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AttributeQueryExpression Class

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

Defines a complex query to retrieve attribute metadata for entities retrieved using an EntityQueryExpression

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Name:="AttributeQueryExpression", Namespace:="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata/Query")> _
Public NotInheritable Class AttributeQueryExpression
    Inherits MetadataQueryExpression

[DataContractAttribute(Name="AttributeQueryExpression", Namespace="https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Metadata/Query")] 
public sealed class AttributeQueryExpression : MetadataQueryExpression

Remarks

The following example shows the use of an AttributeQueryExpression to retrieve entity metadata.

//A condition expresson to return optionset attributes
MetadataConditionExpression[] optionsetAttributeTypes = new MetadataConditionExpression[] { 
new MetadataConditionExpression("AttributeType", MetadataConditionOperator.Equals, AttributeTypeCode.Picklist),
new MetadataConditionExpression("AttributeType", MetadataConditionOperator.Equals, AttributeTypeCode.State),
new MetadataConditionExpression("AttributeType", MetadataConditionOperator.Equals, AttributeTypeCode.Status),
new MetadataConditionExpression("AttributeType", MetadataConditionOperator.Equals, AttributeTypeCode.Boolean)
};

//A filter expression to apply the optionsetAttributeTypes condition expression
MetadataFilterExpression AttributeFilter = new MetadataFilterExpression(LogicalOperator.Or);
AttributeFilter.Conditions.AddRange(optionsetAttributeTypes);

//A Properties expression to limit the properties to be included with attributes
MetadataPropertiesExpression AttributeProperties = new MetadataPropertiesExpression() { AllProperties = false };
AttributeProperties.PropertyNames.Add("OptionSet");
AttributeProperties.PropertyNames.Add("AttributeType");
   
   
   ...
   
   
   
//An entity query expression to combine the filter expressions and property expressions for the query.
EntityQueryExpression entityQueryExpression = new EntityQueryExpression()
{

 Criteria = EntityFilter,
 Properties = EntityProperties,
 AttributeQuery = new AttributeQueryExpression()
 {
  Criteria = AttributeFilter,
  Properties = AttributeProperties
 },
 LabelQuery = labelQuery

};

//Retrieve the metadata for the query without a ClientVersionStamp
RetrieveMetadataChangesResponse initialRequest = getMetadataChanges(entityQueryExpression, null, DeletedMetadataFilters.OptionSet);

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query.MetadataQueryBase
     Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query.MetadataQueryExpression
      Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query.AttributeQueryExpression

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 98,Windows 2000,Windows 2000 Server,Windows CE,Windows Server 2008,Windows 98 Second Edition,Pocket PC,Smart Phone,Windows Server 2003,Windows XP Professional,Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions), ,Windows 8 (All Versions)

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See Also

Reference

AttributeQueryExpression Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata.Query Namespace

Other Resources

Query and Capture Changes to Metadata
Sample: Query Metadata and Detect Changes

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