Sample: Create a custom activity

This sample shows how to create a custom activity by using CreateEntityRequest and CreateAttributeRequest classes.

SDK for .NET: Create a custom activity sample code

How to run this sample

1. Download or clone the Microsoft/PowerApps-Samples repo so that you have a local copy.
2. (Optional) Edit the dataverse/App.config file to define a connection string specifying the Microsoft Dataverse instance you want to connect to.
3. Open the sample solution in Visual Studio and press F5 to run the sample. After you specify a connection string in dataverse/App.config, any sample you run will use that connection information.

If you don't specify a connection string in dataverse/App.config file, a dialog opens each time you run the sample and you need to enter information about which Dataverse instance you want to connect to and which credentials you want to use. This dialog caches previous connections so that you can choose a previously used connection.

Those samples in this repo that require a connection to a Dataverse instance to run include a linked reference to the dataverse/App.config file.

What this sample does

Use the CreateEntityRequest and CreateAttributeRequest classes to create a custom activity.

How this sample works

To simulate the scenario described in What this sample does, the sample performs the following steps:

Setup

Checks for the current version of the current org.

Demonstrate

1. Creates the custom activity table by using the CreateEntityRequest class.
2. Publishes the custom activity table.
3. Creates columns for the custom activity table by using the CreateAttributeRequest class.

Clean up

Displays an option to delete the records in Setup. You can optionally delete these records if you want to examine the tables and data that the sample created. To achieve the same result, you can manually delete the records.