How to form URL for different entity in Dynamics 365?

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I am building up url for different entity in Dynamics 365 crm. I found this for crm 2011 but I want more elaborate solution than that.

Observed URL:

For Quote Entity: https:**[instance url]**.com/main.aspx?etc=1084&extraqs=&histKey=254156564&id=%7b[**GUID**]%7d&newWindow=true&pagetype=entityrecord&sitemappath=SFA%7cCollateral%7cnav_quotes#765575448

For Order Entity: https:**[instance url]**.com/main.aspx?etc=1088&extraqs=&histKey=653905533&id=%7b[**GUID**]%7d&newWindow=true&pagetype=entityrecord&sitemappath=SFA%7cCollateral%7cnav_orders#817364929

I created other url for other entities and observed the query parameter value of the url as like below:
1. etc is constant for different entity. eg. for quote(1084) and order(1088)
2. extraqs is empty.
3. histKey is variable for an entity. It is appearing in different value for a same entity record.
4. id is the unique identifier of a record (i have no question about this)
5. sitemappath is different for different entity.

Now I want to know about -
1. what is etc and why it remains same for a entity always?
2. what is histKey(why it gives random value every time) and sitemappath?

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Are you doing this on CRM 2011? "etc" is entity type code – Aron

3 Answers

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We are using these in our Dynamics 365 CRM application without issues. Read more

Simple record form using etc (entity type code): 

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etc=1&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord

Same record using etn (entity type name):

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etn=account&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord

Same record in UCI:

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/apps/appname/main.aspx?etc=1&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord

Particular form using formid:

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etc=1&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord&extraqs=formid%3d[formGUID]

sitemap can be ignored as the pagetype param will render the top navigation bar & histkey can also be ignored as its for internal platform/browser usage for previous/forward navigation. extraqs is any extra query string param you want to pass that pre-populate the form attribute.

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etc=1&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord&extraqs=fullname%3DNew%20Contact

Documentation says:

Do not use the etc (entity type code) parameter that contains an integer code for the entity. This integer code varies for custom entities in different organizations

But if you are not creating a custom entity directly in any non-development environment, only the solution is being used to port the customizations across different environment then that should not be an issue.

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To open a Particular Record for Account Entity, Where etn is Entity Schema name.

http://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etn=account&pagetype=entityrecord&id=%7B91330924-802A-4B0D-A900-34FD9D790829%7D

For Example you have a Custom Entity let's call it Account Plan and your entity schema name is new_accountplan, so your url will be something like below

http://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etn=new_accountplan&pagetype=entityrecord&id=%7B81440924-802A-4B0D-A900-34FD9D790829%7D

Similar way to open a particular Form for user to fill information

https://myorg.crm.dynamics.com/main.aspx?etc=1&id=%7b[GUID]%7d&pagetype=entityrecord&extraqs=formid%3d[formGUID]
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You can use Power Pane Chrome addon which is a helper tool , help you to show entities urls