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Exporting the relationship type from account entity

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Posted on by Jason Yeung 38

Hi,

 

I'm trying to export information from the account entity to an on premise database. So far, it exports fine. But I'm having some problems with obtaining the relationship Type Value.

 

When I pick which fields to export, I have 2 options for "Relationship Types" in the dynamic contents section. But neither appears to give me the value of the relationship. For example, I have types like "End User", but when I had a look at what's exported, I either get a number like "6" or some code like "100000001". I was wondering how do I get the actual value of the relationship?

 

Jason

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    GarethPrisk 2,826 on at
    Re: Exporting the relationship type from account entity

    That is the integer value of the option set. You're describing the label/text value of the option set.

     

    Option Sets are value-pairings in CDS. This allows you to swap the labels, but maintain the underlying integer value. This integer value can vary. Numbers like 1,2,3 are usually set by MSFT in system fields (or manually by customers/ISVs). Otherwise, the integer value will be set to the publisher's option set value prefix. It will count up from ending in 0, incrementally, as the values are added to the option set.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/types-of-fields#types-of-fields

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/change-solution-publisher-prefix

     

    When exporting entities, you will usually want to use the integer value to avoid having to text match. However, this isn't always the case. CDS, especially using the API, will provide both values.

    Your fields would be:

    • customertypecode (int)
    • customertypecodename (label)
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    Jason Yeung 38 on at
    Re: Exporting the relationship type from account entity

    Hi @GarethPrisk ,

     

    Thanks for your help. When I went to the dynamics content section, I didn't see a customertypecode / customertypecodename to choose from.

     

    I searched around and found the following link:

    https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/2020/07/get-lookup-display-name-and-option-set.html

     

    It was for the statuscode, but I gather it could be similar for relationshipcode. So I tried plugging in the following to export:

    items('Apply_to_each')?['new_relationshiptype@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue']

     

    This worked out for me.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Jason

     

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