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Create a record from a c# console app using OData entity
Hello,
I'm creating a simple demo for creating a new record using an entity and a c# console app, Dynamics 365 FO will expose the entity API, because I'm using Visual Studio 2019 instead of using "OData Client Code Generator" I'm using "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/odata/client/code-generation-tool" wich will create the client proxy files for the OData services, the problem I'm facing is that whenever I use a DataServiceCollection object with the Dynamics 365 FO's entity CustomerGroup an error is thrown "The element type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.CustomerGroup' does not have any key property.'", but if I take a look at the proxy file I can see the key property for the entity:
my code is quite simple:
public static void CreateCustomerGroup(DataServiceContext _context)
{
try
{
CustomerGroup customerGroup = new CustomerGroup
{
DataAreaId = "cgc",
CustomerGroupId = "OData",
Description = "INSERT FROM ODATA"
};
//Once the next line is hit the error "The element type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.CustomerGroup' does not have any key property." is thrown
DataServiceCollection<CustomerGroup> customerCollection = new DataServiceCollection<CustomerGroup>(_context)
{
customerGroup
};
_context.SaveChanges();
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Customer group created"));
}
catch (DataServiceRequestException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("error creating customer group "));
}
}
I don't understant why if I can see the key property in the proxy file the error is complaning about that
1 Reply
- LanHuangFormer Employee
Hi Mariano1978,
Thanks for posting your issue here.
However this platform is used for how-to discussions and sharing best practices for building any app with .NET.Since your issue is a technical question, welcome to post it in Microsoft Q&A forum, the support team and communities on Microsoft Q&A will help you for any technical questions.
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Lan Huang