CRUD (Retrieve) Operation on Dynamics 365

On this Section we will see the How to Retrieve the records on Dynamics 365 instance.

There are two methods for this 1.retrieveRecord 2. retrieveMultipleRecords.

1. To retrieve records Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord the required parameter is given below: - Entity Logical Name - Entity Guid - Query Capability (ex. Select cause, Filter cause)

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Syntax : Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("Entiy", "Guid", "$select=")

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Example : Retrive Record
//Note :- Initialized the XRM boject first
var Xrm = parent.Xrm;
//Step 1- Create a Javascript fumction
/// This function is used to retrieve the contact record
function retrieveContact() {
try {

Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("contact","465B158C-541C-E511-80D3-3863BB347BA8","$select=fullname,telephone1,preferredcontactmethodcode,createdon,_parentcustomerid_value,creditlimit")
.then(function (data) {
retrieveContactSuccess(data);
})
.fail(function (error) {
Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(error.message);
});
} catch (e) {
Xrm.Utility.alertDialog (e.message);
}
}
function retrieveContactSuccess(data) {
try {
//get the values
//string
var fullname=data["fullname"];

//optionset
var typeCode=data["customertypecode"];
//lookup
var customerGuid = data["_parentcustomerid_value"];
var customerName=data["_parentcustomerid_value@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];
var customerEntityLogicalName=data["_parentcustomerid_value@Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.lookuplogicalname"];

//money
var creditLimit=data["creditlimit@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];

//date
// gives date in following format 2017-09-30T21:10:19Z
var createdonFormattedValue=data["createdon@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];

// gives date in following format 10/1/2017 2:40 AM
var createdon=data["createdon"];

//optionset
var preferredConMethod=data["preferredcontactmethodcode@OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue"];

} catch (e) {
Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(e.message);
}
}