UpdateAttributeRequest Class

Article
11/28/2016

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
	UpdateAttributeRequest()	Initializes a new instance of the UpdateAttributeRequest class

Properties

	Name	Description
	Attribute	Gets or sets the attribute metadata to be updated. Required.
	EntityName	Gets or sets the logical name of the entity to which the attribute belongs. Required.
	ExtensionData	Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data. Optional.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	Item[String]	Gets or sets the indexer for the Parameters collection.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	MergeLabels	Gets or sets whether the label metadata will be merged or overwritten. Required.
	Parameters	Gets or sets the collection of parameters for the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestId	Gets or sets the ID of an asynchronous operation (system job). Optional. (Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	RequestName	Gets or sets the name of the request. Required, but is supplied by derived classes.(Inherited from OrganizationRequest.)
	SolutionUniqueName	Gets or sets the name of the solution to associate the entity with. Optional.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	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.

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