Which entities are customizable?

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 has 271 entities; of these, 98 entities are customizable. Any custom entities that you add are also customizable. Creators of managed solutions can use managed properties to select whether to enable customization of entities in their solutions. The specific customizations that are allowed for customizable entities are defined by other properties.

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EntityMetadata properties that control customization

Fully customizable entities

Customizable entity properties

EntityMetadata properties that control customization

The following entity metadata properties define what types of customizations any entity will support.

Property	Description
IsCustomizable	Specifies whether an entity allows customization.
IsRenameable	Specifies whether you can change the display name for an entity in the application.
CanBeRelatedEntityInRelationship	Specifies whether you can add a lookup attribute to an entity to establish a custom entity relationship.
CanBePrimaryEntityInRelationship	Specifies whether you can set the entity to be the primary entity in a custom entity relationship.
CanBeInManyToMany	Specifies whether the entity can participate in a many-to-many custom entity relationship.
CanCreateForms	Specifies whether you can create custom forms for the entity.
CanCreateCharts	Specifies whether you can create charts for the entity.
CanCreateViews	Specifies whether you can create views for the entity.
CanCreateAttributes	Specifies whether you can create attributes for the entity.
CanModifyAdditionalSettings	Specifies whether any other entity properties not represented by a managed property can be changed.

Fully customizable entities

The following table lists the entities that support all the customization capabilities. Any custom entities you add will support the same capabilities.

Account	Campaign	CampaignActivity	CampaignResponse	Competitor	Connection
Contact	Contract	Email	Fax	Goal	Incident
Invoice	InvoiceDetail	Lead	Letter	List	Opportunity
OpportunityProduct	PhoneCall	Product	QueueItem	Quote	QuoteDetail
SalesLiterature	SalesOrder	SalesOrderDetail	ServiceAppointment	SystemUser	Task
Territory

Customizable entity properties

The following table lists the customizable entities and the values for the entity metadata properties that control customizations.

DisplayName	IsCustomizable	CanBeInManyToMany	CanBePrimaryEntityInRelationship	CanBeRelatedEntityInRelationship	CanCreateAttributes	CanCreateCharts	CanCreateForms	CanCreateViews	CanModifyAdditionalSettings	IsRenameable
Account	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
ActivityMimeAttachment	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
ActivityPointer	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	True	True	True
Annotation	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True	False
Appointment	True	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True
BulkOperation	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	True	True	True
BusinessUnit	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
Campaign	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
CampaignActivity	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
CampaignResponse	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Competitor	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
CompetitorAddress	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Connection	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
ConnectionRole	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True
Contact	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Contract	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
ContractDetail	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
ContractTemplate	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	True
CustomerAddress	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
CustomerOpportunityRole	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Discount	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
DiscountType	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
DuplicateRule	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
DuplicateRuleCondition	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Email	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
EmailServerProfile	True	False	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False
Equipment	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
Fax	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
FieldPermission	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
FieldSecurityProfile	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Goal	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
GoalRollupQuery	True	True	True	True	False	True	False	True	True	True
ImportMap	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Incident	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
IncidentResolution	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True
InternalAddress	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Invoice	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
InvoiceDetail	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
KbArticle	True	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True
KbArticleTemplate	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False
Lead	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
LeadAddress	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Letter	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
List	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Mailbox	True	False	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	False
MailMergeTemplate	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
Metric	True	True	True	True	False	True	False	True	True	True
Opportunity	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
OpportunityClose	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
OpportunityProduct	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
OrderClose	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Organization	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
PhoneCall	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
PriceLevel	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	False
ProcessSession	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True	False
ProcessStage	True	False	True	True	False	False	False	False	True	False
ProcessTrigger	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Product	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
ProductPriceLevel	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Publisher	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Queue	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
QueueItem	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Quote	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
QuoteClose	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
QuoteProduct	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
RecurringAppointmentMaster	True	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True
Report	True	False	False	False	False	True	False	True	True	True
ReportCategory	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	False
Resource	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
ResourceGroup	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
ResourceGroupExpansion	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Role	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
RolePrivileges	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
RollupField	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True
SalesLiterature	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
SalesOrder	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
SalesOrderDetail	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
SavedQuery	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
SavedQueryVisualization	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Service	True	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	True	False
ServiceAppointment	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
SharePointDocumentLocation	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
SharePointSite	True	True	True	True	True	False	True	True	True	True
Site	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Solution	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Subject	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
SystemUser	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Task	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
Team	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	False
TeamTemplate	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	False
Template	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	True	True
Territory	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True	True
TransactionCurrency	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	True
UoM	True	True	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
UoMSchedule	True	False	True	False	False	True	False	True	True	False
UserQuery	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
UserQueryVisualization	True	False	False	False	False	False	False	False	True	False
Workflow	True	False	True	False	False	False	False	False	True	False

See Also

Use managed properties
Customize entity metadata
Create a custom entity
Modify the icons for an entity
Modify the messages for an entity
Sample: Create and update entity metadata