post_PostRegardings

Collection-valued navigation properties

Collection-valued navigation properties represent collections of entities which may represent either a one-to-many (1:N) or many-to-many (N:N) relationship between the entities.

Name

Type

Partner

post_AsyncOperations

asyncoperation EntityType

regardingobjectid_post

post_BulkDeleteFailures

bulkdeletefailure EntityType

regardingobjectid_post

Post_Comments

postcomment EntityType

postid

Post_Likes

postlike EntityType

postid

Operations bound to post

The following operations are bound to the post entity type.

Name

Bound to

RetrievePersonalWall Function

Collection

RetrieveRecordWall Function

Collection

Operations using the post entity type.

The following operations use the post entity type in a parameter or return type.

Name

How used

Description

RetrievePersonalWall Function

entityset Parameter

Retrieves pages of posts, including comments for each post, for all records that the calling user is following.

RetrievePersonalWall Function

ReturnType

Retrieves pages of posts, including comments for each post, for all records that the calling user is following.

RetrieveRecordWall Function

entityset Parameter

Retrieves pages of posts, including comments for each post, for a specified record.

RetrieveRecordWall Function

ReturnType

Retrieves pages of posts, including comments for each post, for a specified record.

See Also

Use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API
Web API Action Reference
Web API Function Reference
Web API Query Function Reference
Web API EnumType Reference
Web API ComplexType Reference
Web API Metadata EntityType Reference

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