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Sample: Execute multiple requests

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

Sending a large number of individual organization message requests over a network, as you would do in a bulk data import operation, is affected by network performance. For improved performance, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online support batching of requests into a single web service method call.

This sample code is for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK package. It can be found in the following location in the download package:

SampleCode\CS\DataManagement\ExecuteMultiple\ExecuteMultiple.cs

SampleCode\VB\DataManagement\ExecuteMultiple\ExecuteMultiple.vb

Requirements

For more information about the requirements for running the sample code provided in this SDK, see Use the sample and helper code.

Demonstrates

This sample shows how to execute multiple organization message requests by using a single web service method call, passing ExecuteMultipleRequest as a parameter. Reducing the number of message requests that must be transmitted over the network results in increased message processing performance. A snippet showing just the key sections of the sample is shown first, followed by the Complete sample code.

Example

This sample uses a single web method call to execute all message requests in a collection. Settings to alter the execution behavior are also shown.


// Get a reference to the organization service.
using (_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig))
{
    // Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();

    #region Execute Multiple with Results
    // Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
    requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
    {
        // Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses. 
        Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
        {
            ContinueOnError = false,
            ReturnResponses = true
        },
        // Create an empty organization request collection.
        Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
    };

    // Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection. 
    EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();

    // Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
    foreach (var entity in input.Entities)
    {
        CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };
        requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);
    }

    // Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
    ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =
        (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);

    // Display the results returned in the responses.
    foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)
    {
        // A valid response.
        if (responseItem.Response != null)
            DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);

        // An error has occurred.
        else if (responseItem.Fault != null)
            DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
    }

' Get a reference to the organization service.
_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig)

Using _serviceProxy
    ' Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes()

    '#Region "Execute Multiple with Results"
    ' Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
    ' Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses.
    ' Create an empty organization request collection.
    requestWithResults = New ExecuteMultipleRequest() With
        {
            .Settings = New ExecuteMultipleSettings() With
                        {
                            .ContinueOnError = False,
                            .ReturnResponses = True
                        },
            .Requests = New OrganizationRequestCollection()
        }

    ' Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection. 
    Dim input As EntityCollection = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate()

    ' Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
    For Each entity In input.Entities
        Dim createRequest_Renamed As CreateRequest = New CreateRequest With {.Target = entity}
        requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest_Renamed)
    Next entity

    ' Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
    Dim responseWithResults As ExecuteMultipleResponse =
        CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults), ExecuteMultipleResponse)

    ' Display the results returned in the responses.
    For Each responseItem In responseWithResults.Responses

        If responseItem.Response IsNot Nothing Then
            ' A valid response.
            DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                            responseItem.Response)

        ElseIf responseItem.Fault IsNot Nothing Then
            ' An error has occurred.
            DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                         responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault)
        End If
    Next responseItem

Complete sample code


using System;
using System.ServiceModel;
using Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Query;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Samples
{
    public class ExecuteMultiple
    {
        #region Class Level Members

        private OrganizationServiceProxy _serviceProxy;
        private readonly List<Guid> _newAccountIds = new List<Guid>();

        ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithResults;

        #endregion

        #region How To Sample Code

        /// <summary>
        /// This sample demonstrates how to execute a collection of message requests using a single web service
        /// call and optionally return the results.
        /// </summary>
        /// <seealso cref="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328075.aspx"/>
        /// <param name="serverConfig">Contains server connection information.</param>
        /// <param name="promptforDelete">When True, the user will be prompted to delete all
        /// created entities.</param>
        public void Run(ServerConnection.Configuration serverConfig, bool promptforDelete)
        {
            try
            {
                // Get a reference to the organization service.
                using (_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig))
                {
                    // Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
                    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();

                    #region Execute Multiple with Results
                    // Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
                    requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
                    {
                        // Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses. 
                        Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
                        {
                            ContinueOnError = false,
                            ReturnResponses = true
                        },
                        // Create an empty organization request collection.
                        Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
                    };

                    // Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection. 
                    EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();

                    // Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
                    foreach (var entity in input.Entities)
                    {
                        CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };
                        requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);
                    }

                    // Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
                    ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =
                        (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);

                    // Display the results returned in the responses.
                    foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)
                    {
                        // A valid response.
                        if (responseItem.Response != null)
                            DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);

                        // An error has occurred.
                        else if (responseItem.Fault != null)
                            DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                                responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
                    }
                    #endregion Execute Multiple with Results


                    #region Execute Multiple with No Results

                    ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithNoResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
                    {
                        // Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
                        // and to not return responses.
                        Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
                        {
                            ContinueOnError = false,
                            ReturnResponses = false
                        },
                        Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
                    };

                    // Update the entities that were previously created.
                    EntityCollection update = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate();

                    foreach (var entity in update.Entities)
                    {
                        UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest { Target = entity };
                        requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(updateRequest);
                    }

                    ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithNoResults =
                        (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults);

                    // There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error 
                    // should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
                    if (responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0)
                    {
                        foreach (var responseItem in responseWithNoResults.Responses)
                        {
                            if (responseItem.Fault != null)
                                DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                                    responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.");
                    }

                    #endregion Execute Multiple with No Results


                    #region Execute Multiple with Continue On Error

                    ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithContinueOnError = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
                    {
                        // Set the execution behavior to continue on an error and not return responses.
                        Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
                        {
                            ContinueOnError = true,
                            ReturnResponses = false
                        },
                        Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
                    };

                    // Update the entities but introduce some bad attribute values so we get errors.
                    EntityCollection updateWithErrors = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors();

                    foreach (var entity in updateWithErrors.Entities)
                    {
                        UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest { Target = entity };
                        requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Add(updateRequest);
                    }

                    ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithContinueOnError =
                        (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithContinueOnError);

                    // There should be no responses except for those that contain an error. 
                    if (responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count > 0)
                    {
                        if (responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count < requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Count)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Response collection contain a mix of successful response objects and errors.");
                        }
                        foreach (var responseItem in responseWithContinueOnError.Responses)
                        {
                            if (responseItem.Fault != null)
                                DisplayFault(requestWithContinueOnError.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                                    responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // No errors means all transactions are successful.
                        Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.");
                    }

                    #endregion Execute Multiple with Continue On Error

                    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete);
                }
            }

            catch (FaultException<OrganizationServiceFault> fault)
            {
                // Check if the maximum batch size has been exceeded. The maximum batch size is only included in the fault if it
                // the input request collection count exceeds the maximum batch size.
                if (fault.Detail.ErrorDetails.Contains("MaxBatchSize"))
                {
                    int maxBatchSize = Convert.ToInt32(fault.Detail.ErrorDetails["MaxBatchSize"]);
                    if (maxBatchSize < requestWithResults.Requests.Count)
                    {
                        // Here you could reduce the size of your request collection and re-submit the ExecuteMultiple request.
                        // For this sample, that only issues a few requests per batch, we will just print out some info. However,
                        // this code will never be executed because the default max batch size is 1000.
                        Console.WriteLine("The input request collection contains %0 requests, which exceeds the maximum allowed (%1)",
                            requestWithResults.Requests.Count, maxBatchSize);
                    }
                }
                // Re-throw so Main() can process the fault.
                throw;
            }
        }


        #region Public Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Deletes any entity records that were created for this sample.
        /// <param name="prompt">Indicates whether to prompt the user 
        /// to delete the records created in this sample.</param>
        /// </summary>
        public void DeleteRequiredRecords(bool prompt)
        {
            bool deleteRecords = true;

            if (prompt)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\nDo you want to delete the account record? (y/n) [y]: ");
                String answer = Console.ReadLine();

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

            if (!deleteRecords)
                return;

            ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithNoResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
                            {
                                // Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
                                // and to not return responses.
                                Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
                                {
                                    ContinueOnError = false,
                                    ReturnResponses = false
                                },
                                Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
                            };

            // Update the entities that were previously created.
            EntityCollection delete = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete();

            foreach (var entity in delete.Entities)
            {
                DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest { Target = entity.ToEntityReference() };
                requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(deleteRequest);
            }

            ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithNoResults =
                (ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults);

            // There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error 
            // should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
            if (responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (var responseItem in responseWithNoResults.Responses)
                {
                    if (responseItem.Fault != null)
                        DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], 
                            responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("All account records have been deleted successfully.");
            }                       
        }       

        #endregion

        #region Private Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
        /// name for the update. However, use a bad (empty) GUID in some entities to demonstrate
        /// returning errors in ExecuteMultipleResponse.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
        private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors()
        {
            EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
            {
                EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
            };

            for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
            {
                if (i % 2 > 0)
                {
                    collection.Entities.Add(
                    new Account
                    {
                        Name = "Again Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
                        Id = new Guid()
                    });
                }
                else
                {

                    collection.Entities.Add(
                        new Account
                        {
                            Name = "Again Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
                            Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
                        });
                }
            }

            return collection;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
        /// name for the update.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
        private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate()
        {
            EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
            {
                EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
            };

            for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
            {
                collection.Entities.Add(
                    new Account
                    {
                        Name = "Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
                        Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
                    });
            }

            return collection;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a collection of new entity objects.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A collection of entity objects.</returns>
        private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate()
        {
            return new EntityCollection()
            {
                EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName,
                Entities = {
                    new Account { Name = "Example Account 1" },
                    new Account { Name = "Example Account 2" },
                    new Account { Name = "Example Account 3" },
                    new Account { Name = "Example Account 4" },
                    new Account { Name = "Example Account 5" }
                }
            };
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Delete a collection of entity objects.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A collection of entity objects</returns>
        private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete()
        {
            EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
            {
                EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
            };

            for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
            {
                collection.Entities.Add(
                    new Account
                    {
                        Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
                    });
            }

            return collection;
        }        

        /// <summary>
        /// Display the response of an organization message request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="organizationRequest">The organization message request.</param>
        /// <param name="organizationResponse">The organization message response.</param>
        private void DisplayResponse(OrganizationRequest organizationRequest, OrganizationResponse organizationResponse)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Created " + ((Account)organizationRequest.Parameters["Target"]).Name
                + " with account id as " + organizationResponse.Results["id"].ToString());
            _newAccountIds.Add(new Guid(organizationResponse.Results["id"].ToString()));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Display the fault that resulted from processing an organization message request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="organizationRequest">The organization message request.</param>
        /// <param name="count">nth request number from ExecuteMultiple request</param>
        /// <param name="organizationServiceFault">A WCF fault.</param>
        private void DisplayFault(OrganizationRequest organizationRequest, int count,
            OrganizationServiceFault organizationServiceFault)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("A fault occurred when processing {1} request, at index {0} in the request collection with a fault message: {2}", count + 1,
                organizationRequest.RequestName,
                organizationServiceFault.Message);
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion How To Sample Code

        #region Main method

        /// <summary>
        /// Standard Main() method used by most SDK samples.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="args"></param>
        static public void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                // Obtain the target organization's Web address and client logon 
                // credentials from the user.
                ServerConnection serverConnect = new ServerConnection();
                ServerConnection.Configuration config = serverConnect.GetServerConfiguration();

                var app = new ExecuteMultiple();
                app.Run(config, true);
            }

            catch (FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault> ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
                Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", ex.Detail.Timestamp);
                Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", ex.Detail.ErrorCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Detail.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", ex.Detail.TraceText);
                Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                    null == ex.Detail.InnerFault ? "No Inner Fault" : "Has Inner Fault");
            }
            catch (System.TimeoutException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
                Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Stack Trace: {0}", ex.StackTrace);
                Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                    null == ex.InnerException.Message ? "No Inner Fault" : ex.InnerException.Message);
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

                // Display the details of the inner exception.
                if (ex.InnerException != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ex.InnerException.Message);

                    FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault> fe = ex.InnerException
                        as FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault>;
                    if (fe != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", fe.Detail.Timestamp);
                        Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", fe.Detail.ErrorCode);
                        Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", fe.Detail.Message);
                        Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", fe.Detail.TraceText);
                        Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                            null == fe.Detail.InnerFault ? "No Inner Fault" : "Has Inner Fault");
                    }
                }
            }
            // Additional exceptions to catch: SecurityTokenValidationException, ExpiredSecurityTokenException,
            // SecurityAccessDeniedException, MessageSecurityException, and SecurityNegotiationException.
            finally
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to exit.");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
        #endregion Main method
    }
}

Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages
Imports Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk
Imports Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client
Imports Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages
Imports Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata
Imports Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Query

Namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Samples
    Public Class ExecuteMultiple
#Region "Class Level Members"

        Private _serviceProxy As OrganizationServiceProxy
        Private ReadOnly _newAccountIds As New List(Of Guid)()

        Private requestWithResults As ExecuteMultipleRequest
#End Region

#Region "How To Sample Code"

        ''' <summary>
        ''' This sample demonstrates how to execute a collection of message requests using a single web service
        ''' call and optionally return the results.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <seealso cref="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328075.aspx"/>
        ''' <param name="serverConfig">Contains server connection information.</param>
        ''' <param name="promptforDelete">When True, the user will be prompted to delete all
        ''' created entities.</param>
        Public Sub Run(ByVal serverConfig As ServerConnection.Configuration, ByVal promptforDelete As Boolean)
            Try
                ' Get a reference to the organization service.
                _serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig)

                Using _serviceProxy
                    ' Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
                    _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes()

                    '#Region "Execute Multiple with Results"
                    ' Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
                    ' Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses.
                    ' Create an empty organization request collection.
                    requestWithResults = New ExecuteMultipleRequest() With
                        {
                            .Settings = New ExecuteMultipleSettings() With
                                        {
                                            .ContinueOnError = False,
                                            .ReturnResponses = True
                                        },
                            .Requests = New OrganizationRequestCollection()
                        }

                    ' Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection. 
                    Dim input As EntityCollection = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate()

                    ' Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
                    For Each entity In input.Entities
                        Dim createRequest_Renamed As CreateRequest = New CreateRequest With {.Target = entity}
                        requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest_Renamed)
                    Next entity

                    ' Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
                    Dim responseWithResults As ExecuteMultipleResponse =
                        CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults), ExecuteMultipleResponse)

                    ' Display the results returned in the responses.
                    For Each responseItem In responseWithResults.Responses

                        If responseItem.Response IsNot Nothing Then
                            ' A valid response.
                            DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                                            responseItem.Response)

                        ElseIf responseItem.Fault IsNot Nothing Then
                            ' An error has occurred.
                            DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                                         responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault)
                        End If
                    Next responseItem
                    '#End Region ' Execute Multiple with Results


                    '#Region "Execute Multiple with No Results"

                    ' Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
                    ' and to not return responses.
                    Dim requestWithNoResults As New ExecuteMultipleRequest() With
                        {
                            .Settings = New ExecuteMultipleSettings() With
                                        {
                                            .ContinueOnError = False,
                                            .ReturnResponses = False
                                        },
                            .Requests = New OrganizationRequestCollection()
                        }

                    ' Update the entities that were previously created.
                    Dim update As EntityCollection = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate()

                    For Each entity In update.Entities
                        Dim updateRequest_Renamed As UpdateRequest = New UpdateRequest With {.Target = entity}
                        requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(updateRequest_Renamed)
                    Next entity

                    Dim responseWithNoResults As ExecuteMultipleResponse =
                        CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults), ExecuteMultipleResponse)

                    ' There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error 
                    ' should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
                    If responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0 Then
                        For Each responseItem In responseWithNoResults.Responses

                            If responseItem.Fault IsNot Nothing Then
                                DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                                             responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault)
                            End If
                        Next responseItem
                    Else
                        Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.")
                    End If

                    '#End Region ' Execute Multiple with No Results


                    '#Region "Execute Multiple with Continue On Error"

                    ' Set the execution behavior to continue on an error and not return responses.
                    Dim requestWithContinueOnError As New ExecuteMultipleRequest() With
                        {
                            .Settings = New ExecuteMultipleSettings() With
                                        {
                                            .ContinueOnError = True,
                                            .ReturnResponses = False
                                        },
                            .Requests = New OrganizationRequestCollection()
                        }

                    ' Update the entities but introduce some bad attribute values so we get errors.
                    Dim updateWithErrors As EntityCollection = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors()

                    For Each entity In updateWithErrors.Entities
                        Dim updateRequest_Renamed As UpdateRequest = New UpdateRequest With {.Target = entity}
                        requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Add(updateRequest_Renamed)
                    Next entity

                    Dim responseWithContinueOnError As ExecuteMultipleResponse =
                        CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithContinueOnError), ExecuteMultipleResponse)

                    ' There should be no responses except for those that contain an error. 
                    If responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count > 0 Then

                        If responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count < requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Count Then
                            Console.WriteLine("Response collection contain a mix of successful response objects and errors.")
                        End If

                        For Each responseItem In responseWithContinueOnError.Responses
                            If responseItem.Fault IsNot Nothing Then
                                DisplayFault(requestWithContinueOnError.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex),
                                             responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault)
                            End If
                        Next responseItem
                    Else
                        ' No errors means all transactions are successful.
                        Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.")
                    End If

                    '#End Region ' Execute Multiple with Continue On Error

                    DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete)
                End Using

            Catch fault As FaultException(Of OrganizationServiceFault)

                ' Check if the maximum batch size has been exceeded. The maximum batch size is only included in the fault if it
                ' the input request collection count exceeds the maximum batch size.
                If fault.Detail.ErrorDetails.Contains("MaxBatchSize") Then

                    Dim maxBatchSize As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(fault.Detail.ErrorDetails("MaxBatchSize"))
                    If maxBatchSize < requestWithResults.Requests.Count Then
                        ' Here you could reduce the size of your request collection and re-submit the ExecuteMultiple request.
                        ' For this sample, that only issues a few requests per batch, we will just print out some info. However,
                        ' this code will never be executed because the default max batch size is 1000.
                        Console.WriteLine("The input request collection contains %0 requests, which exceeds the maximum allowed (%1)", requestWithResults.Requests.Count, maxBatchSize)
                    End If
                End If
                ' Re-throw so Main() can process the fault.
                Throw
            End Try
        End Sub


#Region "Public Methods"

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Deletes any entity records that were created for this sample.
        ''' <param name="prompt">Indicates whether to prompt the user 
        ''' to delete the records created in this sample.</param>
        ''' </summary>
        Public Sub DeleteRequiredRecords(ByVal prompt As Boolean)
            Dim deleteRecords As Boolean = True

            If prompt Then
                Console.WriteLine(vbLf &amp; "Do you want to delete the account record? (y/n) [y]: ")
                Dim answer As String = Console.ReadLine()

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

            If Not deleteRecords Then
                Return
            End If

            Dim requestWithNoResults As New ExecuteMultipleRequest() With {.Settings = New ExecuteMultipleSettings() With {.ContinueOnError = False, .ReturnResponses = False}, .Requests = New OrganizationRequestCollection()}
            ' Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
            ' and to not return responses.

            ' Update the entities that were previously created.
            Dim delete As EntityCollection = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete()

            For Each entity In delete.Entities
                Dim deleteRequest_Renamed As DeleteRequest = New DeleteRequest With {.Target = entity.ToEntityReference()}
                requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(deleteRequest_Renamed)
            Next entity

            Dim responseWithNoResults As ExecuteMultipleResponse = CType(_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults), ExecuteMultipleResponse)

            ' There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error 
            ' should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
            If responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0 Then
                For Each responseItem In responseWithNoResults.Responses
                    If responseItem.Fault IsNot Nothing Then
                        DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests(responseItem.RequestIndex), responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault)
                    End If
                Next responseItem
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("All account records have been deleted successfully.")
            End If
        End Sub

#End Region

#Region "Private Methods"

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
        ''' name for the update. However, use a bad (empty) GUID in some entities to demonstrate
        ''' returning errors in ExecuteMultipleResponse.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
        Private Function GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors() As EntityCollection
            Dim collection As New EntityCollection() With {.EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName}

            For i As Integer = 1 To _newAccountIds.Count
                ' Introducing errors for sample demonstration.
                If i Mod 2 > 0 Then
                    collection.Entities.Add(
                        New Account With
                        {
                            .Name = "Again Updated Example Account " &amp; i.ToString(),
                            .Id = New Guid()
                        })
                Else

                    collection.Entities.Add(
                        New Account With
                        {
                            .Name = "Again Updated Example Account " &amp; i.ToString(),
                            .Id = _newAccountIds(i - 1)
                        })
                End If
            Next i

            Return collection
        End Function

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
        ''' name for the update.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
        Private Function GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate() As EntityCollection
            Dim collection As New EntityCollection() With {.EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName}

            For i As Integer = 1 To _newAccountIds.Count
                collection.Entities.Add(
                    New Account With
                    {
                        .Name = "Updated Example Account " &amp; i.ToString(),
                        .Id = _newAccountIds(i - 1)
                    })
            Next i

            Return collection
        End Function

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Create a collection of new entity objects.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <returns>A collection of entity objects.</returns>
        Private Function GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate() As EntityCollection
            Dim collection As New EntityCollection() With {.EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName}

            For i As Integer = 1 To 5
                collection.Entities.Add(New Account With {.Name = "Example Account " &amp; i.ToString()})
            Next i

            Return collection
        End Function

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Delete a collection of entity objects.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <returns>A collection of entity objects</returns>
        Private Function GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete() As EntityCollection
            Dim collection As New EntityCollection() With {.EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName}

            For i As Integer = 1 To _newAccountIds.Count
                collection.Entities.Add(New Account With {.Id = _newAccountIds(i - 1)})
            Next i

            Return collection
        End Function

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Display the response of an organization message request.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <param name="organizationRequest">The organization message request.</param>
        ''' <param name="organizationResponse">The organization message response.</param>
        Private Sub DisplayResponse(ByVal organizationRequest_Renamed As OrganizationRequest,
                             ByVal organizationResponse_Renamed As OrganizationResponse)
            Console.WriteLine("Created " _
                              &amp; (CType(organizationRequest_Renamed.Parameters("Target"), Account)).Name _
                              &amp; " with account id as " _
                              &amp; organizationResponse_Renamed.Results("id").ToString())
            _newAccountIds.Add(New Guid(organizationResponse_Renamed.Results("id").ToString()))
        End Sub

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Display the fault that resulted from processing an organization message request.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <param name="organizationRequest_Renamed">The organization message request.</param>
        ''' <param name="count">nth request number from ExecuteMultiple request</param>
        ''' <param name="organizationServiceFault_Renamed">A WCF fault.</param>
        Private Sub DisplayFault(ByVal organizationRequest_Renamed As OrganizationRequest,
                                 ByVal count As Integer,
                                 ByVal organizationServiceFault_Renamed As OrganizationServiceFault)
            Console.WriteLine("A fault occurred when processing {1} request, at index {0} in the request collection with a fault message: {2}",
                              count + 1, organizationRequest_Renamed.RequestName, organizationServiceFault_Renamed.Message)
        End Sub

#End Region

#End Region ' How To Sample Code

#Region "Main method"

        ''' <summary>
        ''' Standard Main() method used by most SDK samples.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <param name="args"></param>
        Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Try
                ' Obtain the target organization's Web address and client logon 
                ' credentials from the user.
                Dim serverConnect As New ServerConnection()
                Dim config As ServerConnection.Configuration = serverConnect.GetServerConfiguration()

                Dim app = New ExecuteMultiple()
                app.Run(config, True)

            Catch ex As FaultException(Of Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault)
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.")
                Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", ex.Detail.Timestamp)
                Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", ex.Detail.ErrorCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Detail.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", ex.Detail.TraceText)
                Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                                  If(Nothing Is ex.Detail.InnerFault,
                                     "No Inner Fault", "Has Inner Fault"))
            Catch ex As TimeoutException
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.")
                Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Stack Trace: {0}", ex.StackTrace)
                Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                                  If(Nothing Is ex.InnerException.Message,
                                     "No Inner Fault", ex.InnerException.Message))
            Catch ex As Exception
                Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.")
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)

                ' Display the details of the inner exception.
                If ex.InnerException IsNot Nothing Then
                    Console.WriteLine(ex.InnerException.Message)

                    Dim fe As FaultException(Of Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault) =
                        TryCast(ex.InnerException, 
                            FaultException(Of Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault))
                    If fe IsNot Nothing Then
                        Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", fe.Detail.Timestamp)
                        Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", fe.Detail.ErrorCode)
                        Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", fe.Detail.Message)
                        Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", fe.Detail.TraceText)
                        Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
                                          If(Nothing Is fe.Detail.InnerFault,
                                             "No Inner Fault", "Has Inner Fault"))
                    End If
                End If
                ' Additional exceptions to catch: SecurityTokenValidationException, ExpiredSecurityTokenException,
                ' SecurityAccessDeniedException, MessageSecurityException, and SecurityNegotiationException.
            Finally
                Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to exit.")
                Console.ReadLine()
            End Try
        End Sub
#End Region ' Main method
    End Class
End Namespace

See Also

ExecuteMultipleRequest
ExecuteMultipleSettings
Use the IOrganizationService web service to read and write data or metadata
Use ExecuteMultiple to improve performance for bulk data load