IOrganizationService.Create Method

Article
06/20/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Creates a record.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<OperationContractAttribute> _
<FaultContractAttribute(GetType(OrganizationServiceFault))> _
Function Create ( _
    entity As Entity _
) As Guid

[OperationContractAttribute] 
[FaultContractAttribute(typeof(OrganizationServiceFault))] 
Guid Create (
    Entity entity
)

Parameters

entity
Type: Entity. An entity instance that contains the properties to set in the newly created record.

Return Value

Type:Guid
The ID of the newly created record.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Create method to create an account record (early bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to instantiate an IOrganizationService interface. You can find the complete sample in the sample code package in the folder SampleCode\CS\GeneralProgramming\EarlyBound\CRUDOperations.cs.

// Connect to the Organization service. 
// The using statement assures that the service proxy will be properly disposed.
using (_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig))
{
    // This statement is required to enable early-bound type support.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();

    CreateRequiredRecords();

    // Instantiate an account object.
    // See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentation to determine 
    // which attributes must be set for each entity.
    Account account = new Account { Name = "Fourth Coffee" };

    // Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
    _accountId = _serviceProxy.Create(account);
    Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Name);

    // Retrieve the account containing several of its attributes.
    ColumnSet cols = new ColumnSet(
        new String[] { "name", "address1_postalcode", "lastusedincampaign", "versionnumber" });

    Account retrievedAccount = (Account)_serviceProxy.Retrieve("account", _accountId, cols);
    Console.Write("retrieved ");

    // Retrieve version number of the account. Shows BigInt attribute usage.
    long? versionNumber = retrievedAccount.VersionNumber;

    if (versionNumber != null)
        Console.WriteLine("version # {0}, ", versionNumber);

    // Update the postal code attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_PostalCode = "98052";

    // The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
    retrievedAccount.Address2_PostalCode = null;

    // Shows usage of option set (picklist) enumerations defined in OptionSets.cs.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_AddressTypeCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountAddress1_AddressTypeCode.Primary);
    retrievedAccount.Address1_ShippingMethodCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountAddress1_ShippingMethodCode.DHL);
    retrievedAccount.IndustryCode = new OptionSetValue((int)AccountIndustryCode.AgricultureandNonpetrolNaturalResourceExtraction);

    // Shows use of a Money value.
    retrievedAccount.Revenue = new Money(5000000);

    // Shows use of a Boolean value.
    retrievedAccount.CreditOnHold = false;

    // Shows use of EntityReference.
    retrievedAccount.ParentAccountId = new EntityReference(Account.EntityLogicalName, _parentAccountId);

    // Shows use of Memo attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Description = "Account for Fourth Coffee.";

    // Update the account record.
    _serviceProxy.Update(retrievedAccount);
    Console.WriteLine("and updated.");                    

    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete);
}

' Connect to the Organization service. 
' The using statement assures that the service proxy will be properly disposed.
_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig)
Using _serviceProxy
    ' This statement is required to enable early-bound type support.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes()


    CreateRequiredRecords()

    ' Instantiate an account object.
    ' See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentation to determine 
    ' which attributes must be set for each entity.
    Dim account_Renamed As Account = New Account With {.Name = "Fourth Coffee"}

    ' Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
    _accountId = _serviceProxy.Create(account_Renamed)
    Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account_Renamed.LogicalName, account_Renamed.Name)

    ' Retrieve the account containing several of its attributes.
    Dim cols As New ColumnSet(New String() {"name", "address1_postalcode", "lastusedincampaign", "versionnumber"})

    Dim retrievedAccount As Account = CType(_serviceProxy.Retrieve("account", _accountId, cols), Account)
    Console.Write("retrieved ")

    ' Retrieve version number of the account. Shows BigInt attribute usage.
    Dim versionNumber? As Long = retrievedAccount.VersionNumber

    If versionNumber IsNot Nothing Then
        Console.WriteLine("version # {0}, ", versionNumber)
    End If

    ' Update the postal code attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_PostalCode = "98052"

    ' The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
    retrievedAccount.Address2_PostalCode = Nothing

    ' Shows usage of option set (picklist) enumerations defined in OptionSets.cs.
    retrievedAccount.Address1_AddressTypeCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountAddress1_AddressTypeCode.Primary)))
    retrievedAccount.Address1_ShippingMethodCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountAddress1_ShippingMethodCode.DHL)))
    retrievedAccount.IndustryCode = New OptionSetValue(CInt(Fix(AccountIndustryCode.AgricultureandNonpetrolNaturalResourceExtraction)))

    ' Shows use of a Money value.
    retrievedAccount.Revenue = New Money(5000000)

    ' Shows use of a Boolean value.
    retrievedAccount.CreditOnHold = False

    ' Shows use of EntityReference.
    retrievedAccount.ParentAccountId = New EntityReference(Account.EntityLogicalName, _parentAccountId)

    ' Shows use of Memo attribute.
    retrievedAccount.Description = "Account for Fourth Coffee."

    ' Update the account record.
    _serviceProxy.Update(retrievedAccount)
    Console.WriteLine("and updated.")

    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete)
End Using

The following example shows how to use the Create method to create an account record (late bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to instantiate an IOrganizationService interface. You can find the complete sample in the sample code package in the folder SampleCode\CS\GeneralProgramming\LateBound\CRUDOperationsDE.cs.

// Instaniate an account object.
Entity account = new Entity("account");

// Set the required attributes. For account, only the name is required. 
// See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentatio to determine 
// which attributes must be set for each entity.
account["name"] = "Fourth Coffee";

// Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
_accountId = _service.Create(account);

Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Attributes["name"]);

// Create a column set to define which attributes should be retrieved.
ColumnSet attributes = new ColumnSet(new string[] { "name", "ownerid" });

// Retrieve the account and its name and ownerid attributes.
account = _service.Retrieve(account.LogicalName, _accountId, attributes);
Console.Write("retrieved, ");

// Update the postal code attribute.
account["address1_postalcode"] = "98052";

// The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
account["address2_postalcode"] = null;

// Shows use of Money.
account["revenue"] = new Money(5000000);

// Shows use of boolean.
account["creditonhold"] = false;

// Update the account.
_service.Update(account);
Console.WriteLine("and updated.");

// Delete the account.
bool deleteRecords = true;

if (promptForDelete)
{
    Console.WriteLine("\nDo you want these entity records deleted? (y/n) [y]: ");
    String answer = Console.ReadLine();

    deleteRecords = (answer.StartsWith("y") || answer.StartsWith("Y") || answer == String.Empty);
}

if (deleteRecords)
{
    _service.Delete("account", _accountId);

    Console.WriteLine("Entity record(s) have been deleted.");
}

' Instaniate an account object.
Dim account As New Entity("account")

' Set the required attributes. For account, only the name is required. 
' See the Entity Metadata topic in the SDK documentatio to determine 
' which attributes must be set for each entity.
account("name") = "Fourth Coffee"

' Create an account record named Fourth Coffee.
_accountId = _service.Create(account)

Console.Write("{0} {1} created, ", account.LogicalName, account.Attributes("name"))

' Create a column set to define which attributes should be retrieved.
Dim attributes As New ColumnSet(New String() { "name", "ownerid" })

' Retrieve the account and its name and ownerid attributes.
account = _service.Retrieve(account.LogicalName, _accountId, attributes)
Console.Write("retrieved, ")

' Update the postal code attribute.
account("address1_postalcode") = "98052"

' The address 2 postal code was set accidentally, so set it to null.
account("address2_postalcode") = Nothing

' Shows use of Money.
account("revenue") = New Money(5000000)

' Shows use of boolean.
account("creditonhold") = False

' Update the account.
_service.Update(account)
Console.WriteLine("and updated.")

' Delete the account.
Dim deleteRecords As Boolean = True

If promptForDelete Then
            Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Do you want these entity records deleted? (y/n) [y]: ")
    Dim answer As String = Console.ReadLine()

            deleteRecords = (answer.StartsWith("y") OrElse answer.StartsWith("Y") OrElse answer = String.Empty)
End If

If deleteRecords Then
    _service.Delete("account", _accountId)

    Console.WriteLine("Entity record(s) have been deleted.")
End If

Remarks

Message Availability

This message works regardless whether the caller is connected to the server or offline.

Not all entity types support this message offline. See Supported Entities later in this topic.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges on the entity that is specified in the entity parameter. For a list of the required privileges, see Create Privileges.

Notes for Callers

This method creates one record in a transaction. To create a record that has related records in a transaction, use CreateRequest.

By default the caller becomes the owner for the new record. However, for the caller to own the new record, it must have both Create and Read privileges for the entity. For more information, see Privileges by Entity. Alternatively, you can set the ownerid property to the ID of another user.

The entity instance that is specified as a parameter must contain values for all the attributes where the RequiredLevel is set to SystemRequired. You can see this in the metadata topic for the entity. If the entity instance includes properties where IsValidForCreate is false, the values are ignored. You can find this information in the metadata for your organization. See the preceding metadata browser information.

For more information about the exceptions that can be thrown when this method is called, see Handle Exceptions in Your Code.

Supported Entities

You can use this method to create any record of an entity that supports the Create message, including custom entities.

The following table shows the default entities that support this message. For the listed entities of this message, the Availability column shows Server if the caller must be connected to the server and shows Both if the caller can be either connected to, or disconnected from, the server.

Entity	Availability
account	Both
activitymimeattachment	Both
annotation	Both
annualfiscalcalendar	Both
appointment	Both
asyncoperation	Server
attributemap	Server
businessunit	Server
businessunitnewsarticle	Both
calendar	Both
campaign	Both
campaignactivity	Both
campaignresponse	Both
columnmapping	Both
competitor	Both
connection	Both
connectionrole	Both
connectionroleobjecttypecode	Both
constraintbasedgroup	Both
contact	Both
contract	Both
contractdetail	Both
contracttemplate	Server
customeraddress	Both
customeropportunityrole	Both
customerrelationship	Both
discount	Server
discounttype	Server
duplicaterule	Server
duplicaterulecondition	Server
email	Both
equipment	Server
fax	Both
fieldpermission	Server
fieldsecurityprofile	Server
fixedmonthlyfiscalcalendar	Both
goal	Server
goalrollupquery	Server
import	Both
importentitymapping	Both
importfile	Both
importjob	Both
importmap	Both
incident	Both
incidentresolution	Both
invoice	Both
invoicedetail	Both
isvconfig	Server
kbarticle	Both
kbarticlecomment	Both
kbarticletemplate	Both
lead	Both
letter	Both
list	Both
lookupmapping	Both
mailmergetemplate	Both
metric	Server
monthlyfiscalcalendar	Both
msdyn_postalbum	Server
msdyn_postconfig	Server
msdyn_postruleconfig	Server
opportunity	Both
opportunityclose	Both
opportunityproduct	Both
orderclose	Both
organizationui	Server
ownermapping	Both
phonecall	Both
picklistmapping	Both
pluginassembly	Server
plugintype	Server
post	Server
postcomment	Server
postfollow	Server
postlike	Server
pricelevel	Server
principalobjectattributeaccess	Server
processsession	Both
product	Server
productpricelevel	Server
publisher	Server
publisheraddress	Server
quarterlyfiscalcalendar	Both
queue	Server
queueitem	Both
quote	Both
quoteclose	Both
quotedetail	Both
recurrencerule	Server
recurringappointmentmaster	Both
relationshiprole	Both
relationshiprolemap	Both
report	Server
reportcategory	Server
reportentity	Server
reportvisibility	Server
resourcespec	Both
role	Server
rollupfield	Server
salesliterature	Server
salesliteratureitem	Server
salesorder	Both
salesorderdetail	Both
savedquery	Server
savedqueryvisualization	Server
sdkmessageprocessingstep	Server
sdkmessageprocessingstepimage	Server
sdkmessageprocessingstepsecureconfig	Server
semiannualfiscalcalendar	Both
service	Server
serviceappointment	Both
serviceendpoint	Server
sharepointdocumentlocation	Server
sharepointsite	Server
site	Server
solution	Server
subject	Both
systemform	Server
systemuser	Server
task	Both
team	Server
template	Both
territory	Server
transactioncurrency	Server
transformationmapping	Both
transformationparametermapping	Both
uom	Server
uomschedule	Both
userentityinstancedata	Both
userentityuisettings	Both
userform	Server
userquery	Both
userqueryvisualization	Both
webresource	Server
workflow	Server
workflowdependency	Server
workflowlog	Server

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),

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