How to set a lookup value in CRM 2011 using C#
I want to assign a value to an attribute that is of type Lookup. How to do that in MS CRM 2011? The examples on web show only JavaScript, however the namespaces used in Javascript are not available in...
View ArticleWant to generate custom sequence of Serial No. in custom table with any Plugin
Dear All,I have a custom entity, and I want to maintain a sequence no. Like I have a custom entity with the name of citizen I want to generate a sequence no as my user creates a new citizen. I don't...
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addCustomView on incident owner lookup not working
Hi All,We have a requirement to add a custom view on owner look up of incident form ( incident has N : 1 OOB relationship with team entity)(Or in another words)We have a requirement to override Owner...
View ArticleCan we have Team based or Security based E-mail Templates in CRM 2011
Hi All,In our CRM Organization we have 100’s of E-mail Templates and the users wishes to see only their Team related templates while inserting in E-mail activity, so that they can save time while...
View ArticleCall SSIS package from syncronous plug-in
Hi,Is it advisable to call SSIS package from syncronous plugin (by considering performance and fail-over mechanism)?Thanks!Vinayak Chavan
View ArticleBest practices to decrease the load on Asynchronous Service (Any...
Hi All,Any Best practices to decrease the load on Asynchronous Service (Any design/architecture level changes/any advices etc.) Thanks in Advance,Shaik
View ArticleHow to get parent objectTypeCode with jscript in CRM 2011
Hi,I can get parent objentId with "window.top.opener.Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId()", but how to get parent entitys ObjectTypeCode?
View ArticleAdd external web service Reference in custom workflow activity in mscrm 2011
Dear all;i am tring to add the external website in custom workflow activity ...which is working fine in plugin but for some reason in the custom work flow activity it is just stuck on this message...
View Articlechanging the width of report parameter of a custom report in ms crm 4.0
Hai,I've a report with the drop down as report parameter for a custom report. The text is very lengthy, so i'm getting scroll bars for the drop down. I want to increase the width of the drop down. Can...
View ArticleJavascript problem with Two Option field and getting code to execute.
I have a Two Option field, called new_bitfield, by default the bitfield is set to true, this was done when creating the field, as you have to select a default value, so I set it as "True".My problem is...
View ArticleCustom workflow Activity timeout error in mscrm 2011 online
Dear all ;i have a custom workflow activity in which i am delaing with more then 1000+ records i am having an error The plug-in execution failed because the operation has timed-out at the Sandbox...
View ArticleDoes anyone know what style and font is used on CRM forms?
I want to create a web resource that blends in using the white background and the same font used in CRM.
View ArticleGet form id of print preview form of any entity using javascript CRM 2011
I have one ribbon button.On click of that ribbon button I want to open form of some related entity in print preview mode.If we examine the url of a form in print preview there is a parameter known as...
View ArticleMicrosost.XRM.sdk.Deployement dll error in mscrm 2011
Dear all;in my custom work flow activity in mscrm 2011 online i am tring to put Microsost.XRM.sdk.Deployement dll to use the below code AsyncSettings abc = new AsyncSettings();...
View ArticleSending email through workflows
At a client we created some entities: BankAccount and BankOverdraft. The bank has two types of clients which are individuals(contacts in default CRM) and corporates(accounts in default CRM). The...
View ArticleQuerying a Contact entity based on AssignedToName
I am writing an API using the CRM SDK to get contacts based on an "assignedToName" which can be a systemuser name or a team name. I am using QueryExpressions to query CRM. Question is how to create the...
View ArticleService Level Agreements/Contracts and Activities
I realize that Contract Lines can be used to track time/support against a Contract, but is there a way best to apply a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to Activities? I would like for us to be able to...
View ArticleThreadPool + ServiceContext
Hi @ all,I am trying to use several Threads at the same time to consume the crm webservice.This is the scenario:1) Create OrganizationServiceProxy2) Get all active Accounts public IList<Account>...
View Articlegeneric advanced find query based on current user?
Hello - Is there a way to create a generic advanced find query based on the current user? For example, I can do an AF on Quotes where CreatedBy = "AMER\JoeUser".However, if I want the ability to...
View ArticleHow do I programmatically access a PARENT ENTITY starting from one of its...
Hi all,I'm building a custom solution to integrate CRM 2011 with SharePoint 2010.Without going too much into details, I am writing a plugin to be fired on the post creation of a "document location"...
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