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BookRequest Class

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

Contains the data that is needed to schedule or “book” an appointment, recurring appointment, or service appointment (service activity).

Namespace: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages
Assembly: Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy (in Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DataContractAttribute(Namespace:="https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")> _
Public NotInheritable Class BookRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest
[DataContractAttribute(Namespace="https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2011/Contracts")] 
public sealed class BookRequest : OrganizationRequest

Example

The following example shows how to use this message. For this sample to work correctly, you must be connected to the server to get an IOrganizationService interface. For the complete sample, see the link later in this topic.


// Get the current user information
WhoAmIRequest userRequest = new WhoAmIRequest();
WhoAmIResponse userResponse = (WhoAmIResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(userRequest);

// Create the ActivityParty instance.
ActivityParty party = new ActivityParty
{
    PartyId = new EntityReference(SystemUser.EntityLogicalName, userResponse.UserId)
};

// Create the appointment instance.
Appointment appointment = new Appointment
{
    Subject = "Test Appointment",
    Description = "Test Appointment created using the BookRequest Message.",
    ScheduledStart = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1),
    ScheduledEnd = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2),
    Location = "Office",
    RequiredAttendees = new ActivityParty[] { party },
    Organizer = new ActivityParty[] { party }                        
};                    

// Use the Book request message.
BookRequest book = new BookRequest
{
    Target = appointment
};
BookResponse booked = (BookResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(book);
_appointmentId = booked.ValidationResult.ActivityId;

// Verify that the appointment has been scheduled.
if (_appointmentId != Guid.Empty)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Succesfully booked {0}.", appointment.Subject) ;
}

Remarks

Message Availability

For this message to work, the caller must be connected to the server.

Usage

Pass an instance of this class to the Execute method, which returns an instance of the BookResponse class.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges on the specified entity in the Target property and access rights on the specified record in the Target property. For a complete list of the required privileges, see Book Privileges.

Supported Entities

The following table shows the default entities that support this message. For the listed entities, the caller must be connected to the server for this message to be available.

Entity Availability

appointment

Server

recurringappointmentmaster

Server

serviceappointment

Server

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
    Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages.BookRequest

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),

Change History

See Also

Reference

BookRequest Members
Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages Namespace
Create a Recurring Appointment Series
BookResponse

Other Resources

Schedule and Appointment Entities
Sample: Book an Appointment

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