IOrganizationService.Delete Method (String, Guid)

Article
11/28/2016

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Deletes a record.

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

Syntax

[OperationContractAttribute]
[FaultContractAttribute(typeof(OrganizationServiceFault))]
void Delete(
    string entityName,
    Guid id
)

<OperationContractAttribute>
<FaultContractAttribute(GetType(OrganizationServiceFault))>
Sub Delete (
    entityName As String,
    id As Guid
)

Parameters

entityName
Type: System.String

Type: String. The logical name of the entity that is specified in the entityId parameter.

id
Type: System.Guid

Type: Guid. The ID of the record that you want to delete.

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 entityName parameter and access rights on the record that is specified in the id parameter. For a list of the required privileges, see Delete message privileges. When a record is deleted, all child records are also deleted. The entire deletion fails if the caller does not have the delete privilege or access rights for any of these records.

Notes for Callers

This method may cascade to related records according to the cascade configuration for each entity relationship. For a description of how actions on a parent record affect related records, see Cascading behavior.

Typically, you should only delete records that you entered by mistake. For some record types, you can deactivate or close the record instead.

You can use this method to delete any record of an entity that supports the Delete message, including records from custom entities.

For more information about the exceptions that can be thrown when you call this method, see Handle exceptions in your code.

Supported 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	2 (Both)
ActivityMimeAttachment	2 (Both)
Annotation	2 (Both)
AnnualFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Appointment	2 (Both)
AsyncOperation	2 (Both)
AttributeMap	2 (Both)
BulkDeleteOperation	2 (Both)
BulkOperation	2 (Both)
BusinessUnit	2 (Both)
BusinessUnitNewsArticle	2 (Both)
Calendar	2 (Both)
Campaign	2 (Both)
CampaignActivity	2 (Both)
CampaignResponse	2 (Both)
ColumnMapping	2 (Both)
Competitor	2 (Both)
Connection	2 (Both)
ConnectionRole	2 (Both)
ConnectionRoleObjectTypeCode	2 (Both)
ConstraintBasedGroup	2 (Both)
Contact	2 (Both)
Contract	2 (Both)
ContractDetail	2 (Both)
ContractTemplate	2 (Both)
ConvertRule	2 (Both)
ConvertRuleItem	2 (Both)
CustomerAddress	2 (Both)
CustomerOpportunityRole	2 (Both)
CustomerRelationship	2 (Both)
Discount	2 (Both)
DiscountType	2 (Both)
DuplicateRule	2 (Both)
DuplicateRuleCondition	2 (Both)
DynamicProperty	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyAssociation	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyInstance	2 (Both)
DynamicPropertyOptionSetItem	2 (Both)
Email	2 (Both)
EmailServerProfile	2 (Both)
Entitlement	2 (Both)
EntitlementChannel	2 (Both)
EntitlementTemplate	2 (Both)
EntitlementTemplateChannel	2 (Both)
Equipment	2 (Both)
ExchangeSyncIdMapping	2 (Both)
Fax	2 (Both)
FieldPermission	2 (Both)
FieldSecurityProfile	2 (Both)
FixedMonthlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Goal	2 (Both)
GoalRollupQuery	2 (Both)
HierarchyRule	2 (Both)
HierarchySecurityConfiguration	2 (Both)
Import	2 (Both)
ImportEntityMapping	2 (Both)
ImportFile	2 (Both)
ImportJob	2 (Both)
ImportMap	2 (Both)
Incident	2 (Both)
IncidentResolution	2 (Both)
Invoice	2 (Both)
InvoiceDetail	2 (Both)
IsvConfig	2 (Both)
KbArticle	2 (Both)
KbArticleComment	2 (Both)
KbArticleTemplate	2 (Both)
Lead	2 (Both)
Letter	2 (Both)
List	2 (Both)
LookUpMapping	2 (Both)
Mailbox	2 (Both)
MailMergeTemplate	2 (Both)
Metric	2 (Both)
MonthlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostAlbum	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostConfig	2 (Both)
msdyn_PostRuleConfig	2 (Both)
msdyn_wallsavedquery	2 (Both)
msdyn_wallsavedqueryusersettings	2 (Both)
Opportunity	2 (Both)
OpportunityClose	2 (Both)
OpportunityProduct	2 (Both)
OrderClose	2 (Both)
OwnerMapping	2 (Both)
PhoneCall	2 (Both)
PickListMapping	2 (Both)
PluginAssembly	2 (Both)
PluginType	2 (Both)
Position	2 (Both)
Post	2 (Both)
PostComment	2 (Both)
PostFollow	2 (Both)
PostLike	2 (Both)
PriceLevel	2 (Both)
PrincipalObjectAttributeAccess	2 (Both)
ProcessSession	2 (Both)
ProcessTrigger	2 (Both)
Product	2 (Both)
ProductAssociation	2 (Both)
ProductPriceLevel	2 (Both)
ProductSubstitute	2 (Both)
Publisher	2 (Both)
PublisherAddress	2 (Both)
QuarterlyFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Queue	2 (Both)
QueueItem	2 (Both)
Quote	2 (Both)
QuoteClose	2 (Both)
QuoteDetail	2 (Both)
RecurrenceRule	2 (Both)
RecurringAppointmentMaster	2 (Both)
RelationshipRole	2 (Both)
RelationshipRoleMap	2 (Both)
Report	2 (Both)
ReportCategory	2 (Both)
ReportEntity	2 (Both)
ReportVisibility	2 (Both)
ResourceSpec	2 (Both)
Role	2 (Both)
RollupField	2 (Both)
RoutingRule	2 (Both)
RoutingRuleItem	2 (Both)
SalesLiterature	2 (Both)
SalesLiteratureItem	2 (Both)
SalesOrder	2 (Both)
SalesOrderDetail	2 (Both)
SavedQuery	2 (Both)
SavedQueryVisualization	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStep	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStepImage	2 (Both)
SdkMessageProcessingStepSecureConfig	2 (Both)
SemiAnnualFiscalCalendar	2 (Both)
Service	2 (Both)
ServiceAppointment	2 (Both)
ServiceEndpoint	2 (Both)
SharePointDocument	2 (Both)
SharePointDocumentLocation	2 (Both)
SharePointSite	2 (Both)
Site	2 (Both)
SLA	2 (Both)
SLAItem	2 (Both)
SLAKPIInstance	2 (Both)
SocialActivity	2 (Both)
SocialInsightsConfiguration	2 (Both)
SocialProfile	2 (Both)
Solution	2 (Both)
Subject	2 (Both)
SystemForm	2 (Both)
Task	2 (Both)
Team	2 (Both)
TeamTemplate	2 (Both)
Template	2 (Both)
Territory	2 (Both)
TraceLog	2 (Both)
TransactionCurrency	2 (Both)
TransformationMapping	2 (Both)
TransformationParameterMapping	2 (Both)
UoM	2 (Both)
UoMSchedule	2 (Both)
UserEntityInstanceData	2 (Both)
UserEntityUISettings	2 (Both)
UserForm	2 (Both)
UserQuery	2 (Both)
UserQueryVisualization	2 (Both)
WebResource	2 (Both)
Workflow	2 (Both)
WorkflowDependency	2 (Both)
WorkflowLog	2 (Both)

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Delete method to delete an account record (early bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get 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 = new OrganizationServiceProxy(serverConfig.OrganizationUri, serverConfig.HomeRealmUri,serverConfig.Credentials, serverConfig.DeviceCredentials))
{
    // 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 Delete method to delete an account record (late bound). For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get 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 &amp; "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

IOrganizationService.Delete Method (String, Guid)

Syntax

Parameters

Remarks

Examples

See Also

Additional resources