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WebAPI query use LogicalName or SchemaName

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Hi

I am currently create oData queries dynamically to get data out of dataverse. The problem I have is the name for each field/attribute that you specify in the $select query seems to change betweek LogicalName and SchemaName. Is there a way to determine when to use logical and when to use schema? For example, the following query has to use logical for createdby but schema for CreatedByExternalParty

https://xxx.crm11.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts(27cacceb-2a0b-ec11-b6e5-0022484220b6)?$select= name &$expand= createdby ( $select= fullname ), CreatedByExternalParty ( $select= fullname )

If I query the EntityDefinition for each of the above two fields, I can't see any difference between them in terms of metadata:

"@odata.type": "#Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.LookupAttributeMetadata",
"Targets": [
"externalparty"
],
"Format": "None",
"AttributeOf": null,
"AttributeType": "Lookup",
"ColumnNumber": 230,
"DeprecatedVersion": null,
"IntroducedVersion": "8.0.0.0",
"EntityLogicalName": "account",
"IsCustomAttribute": false,
"IsPrimaryId": false,
"IsValidODataAttribute": true,
"IsPrimaryName": false,
"IsValidForCreate": false,
"IsValidForRead": true,
"IsValidForUpdate": false,
"CanBeSecuredForRead": false,
"CanBeSecuredForCreate": false,
"CanBeSecuredForUpdate": false,
"IsSecured": false,
"IsRetrievable": false,
"IsFilterable": false,
"IsSearchable": false,
"IsManaged": true,
"LinkedAttributeId": null,
"LogicalName": "createdbyexternalparty",
"IsValidForForm": true,
"IsRequiredForForm": false,
"IsValidForGrid": true,
"SchemaName": "CreatedByExternalParty",
"ExternalName": null,
"IsLogical": false,
"IsDataSourceSecret": false,
"InheritsFrom": null,
"CreatedOn": "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"ModifiedOn": "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"SourceType": null,
"AutoNumberFormat": "",
"MetadataId": "827e9002-b547-49fc-9e8d-a6b1cfcef33b",
"HasChanged": null,
"AttributeTypeName": {
"Value": "LookupType"
},

"@odata.type": "#Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.LookupAttributeMetadata",
"Targets": [
"systemuser"
],
"Format": "None",
"AttributeOf": null,
"AttributeType": "Lookup",
"ColumnNumber": 52,
"DeprecatedVersion": null,
"IntroducedVersion": "5.0.0.0",
"EntityLogicalName": "account",
"IsCustomAttribute": false,
"IsPrimaryId": false,
"IsValidODataAttribute": true,
"IsPrimaryName": false,
"IsValidForCreate": false,
"IsValidForRead": true,
"IsValidForUpdate": false,
"CanBeSecuredForRead": false,
"CanBeSecuredForCreate": false,
"CanBeSecuredForUpdate": false,
"IsSecured": false,
"IsRetrievable": false,
"IsFilterable": false,
"IsSearchable": false,
"IsManaged": true,
"LinkedAttributeId": null,
"LogicalName": "createdby",
"IsValidForForm": true,
"IsRequiredForForm": false,
"IsValidForGrid": true,
"SchemaName": "CreatedBy",
"ExternalName": null,
"IsLogical": false,
"IsDataSourceSecret": false,
"InheritsFrom": null,
"CreatedOn": "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"ModifiedOn": "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"SourceType": null,
"AutoNumberFormat": "",
"MetadataId": "b863fe8a-6393-42ec-a540-972d3b45bd7b",
"HasChanged": null,
"AttributeTypeName": {
"Value": "LookupType"
},

 

Any help would be great, thanks.

 

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  • Verified answer
    Mira Ghaly Profile Picture
    11,413 Moderator on at

    @bytestrype 

    I would recommend to use the RestBuilder tool on XRMtoolbox to help you generate these API requests.

     

    https://carldesouza.com/using-the-dataverse-rest-builder-to-build-rest-requests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-the-dataverse-rest-builder-to-build-rest-requests

     

     

  • Verified answer
    byst Profile Picture
    14 on at

    Thanks Mira, the tool is great and reading the source code helped me. I found the answer from the code, the casing of the CreatedByExternalParty comes from the navigation property when calling RelationshipDefinitions.

    /api/data/v9.0/RelationshipDefinitions/Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.OneToManyRelationshipMetadata?$filter=SchemaName eq 'lk_externalparty_account_createdby'

    response:

    "ReferencingEntityNavigationPropertyName": "CreatedByExternalParty",

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