Dynamics 365 Sales and privacy laws and regulations
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To help comply with privacy laws and regulations, we've made it possible to edit read-only records in Dynamics 365 Sales.
The following table shows the states in which the Dynamics 365 Sales records become read-only.
| Entity | State |
|---|---|
| Quote | Active/Closed |
| Order | Fulfilled/Canceled/Submitted/Invoiced |
| Invoice | Paid/Canceled/Closed |
A system administrator can export read-only quote, order, and invoice records, update them, and import the updated records back to Dynamics 365 Sales.
It's also possible to update the read-only records programmatically with the SDK for Dynamics 365 Sales.
Update read-only records through export or import
Important
Only an administrator or an impersonating user with administrative privileges can perform this action. Other users will get the following error message if they try to import records:
Business Process Error: Cannot perform the action because the record is read only
Note
This article provides instructions for exporting personal data from the device or service and can help you meet your obligations under GDPR. For general information about GDPR, see the GDPR section of the Microsoft Trust Center and the GDPR section of the Service Trust portal.
In your sales app, go to the list of records. For example, go to Sales > Quotes.
Open the view that shows all the records regardless of their state. For example, open the All Quotes view.
Select the records that you want to export, and on the command bar, select Export to Excel > Static Worksheet. More information: Export data to Excel
In the file that you exported, make the necessary changes.
To import the updated records back into Dynamics 365 Sales, in your sales app, in the list of records, select Import Data. More information: Import data into Dynamics 365 Sales
Important points
As a system administrator, you can edit any read-only field but changes won't reflect for the locked fields.
Non-admin users can't edit an active quote. However, an admin user can edit and save an active quote, although it's read-only for non-admin users.
If configured, Plugins, Business processes and workflows run on fields getting updated or becoming editable.
If there is Dynamics 365 Sales integration with any third-party system, there's a chance that the privacy-related changes are overwritten if the correct sequence of updates isn't followed. It's the responsibility of the system administrator of Dynamics 365 Sales to follow the correct order.