Post Entity Metadata

[Applies to: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011]

The following information is for the post entity in a default, uncustomized installation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The early binding class is Post.

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Entity Metadata

Privilege Metadata

Attribute Metadata

One-to-Many Relationships

Many-to-Many Relationships

Many-to-One Relationships

Entity Metadata

The following table shows the metadata for the post entity.

Metadata property	Value
EntityLogicalName	post
OTC	8000
OwnershipType	OrganizationOwned
AutoRouteToOwnerQueue	False
CanBeInManyToMany	False
CanBePrimaryEntityInRelationship	True
CanBeRelatedEntityInRelationship	False
CanCreateAttributes	False
CanCreateCharts	False
CanCreateForms	False
CanCreateViews	False
CanModifyAdditionalSettings	False
CanTriggerWorkflow	True
IsActivity	False
IsActivityParty	False
IsAuditEnabled	False
IsAvailableOffline	False
IsChildEntity	False
IsConnectionsEnabled	canmodifyconnectionsettings
IsCustomEntity	False
IsCustomizable	False
IsDocumentManagementEnabled	False
IsDuplicateDetectionEnabled	False
IsEnabledForCharts	False
IsImportable	False
IsIntersect	False
IsMailMergeEnabled	False
IsManaged	True
IsMappable	False
IsReadingPaneEnabled	False
IsRenameable	False
IsValidForAdvancedFind	True
IsValidForQueue	False
IsVisibleInMobile	False
PrimaryIdAttribute	postid
PrimaryNameAttribute	text
ReportViewName	FilteredPost
RecurrenceBaseEntityLogicalName
Description	An activity feed post.
DisplayName	Post
DisplayCollectionName	Posts

Privilege Metadata

The following table shows the privilege information for the post entity.

PrivilegeName	Id	Type	CanBeBasic	CanBeDeep	CanBeGlobal	CanBeLocal
prvAppendPost	50182aee-1b0a-44db-88fd-45214ab70fa5	Append	False	False	True	False
prvAppendToPost	f6f1932d-5a75-4d83-91d2-cfb6e2fe3f35	AppendTo	False	False	True	False
prvCreatePost	8d518c07-bd0d-4274-ba75-809a7b24b37e	Create	False	False	True	False
prvDeleteAnyPost	2562777c-ace0-45de-94c0-57fd71787250	Delete	False	False	True	False
prvReadPost	9d00a0f3-870b-46f8-a4b7-c43186c21b2d	Read	False	False	True	False

Attribute Metadata

The following table shows the attribute metadata for the post entity. For a list of attributes that are for internal use only, see Internal Attributes.

LogicalName	Description	Type	SchemaName	IsCustomAttribute	IsCustomizable	RequiredLevel	IsValidForCreate	IsValidForRead	IsValidForUpdate	CanBeSecuredForCreate	CanBeSecuredForRead	CanBeSecuredForUpdate	IsAuditEnabled	IsManaged	IsPrimaryId	IsPrimaryName	IsRenameable	IsSecured	IsValidForAdvancedFind	DisplayName	DeprecatedVersion
createdby	Unique identifier of the user who created the record.	Lookup	CreatedBy	False	False	SystemRequired	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	Created By
createdon	Date and time when the record was created.	DateTime	CreatedOn	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	Created On
createdonbehalfby	Unique identifier of the delegate user who created the record.	Lookup	CreatedOnBehalfBy	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	Created By (Delegate)
modifiedby	Unique identifier of the user who modified the record.	Lookup	ModifiedBy	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Modified By
modifiedon	Date and time when the record was modified.	DateTime	ModifiedOn	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	Modified On
modifiedonbehalfby	Unique identifier of the delegate user who modified the record.	Lookup	ModifiedOnBehalfBy	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Modified By (Delegate)
organizationid	Unique identifier of the organization associated with the solution.	Lookup	OrganizationId	False	False	SystemRequired	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	Organization
postid	Unique identifier for entity instances	Uniqueidentifier	PostId	False	False	SystemRequired	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	True	False	True	False	False	Post
postregardingid	Unique identifier of the post regarding with which the post is associated.	Lookup	PostRegardingId	False	False	SystemRequired	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Post Regarding
posttoyammer	Denotes whether the Post should be sent to Yammer	Boolean	PostToYammer	False	False	None	True	True	True	False	False	False	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	post to yammer
regardingobjectid	Id of RegardingObject	Lookup	RegardingObjectId	False	False	SystemRequired	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Regarding
regardingobjectownerid	Unique identifier of the user or team who owns the regarding object.	Owner	RegardingObjectOwnerId	False	False	SystemRequired	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Owner
regardingobjectowningbusinessunit	Unique identifier of the business unit that owns the regarding object.	Lookup	RegardingObjectOwningBusinessUnit	False	False	None	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	Regarding object owning Business Unit
source	Information about whether the was manually or automatically created.	Picklist	Source	False	False	ApplicationRequired	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	Source
text	Text of the post. For manual post, values will be plaintext. For auto post, values will be XML.	String	Text	False	False	ApplicationRequired	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	True	False	True	True	False	False	Text
timezoneruleversionnumber	For internal use only.	Integer	TimeZoneRuleVersionNumber	False	False	None	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Time Zone Rule Version Number
type	Information about the post type.	Picklist	Type	False	False	ApplicationRequired	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Type
utcconversiontimezonecode	Time zone code that was in use when the record was created.	Integer	UTCConversionTimeZoneCode	False	False	None	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	UTC Conversion Time Zone Code
yammerpoststate	Variable to represent Post to yammer state.	Integer	YammerPostState	False	False	None	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Yammer Post State
yammerretrycount	Variable to represent the no of retry attempts to post to Yammer	Integer	YammerRetryCount	False	False	None	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	False	True	False	False	Yammer Retry Count

Internal Attributes

The following table contains the attributes that are intended for internal use only.

Attribute logical name
yammerpoststate
yammerretrycount

One-to-Many Relationships

The following table shows the entities that are the referencing entity in a one-to-many relationship where the post entity is the referenced entity.

Relationship schema name	Referencing Entity
post_AsyncOperations	asyncoperation
post_BulkDeleteFailures	bulkdeletefailure
Post_Comments	postcomment
Post_Likes	postlike
postRole_Post	postrole

Many-to-Many Relationships

There are no many-to-many relationships for the post entity.

Many-to-One Relationships

The following table shows the entities that are the referenced entity in a many-to-one relationship where the post entity is the referencing entity.

Relationship schema name	Referenced Entity
organization_post	organization
post_PostRegardings	postregarding
lk_post_createdby	systemuser
lk_post_createdonbehalfby	systemuser
lk_post_modifiedby
lk_post_modifiedonbehalfby

See Also

Reference

Post Entity Privileges
EntityMetadata
AttributeMetadata
OneToManyRelationshipMetadata
ManyToManyRelationshipMetadata

Concepts

Post Entity Messages and Methods
Post Entity OptionSet Attribute Metadata

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