Different Type values in make,powerapps.com for entities

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Hello Power Apps Community,

I hope you can help please to answer this general question.

In make,powerapps.com when I select "Data" then "Entities" I see a list of all entities in that environment.

My question is, what is the difference between the three different "Type" values of "Custom", "Standard" and "Managed"?

From what I see:

Type = Custom

This is any entity we create in an environment. But I'm also seeing that if we package up that entity in a managed solution and import it into another environment the same custom entity is now classed as the Type = Standard.

Type = Standard

These are entities that come out of the box, like "Account", "Contact", "Activity", plus what I said above, and I'm also seeing this with solutions we imported from App Source, such as DocuSign.

Type = Managed

This seems to be entities from Microsoft, such as "Playbook Category".

If anyone has a better definition or some documentation to this, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks very much,

Garry

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EricRegnier 8,720 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @GarryPope ,

Custom are custom entities you create in the source environment. If you deploy these entities to a target environment with a managed solution, then these entities should show as "Managed" in the target environment. If deployed with an unmanaged solution, then these entities will show as "Custom" in the target environment.
Standard are default out-of-the-box entities that come with the Common Data Model (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-model/)
Managed are entities that are imported as "Managed", usually with a Managed Solution. These can be imported via a custom Managed solution, an add-in or ISV solution or in some cases like in your screenshot, a Microsoft managed solution.
For more info on Managed: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/solutions-overview

Hope this helps!

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CU01081947-0 716 on at

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Hello @EricRegnier,
Thanks for the great reply!
Garry

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kirillsokolov 6 on at

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Hi
Entity type column is still not clear for me. For example, why Organization is Custom? As it is OOTB entity.
And how Type attribute is stored in metadata? Is it some special field or it is calculated from several fields (isCustomEntity, isManaged or other)?

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EricRegnier 8,720 Most Valuable Professional on at

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HI @kirillsokolov, strange in my environment I see activitypointer, organization, etc as "Standard", not "Custom".

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kirillsokolov 6 on at

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Oh, OK, thanks for reply. I'll check it out.
I'm still interested what metadata defines the value of Type column

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CU01081947-0 716 on at

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Hello @kirillsokolov,
I hope all is well. I'm the same as Eric, sorry.
Strange how it's different in your environment. Sorry I couldn't help anymore.

Thanks,
Garry

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