Rajeev Pentyala – Dynamics 365 Blog

Hi,

Below is the code snippet to create a record (i.e., Account) using OData & JQuery.

//Prepare ‘Account’ object and call create function

function createAccount() {

//Create an object to represent an Account record and set properties

var account = new Object();

// Set text field

account.Name = “Rajeev Pentyala”;

// Set Lookup field (Contact should exists in the system)

var primaryContact = new Object();

primaryContact.ContactId = “”;

primaryContact.FullName = “”;

//    if (primaryContact != null) {

//        account.PrimaryContactId = { Id: primaryContact.ContactId, LogicalName: “contact”, Name: primaryContact.FullName };

//    }

//Set a picklist value

account.PreferredContactMethodCode = { Value: 2 };

// Set a money value (i.e., Annual Revenue)

account.Revenue = { Value: “2000000.00” };

// Set a Decimal field (Here ‘new_DecimalField’ is my custom Account field)

account.new_DecimalField = 200.00.toString();

// Set a Boolean value

account.DoNotPhone = true;

// Set Date field (Here ‘new_DateField’ is my custom Account field)

var myDate = new Date();

myDate.setFullYear(1980, 12, 29);

account.new_DateField= myDate;

// Call create method by passing

// (i) Entity Object (i.e.,account in this case)

//(ii) Entity Set

//(iii)SuccessCallback function

// (iv) Error callback function

createRecord(account, “AccountSet”, createAccountCompleted, null);

}

// This callback method executes on succesful account creation

function createAccountCompleted(data, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest) {

var account = data;

alert(“Account created; Id: ” + account.AccountId.toString());

}

// This function creates record by making OData call

function createRecord(entityObject, odataSetName, successCallback, errorCallback) {

//Parse the entity object into JSON

var jsonEntity = window.JSON.stringify(entityObject);

// Get Server URL

var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl();

//The OData end-point

var ODATA_ENDPOINT = “/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc”;

//Asynchronous AJAX function to Create a CRM record using OData

$.ajax({

type: “POST”,

contentType: “application/json; charset=utf-8”,

datatype: “json”,

url: serverUrl + ODATA_ENDPOINT + “/” + odataSetName,

data: jsonEntity,

beforeSend: function (XMLHttpRequest) {

//Specifying this header ensures that the results will be returned as JSON.

XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(“Accept”, “application/json”);

},

success: function (data, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest) {

if (successCallback) {

successCallback(data.d, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest);

}

},

error: function (XmlHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {

if (errorCallback)

errorCallback(XmlHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown);

else

alert(“Error on the creation of record; Error – “+errorThrown);

}

});

}

How do I call this method :-

• Create a new .jscript file (i.e., “account.js”)
• Copy & Paste above code
• Add “account.js” as a webresource in CRM
• Add “Json2.js” & “jquery1.4.1.min.js” helper script files as webresources
• You can get the helper files from CRM 2011 SDk under path “\sdk\samplecode\js\restendpoint\jqueryrestdataoperations\jqueryrestdataoperations\scripts”
• Add “createAccount” function to form load method (Refer below)

Adding webresources to account form

• Save & Publish
• Open any account record and on loading of record our script fires and it creates new account name “Rajeev Pentyala”

Hope it helps 🙂