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Bug in context.mode.contextInfo property for subgrid : entityTypeName gives incorrect value

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When using context.mode.contextInfo, property entityId gives the id of the parent form record, which is what is expected. But property entityTypeName gives the name of the subgrid entity and not the parent form entity.

Two questions:

when contextInfo will come as a predefined and supported property of property "mode"?
when a fix can be expected for this bug?

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Ben Thompson 1,400 on at

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How are you accessing context.mode.contextInfo?

contextInfo is not a published accessible attribute of context.mode within the PCF framework.

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Tanguy TOUZARD 113 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I know but this is the only way included (even if not documented, this is why I asked) that should let you know the context of the entity record the PCF component is rendered

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Hi TanguyT,

Currently, this API is not documented and not supported. We understand the need for controls to get this type of context information and will be exposing it through supported APIs soon.

Todd

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Tanguy TOUZARD 113 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Great! Please don’t forget to fix the bug where EntityTypeName shows the wrong value

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Ben Thompson 1,400 on at

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So that explains why my idea request for access to context.mode.contextInfo disappeared so quickly...

I'm glad to hear it's arriving soon as that saves me writing the workaround I thought I would have to create to do things in a "supported" way...

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Hi @TanguyT, I have a similar scenario where I need the parent ID and entity name in a subgrid control. Have you found a workaround? Look at the querystring parameters? Cheers

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Diana Birkelbach 3,072 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @EricRegnier ,

You can use context.mode.contextInfo.entityTypeName and context.mode.contextInfo.entityId.

They are both unsupported for now, but they are working just fine.

Kind regards,

Diana

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EricRegnier 8,720 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Thanks for confirming @DianaBirkelbach, but I can't access context.mode.contextInfo in the typings... I guess we need add the

@ts-ignore tag?

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Tanguy TOUZARD 113 Most Valuable Professional on at

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You are correct

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Diana Birkelbach 3,072 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @EricRegnier ,

@ts-ignore is a possibility. The alternative is casting:

(context.mode as any).contextInfo.entityId

Kind regards,

Diana

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