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UpdateAttributeRequest Class

 

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

Contains the data that is needed to update the definition of an attribute.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationRequest
    Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages.UpdateAttributeRequest

Syntax

[DataContractAttribute(Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")]
public sealed class UpdateAttributeRequest : OrganizationRequest
<DataContractAttribute(Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts")>
Public NotInheritable Class UpdateAttributeRequest
    Inherits OrganizationRequest

Constructors

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethod UpdateAttributeRequest()

Initializes a new instance of the UpdateAttributeRequest class

Properties

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubproperty Attribute

Gets or sets the attribute metadata to be updated. Required.

System_CAPS_pubproperty EntityName

Gets or sets the logical name of the entity to which the attribute belongs. Required.

System_CAPS_pubproperty ExtensionData

Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty Item[String]

Gets or sets the indexer for the Parameters collection.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty MergeLabels

Gets or sets whether the label metadata will be merged or overwritten. Required.

System_CAPS_pubproperty Parameters

Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty RequestId

Gets or sets the ID of an asynchronous operation (system job). Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty RequestName

Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)

System_CAPS_pubproperty SolutionUniqueName

Gets or sets the name of the solution to associate the entity with. Optional.

Methods

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethod Equals(Object)

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod GetHashCode()

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod GetType()

(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethod ToString()

(Inherited from Object.)

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 UpdateAttributeResponse.

Privileges and Access Rights

To perform this action, the caller must have privileges listed in UpdateAttribute message privileges.

Notes for Callers

You must publish the changes to the metadata before this change will be visible in the application. For more information, see Publish customizations

Examples

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.


// Modify the retrieved attribute
AttributeMetadata retrievedAttributeMetadata =
    attributeResponse.AttributeMetadata;
retrievedAttributeMetadata.DisplayName =
    new Label("Update String Attribute", _languageCode);

// Update an attribute retrieved via RetrieveAttributeRequest
UpdateAttributeRequest updateRequest = new UpdateAttributeRequest
{
    Attribute = retrievedAttributeMetadata,
    EntityName = Contact.EntityLogicalName,
    MergeLabels = false
};

// Execute the request
_serviceProxy.Execute(updateRequest);

Console.WriteLine("Updated the attribute {0}.",
    retrievedAttributeMetadata.SchemaName);

' Modify the retrieved attribute
Dim retrievedAttributeMetadata As AttributeMetadata = attributeResponse.AttributeMetadata
retrievedAttributeMetadata.DisplayName = New Label("Update String Attribute", _languageCode)

' Update an attribute retrieved via RetrieveAttributeRequest
Dim updateRequest As UpdateAttributeRequest = New UpdateAttributeRequest With {
 .Attribute = retrievedAttributeMetadata,
 .EntityName = Contact.EntityLogicalName,
 .MergeLabels = False}

' Execute the request
_serviceProxy.Execute(updateRequest)

Console.WriteLine("Updated the attribute {0}.", retrievedAttributeMetadata.SchemaName)

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.

See Also

Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages Namespace
Sample: Work with attribute metadata
Customize entity attribute metadata
Use the Organization service with Dynamics 365 metadata

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