category EntityType
Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online
Description: Entity for categorizing records to make it easier for your customers to find them on portals and through search.
Entity Set path:[organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/categories
Base Type: crmbaseentity EntityType
Display Name: Category
Primary Key: categoryid
Primary Name Attribute: title
Properties
Lookup Properties
Single-valued navigation properties
Collection-valued navigation properties
Properties
Properties represent fields of data stored in the entity. Some properties are read-only.
Name |
Type |
Details |
|---|---|---|
categoryid |
Edm.Guid |
Description: Shows the category. Display Name: Category ID |
categorynumber |
Edm.String |
Description: Shows the category number for customer reference. Display Name: Category Number |
createdon |
Edm.DateTimeOffset |
Description: Date and time when the record was created. Display Name: Record Created On Read-only property |
description |
Edm.String |
Description: Type a detailed description of the category Display Name: Description |
exchangerate |
Edm.Decimal |
Description: Shows the conversion rate of the record's currency. The exchange rate is used to convert all money fields in the record from the local currency to the system's default currency. Display Name: Exchange Rate Read-only property |
importsequencenumber |
Edm.Int32 |
Description: Unique identifier of the data import or data migration that created this record. Display Name: Import Sequence Number |
modifiedon |
Edm.DateTimeOffset |
Description: Date and time when the record was modified. Display Name: Modified On Read-only property |
overriddencreatedon |
Edm.DateTimeOffset |
Description: Date and time that the record was migrated. Display Name: Record Created On |
sequencenumber |
Edm.Int32 |
Description: Enter a number to define the display position of the category in the hierarchy. Display Name: Display Order |
title |
Edm.String |
Description: Type a title for the Category. Display Name: Title |
versionnumber |
Edm.Int64 |
Description: Read-only property |
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 |
lk_category_createdby |
Unique identifier of the user who created the record. |
_createdonbehalfby_value |
lk_category_createdonbehalfby |
Unique identifier of the delegate user who created the record. |
_modifiedby_value |
lk_category_modifiedby |
Unique identifier of the user who modified the record. |
_modifiedonbehalfby_value |
lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby |
Unique identifier of the delegate user who modified the record. |
_ownerid_value |
ownerid |
Enter the user or team who is assigned to manage the record. This field is updated every time the record is assigned to a different user. |
_owningbusinessunit_value |
owningbusinessunit |
Shows the business unit that the record owner belongs to. |
_owningteam_value |
Unique identifier of the team who owns the category. |
|
_owninguser_value |
Unique identifier of the user who owns this category. |
|
_parentcategoryid_value |
parentcategoryid |
Select an existing category article for the category. |
_transactioncurrencyid_value |
transactioncurrencyid |
Choose the local currency for the record to make sure budgets are reported in the correct currency. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
lk_category_createdby |
lk_category_createdby |
|
lk_category_createdonbehalfby |
lk_category_createdonbehalfby |
|
lk_category_modifiedby |
lk_category_modifiedby |
|
lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby |
lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby |
|
ownerid |
owner_categories |
|
owningbusinessunit |
business_unit_category |
|
parentcategoryid |
category_parent_category |
|
transactioncurrencyid |
transactioncurrency_category |
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 |
|---|---|---|
category_parent_category |
parentcategoryid |
|
Category_SyncErrors |
regardingobjectid_category_syncerror |
|
knowledgearticle_category |
knowledgearticle_category |
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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