Create Product in MS Dynamics CRM 2011 via SOAP/Java

Question

I generated all required java classes from crm.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Discovery.svc?wsdl and crm.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc?wsdl schemas.

I authenticated in CRM with LiveId.

Now i need to create Product in Product Catalog. Here is code for this:

Entity newEntryInfo = new Entity();

AttributeCollection collection = new AttributeCollection();
addAttribute(collection, "name", "Tama Starclassic Performer");
addAttribute(collection, "productnumber", "1");

addAttribute(collection, "price", createMoney("100.0"));
addAttribute(collection, "isstockitem", Boolean.TRUE);
addAttribute(collection, "statuscode", 1);

newEntryInfo.setAttributes(collection);
newEntryInfo.setLogicalName("product");

Guid productGuid = serviceStub.create(newEntryInfo);

private void addAttribute(AttributeCollection collection, String key, Object value) {
    KeyValuePairOfstringanyType values = new KeyValuePairOfstringanyType();
    values.setKey(key);
    values.setValue(value);

    collection.addKeyValuePairOfstringanyType(values);
}

Execution shows error "The unit schedule id is missing."

Looks like i need to provide "Unit Group" and "Default Unit" for new product.

Question: How can i set those values? Should i use RelatedEntities (how create it) or Attributes (how create it)

James Wood James Wood · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-13T21:12:42

As it is a lookup on the form, you should be able to set the value with an EntityReference.

Using your methods that would be:

addAttribute(collection, "fieldName", new EntityReference("entityName", new Guid("id"))

Where:

fieldName is the schema name of the field you want to populate
entityName is the schema name of the entity you want to populate the field with
id is the Guid of a record which is the same type as entityName.

To put that into a context (where I happen to know the schema names off the top of my head).

//Create a new contact first
Entity contact = new Entity("contact");
contact["lastname"] = "Wood";

Guid contactId = service.Create(contact);

//Create an incident/case which links to that new contact
Entity incident = new Entity("incident");
incident["customerid"] = new EntityReference("contact", contactId)
service.Create(incident)

As a side is there a particular reason you are using a such a long winded code style? The entity class has an index which links to underlying attribute dictionary. Its a bit more straight forward.

If you are looking for more examples check out: Use the Late Bound Entity Class in Code

Create Product in MS Dynamics CRM 2011 via SOAP/Java

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