Sample: Execute multiple requests
Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online
Sending a large number of individual organization message requests over a network, as you would do in a bulk data import operation, is affected by network performance. For improved performance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online & on-premises) support batching of requests into a single web service method call.
This sample code is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online & on-premises). Download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK package. It can be found in the following location in the download package:
SampleCode\CS\DataManagement\ExecuteMultiple\ExecuteMultiple.cs
Requirements
For more information about the requirements for running the sample code provided in this SDK, see Use the sample and helper code.
Demonstrates
This sample shows how to execute multiple organization message requests by using a single web service method call, passing ExecuteMultipleRequest as a parameter. Reducing the number of message requests that must be transmitted over the network results in increased message processing performance. A snippet showing just the key sections of the sample is shown first, followed by the Complete sample code.
Example
This sample uses a single web method call to execute all message requests in a collection. Settings to alter the execution behavior are also shown.
// Get a reference to the organization service.
using (_serviceProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(serverConfig.OrganizationUri, serverConfig.HomeRealmUri,serverConfig.Credentials, serverConfig.DeviceCredentials))
{
// Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
_serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();
#region Execute Multiple with Results
// Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
{
// Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses.
Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
{
ContinueOnError = false,
ReturnResponses = true
},
// Create an empty organization request collection.
Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
};
// Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection.
EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();
// Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
foreach (var entity in input.Entities)
{
CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };
requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);
}
// Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =
(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);
// Display the results returned in the responses.
foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)
{
// A valid response.
if (responseItem.Response != null)
DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);
// An error has occurred.
else if (responseItem.Fault != null)
DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],
responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
}
Complete sample code
using System;
using System.ServiceModel;
using Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Query;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Samples
{
public class ExecuteMultiple
{
#region Class Level Members
private OrganizationServiceProxy _serviceProxy;
private readonly List<Guid> _newAccountIds = new List<Guid>();
#endregion
#region How To Sample Code
/// <summary>
/// This sample demonstrates how to execute a collection of message requests using a single web service
/// call and optionally return the results.
/// </summary>
/// <seealso cref="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328075.aspx"/>
/// <param name="serverConfig">Contains server connection information.</param>
/// <param name="promptforDelete">When True, the user will be prompted to delete all
/// created entities.</param>
public void Run(ServerConnection.Configuration serverConfig, bool promptforDelete)
{
ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithResults = null;
try
{
// Get a reference to the organization service.
using (_serviceProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(serverConfig.OrganizationUri, serverConfig.HomeRealmUri,serverConfig.Credentials, serverConfig.DeviceCredentials))
{
// Enable early-bound type support to add/update entity records required for this sample.
_serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();
#region Execute Multiple with Results
// Create an ExecuteMultipleRequest object.
requestWithResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
{
// Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses.
Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
{
ContinueOnError = false,
ReturnResponses = true
},
// Create an empty organization request collection.
Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
};
// Create several (local, in memory) entities in a collection.
EntityCollection input = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate();
// Add a CreateRequest for each entity to the request collection.
foreach (var entity in input.Entities)
{
CreateRequest createRequest = new CreateRequest { Target = entity };
requestWithResults.Requests.Add(createRequest);
}
// Execute all the requests in the request collection using a single web method call.
ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithResults =
(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithResults);
// Display the results returned in the responses.
foreach (var responseItem in responseWithResults.Responses)
{
// A valid response.
if (responseItem.Response != null)
DisplayResponse(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex], responseItem.Response);
// An error has occurred.
else if (responseItem.Fault != null)
DisplayFault(requestWithResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],
responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
}
#endregion Execute Multiple with Results
#region Execute Multiple with No Results
ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithNoResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
{
// Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
// and to not return responses.
Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
{
ContinueOnError = false,
ReturnResponses = false
},
Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
};
// Update the entities that were previously created.
EntityCollection update = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate();
foreach (var entity in update.Entities)
{
UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest { Target = entity };
requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(updateRequest);
}
ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithNoResults =
(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults);
// There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error
// should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
if (responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var responseItem in responseWithNoResults.Responses)
{
if (responseItem.Fault != null)
DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],
responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.");
}
#endregion Execute Multiple with No Results
#region Execute Multiple with Continue On Error
ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithContinueOnError = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
{
// Set the execution behavior to continue on an error and not return responses.
Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
{
ContinueOnError = true,
ReturnResponses = false
},
Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
};
// Update the entities but introduce some bad attribute values so we get errors.
EntityCollection updateWithErrors = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors();
foreach (var entity in updateWithErrors.Entities)
{
UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest { Target = entity };
requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Add(updateRequest);
}
ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithContinueOnError =
(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithContinueOnError);
// There should be no responses except for those that contain an error.
if (responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count > 0)
{
if (responseWithContinueOnError.Responses.Count < requestWithContinueOnError.Requests.Count)
{
Console.WriteLine("Response collection contain a mix of successful response objects and errors.");
}
foreach (var responseItem in responseWithContinueOnError.Responses)
{
if (responseItem.Fault != null)
DisplayFault(requestWithContinueOnError.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],
responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
}
}
else
{
// No errors means all transactions are successful.
Console.WriteLine("All account records have been updated successfully.");
}
#endregion Execute Multiple with Continue On Error
DeleteRequiredRecords(promptforDelete);
}
}
catch (FaultException<OrganizationServiceFault> fault)
{
// Check if the maximum batch size has been exceeded. The maximum batch size is only included in the fault if it
// the input request collection count exceeds the maximum batch size.
if (fault.Detail.ErrorDetails.Contains("MaxBatchSize"))
{
int maxBatchSize = Convert.ToInt32(fault.Detail.ErrorDetails["MaxBatchSize"]);
if (maxBatchSize < requestWithResults.Requests.Count)
{
// Here you could reduce the size of your request collection and re-submit the ExecuteMultiple request.
// For this sample, that only issues a few requests per batch, we will just print out some info. However,
// this code will never be executed because the default max batch size is 1000.
Console.WriteLine("The input request collection contains %0 requests, which exceeds the maximum allowed (%1)",
requestWithResults.Requests.Count, maxBatchSize);
}
}
// Re-throw so Main() can process the fault.
throw;
}
}
#region Public Methods
/// <summary>
/// Deletes any entity records that were created for this sample.
/// <param name="prompt">Indicates whether to prompt the user
/// to delete the records created in this sample.</param>
/// </summary>
public void DeleteRequiredRecords(bool prompt)
{
bool deleteRecords = true;
if (prompt)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nDo you want to delete the account record? (y/n) [y]: ");
String answer = Console.ReadLine();
deleteRecords = (answer.StartsWith("y") || answer.StartsWith("Y") || answer == String.Empty);
}
if (!deleteRecords)
return;
ExecuteMultipleRequest requestWithNoResults = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
{
// Set the execution behavior to not continue after the first error is received
// and to not return responses.
Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
{
ContinueOnError = false,
ReturnResponses = false
},
Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
};
// Update the entities that were previously created.
EntityCollection delete = GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete();
foreach (var entity in delete.Entities)
{
DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest { Target = entity.ToEntityReference() };
requestWithNoResults.Requests.Add(deleteRequest);
}
ExecuteMultipleResponse responseWithNoResults =
(ExecuteMultipleResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(requestWithNoResults);
// There should be no responses unless there was an error. Only the first error
// should be returned. That is the behavior defined in the settings.
if (responseWithNoResults.Responses.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var responseItem in responseWithNoResults.Responses)
{
if (responseItem.Fault != null)
DisplayFault(requestWithNoResults.Requests[responseItem.RequestIndex],
responseItem.RequestIndex, responseItem.Fault);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("All account records have been deleted successfully.");
}
}
#endregion
#region Private Methods
/// <summary>
/// Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
/// name for the update. However, use a bad (empty) GUID in some entities to demonstrate
/// returning errors in ExecuteMultipleResponse.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdateWithErrors()
{
EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
{
EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
};
for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
{
if (i % 2 > 0)
{
collection.Entities.Add(
new Account
{
Name = "Again Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
Id = new Guid()
});
}
else
{
collection.Entities.Add(
new Account
{
Name = "Again Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
});
}
}
return collection;
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a collection of entity objects for updating. Give these entities a new
/// name for the update.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An entity collection.</returns>
private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToUpdate()
{
EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
{
EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
};
for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
{
collection.Entities.Add(
new Account
{
Name = "Updated Example Account " + i.ToString(),
Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
});
}
return collection;
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a collection of new entity objects.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A collection of entity objects.</returns>
private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToCreate()
{
return new EntityCollection()
{
EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName,
Entities = {
new Account { Name = "Example Account 1" },
new Account { Name = "Example Account 2" },
new Account { Name = "Example Account 3" },
new Account { Name = "Example Account 4" },
new Account { Name = "Example Account 5" }
}
};
}
/// <summary>
/// Delete a collection of entity objects.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A collection of entity objects</returns>
private EntityCollection GetCollectionOfEntitiesToDelete()
{
EntityCollection collection = new EntityCollection()
{
EntityName = Account.EntityLogicalName
};
for (int i = 1; i <= _newAccountIds.Count; i++)
{
collection.Entities.Add(
new Account
{
Id = _newAccountIds[i - 1]
});
}
return collection;
}
/// <summary>
/// Display the response of an organization message request.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="organizationRequest">The organization message request.</param>
/// <param name="organizationResponse">The organization message response.</param>
private void DisplayResponse(OrganizationRequest organizationRequest, OrganizationResponse organizationResponse)
{
Console.WriteLine("Created " + ((Account)organizationRequest.Parameters["Target"]).Name
+ " with account id as " + organizationResponse.Results["id"].ToString());
_newAccountIds.Add(new Guid(organizationResponse.Results["id"].ToString()));
}
/// <summary>
/// Display the fault that resulted from processing an organization message request.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="organizationRequest">The organization message request.</param>
/// <param name="count">nth request number from ExecuteMultiple request</param>
/// <param name="organizationServiceFault">A WCF fault.</param>
private void DisplayFault(OrganizationRequest organizationRequest, int count,
OrganizationServiceFault organizationServiceFault)
{
Console.WriteLine("A fault occurred when processing {1} request, at index {0} in the request collection with a fault message: {2}", count + 1,
organizationRequest.RequestName,
organizationServiceFault.Message);
}
#endregion
#endregion How To Sample Code
#region Main method
/// <summary>
/// Standard Main() method used by most SDK samples.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args"></param>
static public void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
// Obtain the target organization's Web address and client logon
// credentials from the user.
ServerConnection serverConnect = new ServerConnection();
ServerConnection.Configuration config = serverConnect.GetServerConfiguration();
var app = new ExecuteMultiple();
app.Run(config, true);
}
catch (FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault> ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", ex.Detail.Timestamp);
Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", ex.Detail.ErrorCode);
Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Detail.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", ex.Detail.TraceText);
Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
null == ex.Detail.InnerFault ? "No Inner Fault" : "Has Inner Fault");
}
catch (System.TimeoutException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Stack Trace: {0}", ex.StackTrace);
Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
null == ex.InnerException.Message ? "No Inner Fault" : ex.InnerException.Message);
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("The application terminated with an error.");
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
// Display the details of the inner exception.
if (ex.InnerException != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.InnerException.Message);
FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault> fe = ex.InnerException
as FaultException<Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault>;
if (fe != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Timestamp: {0}", fe.Detail.Timestamp);
Console.WriteLine("Code: {0}", fe.Detail.ErrorCode);
Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", fe.Detail.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Trace: {0}", fe.Detail.TraceText);
Console.WriteLine("Inner Fault: {0}",
null == fe.Detail.InnerFault ? "No Inner Fault" : "Has Inner Fault");
}
}
}
// Additional exceptions to catch: SecurityTokenValidationException, ExpiredSecurityTokenException,
// SecurityAccessDeniedException, MessageSecurityException, and SecurityNegotiationException.
finally
{
Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
#endregion Main method
}
}
See Also
ExecuteMultipleRequest
ExecuteMultipleSettings
Use the Organization Service to read and write data or metadata
Use ExecuteMultiple to improve performance for bulk data load
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