Web API Query Data Sample
Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online
This group of samples demonstrate how to query data using the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API. This sample is implemented as a separate project for the following languages:
This topic describes a common set of operations implemented by each sample in this group. This topic describes the HTTP requests and responses and text output that each sample in this group will perform without the language specific details. See the language specific descriptions and the individual samples for details about how this operations are performed.
Demonstrates
This sample is divided into the following principal sections, containing Web API query data operations which are discussed in greater detail in the associated conceptual topics.
Topic section |
Associated topic(s) |
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Selecting specific properties |
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Using query functions |
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Using operators |
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Setting precedence |
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Ordering results |
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Parameter alias |
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Limit results |
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Expanding results |
Retrieve related entities by expanding navigation properties |
FetchXML queries |
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Predefined queries |
The following sections contain a brief discussion of the Dynamics 365 Web API operations performed, along with the corresponding HTTP messages and associated console output.
Sample data
To ensure the queries in this sample work properly, a standard set of sample records is created by this sample. These sample records will be deleted unless the user chooses to not delete them. This is the data the sample will be querying. You may get different results depending on any existing data in your environment.
The data is added using deep insert in a single POST request and matches the following structure:
{
"name": "Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"primarycontactid": {
"firstname": "Yvonne", "lastname": "McKay (sample)", "jobtitle": "Coffee Master",
"annualincome": 45000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
"Account_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
],
"contact_customer_accounts": [
{
"firstname": "Susanna", "lastname": "Stubberod (sample)", "jobtitle": "Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome": 52000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Nancy", "lastname": "Anderson (sample)", "jobtitle": "Activities Manager",
"annualincome": 55500, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Maria", "lastname": "Cambell (sample)", "jobtitle": "Accounts Manager",
"annualincome": 31000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Nancy", "lastname": "Anderson (sample)", "jobtitle": "Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome": 63500, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Scott", "lastname": "Konersmann (sample)", "jobtitle": "Accounts Manager",
"annualincome": 38000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Robert", "lastname": "Lyon (sample)", "jobtitle": "Senior Technician",
"annualincome": 78000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Paul", "lastname": "Cannon (sample)", "jobtitle": "Ski Instructor",
"annualincome": 68500, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Rene", "lastname": "Valdes (sample)", "jobtitle": "Data Analyst III",
"annualincome": 86000, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
},
{
"firstname": "Jim", "lastname": "Glynn (sample)", "jobtitle": "Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome": 81400, "Contact_Tasks": [
{ "subject": "Task 1", "description": "Task 1 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 2", "description": "Task 2 description" },
{ "subject": "Task 3", "description": "Task 3 description" }
]
}
]
}
Selecting specific properties
Always construct queries using the $select query option, otherwise the server will return all properties of each entity which reduces performance. This example demonstrates how to construct a basic query by selecting three properties of a contact EntityType. The properties are fullname, jobtitle, annualincome. The section also illustrates the differences between formatted and unformatted values as seen in the results of the contact's annualincome property. More information: Request specific properties, Include formatted values.
In this example, we are requesting for a specific contact. In this case, it's the primary contact of the account, Yvonne McKay (sample).
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts(b848fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802)?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 517
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)/$entity",
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
Console output
Contact basic info:
Fullname: 'Yvonne McKay (sample)'
Jobtitle: 'Coffee Master'
Annualincome: '45000' (unformatted)
Annualincome: $45,000.00 (formatted)
Using query functions
Use filter options to set criteria for the results you want. You can build simple to complex filters using a combination of query functions, comparison operators, and logical operators. More information: Filter results.
Query functions are functions that can be used as a filter criteria in a query. There are standard query functions and Dynamics 365 specific query functions. These functions accept parameters and return a Boolean value. This sample illustrates how to create a query for each type.
Standard query functions
Dynamics 365 supports a small subset of OData built-in query functions, specifically: contains, endswith, and startswith. For example, the contains standard query function allows us to filter for properties matching a string. In this operation, we are querying for all contacts with fullname containing the string (sample). More information: Standard query functions.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)') HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 4284
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619839\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"1cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619843\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"24c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619847\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"2cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619851\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"34c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619853\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"38c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts filtered by fullname containing '(sample)':
1) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
2) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
5) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
6) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
7) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
8) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
9) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
10) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Dynamics 365 query functions
Dynamics 365 query functions provide a large number of options to build queries which are relevant for Dynamics 365. For a complete list of these functions, see Web API Query Function Reference. More information: Compose a query with functions
You will use these query functions in a manner similar to the standard query functions. The main difference is, when using Dynamics 365 query functions, you must provide the full name of the function including the parameter name(s). For example, to get a list of contacts created in the last hour, you can construct a query using the LastXHours Function.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.LastXHours(PropertyName='createdon',PropertyValue='1') HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 4284
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619839\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"1cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619843\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"24c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619847\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"2cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619851\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"34c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619853\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"38c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts that were created within the last 1hr:
1) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
2) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
5) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
6) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
7) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
8) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
9) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
10) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Using operators
Use the Standard filter operators (eq,ne,gt,ge,lt,le,and,or,not) to further refine our results. In this example, we are requesting a list of all contacts with fullname containing (sample) and annual income greater than 55000.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')%20and%20annualincome%20gt%2055000 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 2629
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619851\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"34c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619853\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"38c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts filtered by fullname and annualincome (<$55,000):
1) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
2) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
3) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
4) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
5) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
6) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Setting precedence
You will use parentheses to establish the order in which your conditions are evaluated.
In this example, we are requesting a list of all contacts with fullname containing (sample), jobtitle containing either senior or specialist, and annualincome greater than 55000. To get the results we want, parentheses are used to group the jobtitle filters together. Since all operators have the same precedence, omitting the parentheses will give the or operator the same precedence as the and operators. Filters are applied from left to right. The order in which these statements appear in the filter can affect the results. This is what the query in this example looks like: $filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)') and (contains(jobtitle,'senior') or contains(jobtitle,'specialist')) and annualincome gt 55000.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')%20and%20(contains(jobtitle,'senior')%20or%20contains(jobtitle,'specialist'))%20and%20annualincome%20gt%2055000 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 1393
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts filtered by fullname, annualincome and jobtitle (Senior or Specialist):
1) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
2) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
3) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Ordering results
You can specify either an ascending or descending order on the results by using the $orderby filter option . In this example, we will query for all contacts with fullname containing (sample) and request the data in ascending order based on the jobtitle property value and then in descending based on the annualincome property value using this syntax: $orderby=jobtitle asc, annualincome desc. More information: Order results.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')%20&$orderby=jobtitle%20asc,%20annualincome%20desc HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 4284
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619847\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"2cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619843\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"24c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619853\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"38c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619839\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"1cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619851\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"34c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts ordered by jobtitle (ascending) and annualincome (descending):
1) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
2) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
5) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
6) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
7) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
8) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
9) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
10) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
Parameter alias
Use parameter aliases to more easily reuse parameters in your filters. Parameterized aliases can be used in $filter and $orderby options. If the alias isn’t assigned a value it is assumed to be null. You can also use parameter aliases when calling functions. More information: Use Web API functions, Use parameter aliases with system query options. Taking the order results operation for example, we can write that query again using parameters and we would get the same output results.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(@p1,'(sample)')%20&$orderby=@p2%20asc,%20@p3%20desc&@p1=fullname&@p2=jobtitle&@p3=annualincome HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 4284
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619847\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"2cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619843\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"24c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619853\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"38c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619855\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"3cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619839\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"1cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619849\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"30c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619851\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"34c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts list using parameterized aliases:
1) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
2) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
5) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
6) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
7) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
8) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
9) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
10) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
Limit results
Returning more data than you need is bad for performance. The server will return a maximum of 5000 entities per request. You can limit the number of results returned using the $top query option or by adding odata.maxpagesize in the request header. The $top query option only returns the top number of entities from the result set and ignores the rest. The odata.maxpagesize request header specifies the number of entities return per page with an @odata.nextLink property to get results of the next page. For more information about odata.maxpagesize, see the section on Pagination and see also Limits on number of entities returned.
Top results
We can apply the $top query option to limit the basic query operation to the first five contacts with fullname containing (sample). In this case, the request actually produces at least 10 results, but only the first 5 entries are returned in the response.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')&$top=5 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Content-Length: 2209
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619718\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"15c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619839\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"1cc364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619841\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"20c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619843\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"24c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"619845\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"28c364b2-bf43-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts top 5 results:
1) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
2) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
5) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
Result count
You can get just the count of records from a collection-valued property or a count of matched entities in a filter. Getting a count tells us the number of possible entities in our result. However, the Dynamics 365 server will return 5000 as the maximum count even if the result may have more. In this example, we constructed a filter with jobtitle containing either Senior or Manager and we also requested a $count of the result. The response contains the count in the @odata.count property as well as the results of the query. More information: Retrieve a count of entities.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(jobtitle,'senior')%20or%20contains(jobtitle,%20'manager')&$count=true HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 2654
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"@odata.count":6,
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620258\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"bf48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620260\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"c348fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620262\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"c748fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620266\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"cf48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620268\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"d348fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620274\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"df48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
6 contacts have either 'Manager' or 'Senior' designation in their jobtitle.
Manager or Senior:
1) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
2) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
3) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
4) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
5) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
6) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Pagination
To retrieve a sequential subset of results for a query that returns a large number of entities, use the odata.maxpagesize instead of $top. More information: Specify the number of entities to return in a page.
In this example, we ask for a $count and we set the odata.maxpagesize to 4. This filter matches 10 contacts, but we are only retrieving 4 at a time. We also use the count and the max page size to figured out how many total pages there are. The result of the first page is returned in this request.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')&$count=true HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=4, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=4
Content-Length: 2294
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"@odata.count":10,
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620138\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b848fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620258\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"bf48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620260\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"c348fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620262\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"c748fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
],
"@odata.nextLink":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')&$count=true&$skiptoken=%3Ccookie%20pagenumber=%222%22%20pagingcookie=%22%253ccookie%2520page%253d%25221%2522%253e%253ccontactid%2520last%253d%2522%257bC748FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520first%253d%2522%257bB848FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520%252f%253e%253c%252fcookie%253e%22%20istracking=%22False%22%20/%3E"
}
Console output
Contacts total: 10 Contacts per page: 4.
Page 1 of 3:
1) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
2) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
3) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
4) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
To retrieve page 2, use a GET request with the value of the @odata.nextLink property.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')&$count=true&$skiptoken=%3Ccookie%20pagenumber=%222%22%20pagingcookie=%22%253ccookie%2520page%253d%25221%2522%253e%253ccontactid%2520last%253d%2522%257bC748FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520first%253d%2522%257bB848FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520%252f%253e%253c%252fcookie%253e%22%20istracking=%22False%22%20/%3E HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=4, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=4
Content-Length: 2294
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome)",
"@odata.count":10,
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620264\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"cb48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620266\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"cf48fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620268\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"d348fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620270\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"d748fdee-c143-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
],
"@odata.nextLink":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$filter=contains(fullname,'(sample)')&$count=true&$skiptoken=%3Ccookie%20pagenumber=%223%22%20pagingcookie=%22%253ccookie%2520page%253d%25222%2522%253e%253ccontactid%2520last%253d%2522%257bD748FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520first%253d%2522%257bCB48FDEE-C143-E611-80D5-00155DA84802%257d%2522%2520%252f%253e%253c%252fcookie%253e%22%20istracking=%22False%22%20/%3E"
}
Console output
Page 2 of 3:
1) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
2) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
3) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
4) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
Expanding results
To retrieve information on associated entities, use the $expand query option on navigation properties. More information: Retrieve related entities by expanding navigation properties.
Expand on single-valued navigation property
A Single-valued navigation property represents a many-to-one relationships. In our sample data, the account has a relationship with a contact via the primarycontactid attribute. In this relationship, the account can only have one primary contact. Using the account EntityType, we can create a query to get information about the account and expanded information about its primary contact.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/accounts(b2546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802)?$select=name&$expand=primarycontactid($select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome) HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 700
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#accounts(name,primarycontactid,primarycontactid(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome))/$entity",
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620641\"",
"name":"Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"accountid":"b2546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"primarycontactid":{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620534\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b3546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
}
Console output
Account 'Contoso, Ltd. (sample)' has the following primary contact person:
Fullname: 'Yvonne McKay (sample)'
Jobtitle: 'Coffee Master'
Annualincome: '45000'
Expand on partner property
Each navigation property has a corresponding “partner” property. Once an association is made, we can retrieve information through this association. Which attribute we use depends on the base entity that the query is against. For example, in the previous operation, we created a query against the account EntityType and we wanted to get additional information about its primary contact. We did that via the primarycontactid attribute. If we look up the account EntityType, under the Single-valued navigation properties section, we can see that the partner property that corresponds to primarycontactid is account_primary_contact collection-valued navigation property found on the contact EntityType.
Writing a query against a contact, you can expand on the account_primary_contact attribute to get information about accounts where this contact is the primary contact. In the sample data, Yvonne McKay (sample) is the primary contact person for only one account. However, she can potentially be assigned to other accounts as primary contact. Because the account_primary_contact property has a many-to-one relationship the result is returned as an array of account entities.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts(b3546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802)?$select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome&$expand=account_primary_contact($select=name) HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 737
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome,account_primary_contact,account_primary_contact(name))/$entity",
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620534\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b3546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"account_primary_contact":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620919\"",
"name":"Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"accountid":"b2546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contact 'Yvonne McKay (sample)' is the primary contact for the following accounts:
1) Contoso, Ltd. (sample)
Expand on collection-valued navigation property
Collection-valued navigation properties support one-to-many or many-to-many relationships. For example, in our sample data, the account has a relationship with many contacts via the contact_customer_accounts attribute.
Using the account EntityType, we can create a query to get information about the account and expand information about its contacts. In this case, the Contoso, Ltd. (sample) is associated to nine other contacts via the contact_customer_accounts collection-valued navigation property.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/accounts(86546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802)?$select=name&$expand=contact_customer_accounts($select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome) HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 4073
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#accounts(name,contact_customer_accounts,contact_customer_accounts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome))/$entity",
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620921\"",
"name":"Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"accountid":"86546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"contact_customer_accounts":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620847\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"8e546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620849\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"92546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620851\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"96546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620853\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9a546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620855\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9e546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620857\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a2546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620859\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a6546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620861\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"aa546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620863\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"ae546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Account 'Contoso, Ltd. (sample)' has the following contact customers:
1) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
2) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
3) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
4) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
5) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
6) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
7) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
8) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
9) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Expand on multiple navigation properties
You can expand on as many navigation properties as the query requires. However, the $expand option can only go one level deep.
This example expands the primarycontactid, contact_customer_accounts, and Account_Tasks navigation properties of the account EntityType. This query returns a response containing information about the account and two collections: a contacts collection and a tasks collection. The sample code will process these collections separately.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/accounts(86546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802)?$select=name&$expand=primarycontactid($select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome),contact_customer_accounts($select=fullname,jobtitle,annualincome),Account_Tasks($select=subject,description) HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Preference-Applied: odata.maxpagesize=10
Content-Length: 5093
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#accounts(name,primarycontactid,contact_customer_accounts,Account_Tasks,primarycontactid(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome),contact_customer_accounts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome),Account_Tasks(subject,description))/$entity",
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620921\"",
"name":"Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"accountid":"86546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"primarycontactid":{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620726\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"87546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
"contact_customer_accounts":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620847\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"8e546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620849\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"92546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620851\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"96546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620853\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9a546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620855\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9e546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620857\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a2546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620859\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a6546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620861\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"aa546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620863\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"ae546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
],
"Account_Tasks":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620840\"",
"subject":"Task 1",
"description":"Task 1 description",
"activityid":"8b546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620842\"",
"subject":"Task 2",
"description":"Task 2 description",
"activityid":"8c546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"620844\"",
"subject":"Task 3",
"description":"Task 3 description",
"activityid":"8d546951-c543-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
-- Expanding multiple property types in one request --
Account 'Contoso, Ltd. (sample)' has the following primary contact person:
Fullname: 'Yvonne McKay (sample)'
Jobtitle: 'Coffee Master'
Annualincome: '45000'
Account 'Contoso, Ltd. (sample)' has the following related contacts:
1) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
2) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
3) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
4) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
5) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
6) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
7) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
8) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
9) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Account 'Contoso, Ltd. (sample)' has the following tasks:
1) Task 1, Task 1 description
2) Task 2, Task 2 description
3) Task 3, Task 3 description
FetchXML queries
Besides query filter operations, the Web API also supports FetchXML queries. FetchXml provides an alternative way to define queries and additional options to perform aggregations. More information: Build queries with FetchXML
To use fetch xml you must compose a string representing the query. Make sure the query string conforms to the FetchXML schema. Before you include the string in the URL you must URL encode the string.
All the query options we would normally define such as $select, $filter, and $orderby are now defined in the XML. In this operation, we query for all contacts whose fullname matches (sample), and order the results descending by fullname. This is the XML for this query.
<fetch mapping="logical" output-format="xml-platform" version="1.0" distinct="false">
<entity name="contact">
<attribute name="fullname" />
<attribute name="jobtitle" />
<attribute name="annualincome" />
<order descending="true"
attribute="fullname" />
<filter type="and">
<condition value="%(sample)%"
attribute="fullname"
operator="like" />
</filter>
</entity>
</fetch>
HTTP Request
The request query string is sent to the server in encoded form. The encoded header looks like this.
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?fetchXml=%253Cfetch%2520mapping%253D%2522logical%2522%2520output-format%253D%2522xml-platform%2522%2520version%253D%25221.0%2522%2520distinct%253D%2522false%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%253Centity%2520name%253D%2522contact%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522jobtitle%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522annualincome%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Corder%2520descending%253D%2522true%2522%2520attribute%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cfilter%2520type%253D%2522and%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Ccondition%2520value%253D%2522%2525(sample)%2525%2522%2520attribute%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520operator%253D%2522like%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253C%252Ffilter%253E%2520%2520%2520%253C%252Fentity%253E%2520%253C%252Ffetch%253E%2520 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Content-Length: 4345
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome,_transactioncurrencyid_value,transactioncurrencyid,contactid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621502\"",
"fullname":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Coffee Master",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$45,000.00",
"annualincome":45000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9255b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621627\"",
"fullname":"Susanna Stubberod (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Purchaser",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$52,000.00",
"annualincome":52000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9955b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621635\"",
"fullname":"Scott Konersmann (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$38,000.00",
"annualincome":38000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a955b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621637\"",
"fullname":"Robert Lyon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior Technician",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$78,000.00",
"annualincome":78000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"ad55b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621641\"",
"fullname":"Rene Valdes (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Data Analyst III",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$86,000.00",
"annualincome":86000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b555b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621639\"",
"fullname":"Paul Cannon (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Ski Instructor",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$68,500.00",
"annualincome":68500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b155b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621629\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"9d55b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621633\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Logistics Specialist",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$63,500.00",
"annualincome":63500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a555b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621631\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a155b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621643\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b955b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts Fetched by fullname containing '(sample)':
1) Yvonne McKay (sample), Coffee Master, $45,000.00
2) Susanna Stubberod (sample), Senior Purchaser, $52,000.00
3) Scott Konersmann (sample), Accounts Manager, $38,000.00
4) Robert Lyon (sample), Senior Technician, $78,000.00
5) Rene Valdes (sample), Data Analyst III, $86,000.00
6) Paul Cannon (sample), Ski Instructor, $68,500.00
7) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
8) Nancy Anderson (sample), Logistics Specialist, $63,500.00
9) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
10) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
FetchXML pagination
The way FetchXML handles paging is different than how query filter handles it. In FetchXML, you can specify a count attribute that will indicate how many results to return per page. In the same request, you use the page attribute to specify the page number you want. This operation will make a request for page 3 from the previous FetchXML sample. Based on our sample data, we should have ten contacts in our result. Breaking each page down to only four entities per page, we should have three pages. Page 3 should contain only two entities. If we then ask for page 4, the system will return zero results.
<fetch mapping="logical"
output-format="xml-platform"
version="1.0"
distinct="false"
page="3"
count="4">
<entity name="contact">
<attribute name="fullname" />
<attribute name="jobtitle" />
<attribute name="annualincome" />
<order descending="true"
attribute="fullname" />
<filter type="and">
<condition value="%(sample)%"
attribute="fullname"
operator="like" />
</filter>
</entity>
</fetch>
HTTP Request
The request query string is sent to the server in encoded form. The encoded header looks like this.
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?fetchXml=%253Cfetch%2520mapping%253D%2522logical%2522%2520output-format%253D%2522xml-platform%2522%2520version%253D%25221.0%2522%2520distinct%253D%2522false%2522%2520page%253D%25223%2522%2520count%253D%25224%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%253Centity%2520name%253D%2522contact%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522jobtitle%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cattribute%2520name%253D%2522annualincome%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Corder%2520descending%253D%2522true%2522%2520attribute%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Cfilter%2520type%253D%2522and%2522%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253Ccondition%2520value%253D%2522%2525(sample)%2525%2522%2520attribute%253D%2522fullname%2522%2520operator%253D%2522like%2522%2520%252F%253E%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%253C%252Ffilter%253E%2520%2520%2520%253C%252Fentity%253E%2520%253C%252Ffetch%253E%2520 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Content-Length: 1037
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,jobtitle,annualincome,_transactioncurrencyid_value,transactioncurrencyid,contactid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621631\"",
"fullname":"Maria Cambell (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Accounts Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$31,000.00",
"annualincome":31000.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"a155b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621643\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802",
"contactid":"b955b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
Contacts Fetched by fullname containing '(sample)' - Page 3:
1) Maria Cambell (sample), Accounts Manager, $31,000.00
2) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
Predefined queries
You can use the Web API to execute predefined queries. More information: Retrieve and execute predefined queries.
Saved query
In this operation, we will make a request for the savedqueryid GUID of the saved query named Active Accounts. Then using the GUID and the savedQuery parameter, we will query for a list of active accounts.
Getting the saved query's GUID.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/savedqueries?$select=name,savedqueryid&$filter=name%20eq%20'Active%20Accounts' HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
Referer: https://localhost:1469/WebAPIQuery.html
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Length: 251
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#savedqueries(name,savedqueryid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"443067\"",
"name":"Active Accounts",
"savedqueryid":"00000000-0000-0000-00aa-000010001002"
}
]
}
Getting the saved query's content using the savedQuery parameter
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/accounts?savedQuery=00000000-0000-0000-00aa-000010001002 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
REQ_ID: 2bc532c4-d445-44cd-adae-1909a616d6bc
OData-Version: 4.0
Preference-Applied: odata.include-annotations="OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"
Content-Length: 446
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#accounts(name,_primarycontactid_value,primarycontactid,accountid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621613\"",
"name":"Contoso, Ltd. (sample)",
"_primarycontactid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"Yvonne McKay (sample)",
"_primarycontactid_value":"9255b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"accountid":"9155b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
-- Saved Query --
Saved Query (Active Accounts):
1) Contoso, Ltd. (sample)
User query
This sample creates a user query, executes it, then deletes it from the system. This user query is asking for any contacts whose fullname contains (sample), jobtitle contains manager, and annualincome greater than 55000. Our sample data has two contacts matching this query.
Getting the user query's GUID.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/userqueries?$select=name,userqueryid,&$filter=name%20eq%20'My%20User%20Query' HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Referer: https://localhost:1469/WebAPIQuery.html
HTTP Response
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Length: 246
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#userqueries(name,userqueryid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621698\"",
"name":"My User Query",
"userqueryid":"7ec390ab-c943-e611-80d5-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Getting the user query's content passing the GUID value with the userQuery parameter.
HTTP Request
GET http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/contacts?userQuery=7ec390ab-c943-e611-80d5-00155da84802 HTTP/1.1
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Prefer: odata.maxpagesize=10, odata.include-annotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal
OData-Version: 4.0
Content-Length: 1040
{
"@odata.context":"http://[Organization URI]/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#contacts(fullname,contactid,jobtitle,annualincome,_transactioncurrencyid_value,transactioncurrencyid)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621643\"",
"fullname":"Jim Glynn (sample)",
"contactid":"b955b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"jobtitle":"Senior International Sales Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$81,400.00",
"annualincome":81400.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802"
},
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"621629\"",
"fullname":"Nancy Anderson (sample)",
"contactid":"9d55b257-c843-e611-80d5-00155da84802",
"jobtitle":"Activities Manager",
"annualincome@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"$55,500.00",
"annualincome":55500.0000,
"_transactioncurrencyid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue":"US Dollar",
"_transactioncurrencyid_value":"518c78c9-d3f6-e511-80d0-00155da84802"
}
]
}
Console output
-- User Query --
Saved User Query:
1) Jim Glynn (sample), Senior International Sales Manager, $81,400.00
2) Nancy Anderson (sample), Activities Manager, $55,500.00
See Also
Use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API
Query Data using the Web API
Retrieve and execute predefined queries
Web API Query Data Sample (C#)
Web API Query Data Sample (Client-side JavaScript)
Microsoft Dynamics 365
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