Set Option Set by OptionSet Text

function SetValue(optionsetAttribute, optionText)
{
 var options = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(optionsetAttribute).getOptions();
 for(i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
 {
  if (options[i].text == optionText)
   Xrm.Page.getAttribute(optionsetAttribute).setValue(options[i].value);
 }
}

Calling of the function
SetValue("new_country", "India")

Using ExecuteMultipleRequest to do bulk operations

Today i came across a nice feature provided in SDK which allows me to do bulk operations in a single call to the server.

For example if i have to create 1000 records within a plugin

The only way was to loop the collection of records and use Service.Create(entity);
This will create 1000 calls to the CRM and is time consuming.

Using ExecuteMultipleRequest you can perform this operation by only sending 1 request to the CRM.
Let see how this can be accomplished

Note: ExecuteMultipleRequest is available in CRM sdk update rollup 12 onwards

In the below example i am deleting 1000 records

 

ExecuteMultipleRequest BulkDeleteRequest = new ExecuteMultipleRequest()
                {
                    // Assign settings that define execution behavior: continue on error, return responses. 
                    Settings = new ExecuteMultipleSettings()
                    {
                        ContinueOnError = false,
                        ReturnResponses = true
                    },
                    // Create an empty organization request collection.
                    Requests = new OrganizationRequestCollection()
                };
 foreach (var item in recordstoDelete.Entities)
                {
                    DeleteRequest delRequest = new DeleteRequest() { Target = new EntityReference(item.LogicalName, item.Id) };
                    BulkDeleteRequest.Requests.Add(delRequest);
                }
                ExecuteMultipleResponse BulkDeleteResponse = (ExecuteMultipleResponse)service.Execute(BulkDeleteRequest);

Run-time limitations

1. Maximum batch size –1000
2. Throttling of concurrent calls – for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online there is a limit of 2 concurrent ExecuteMultipleRequest executions per organization

In one of the blog post from Sonoma partner they claim that the performance is increased by 600%

Here is the link 

http://blog.sonomapartners.com/2013/01/executemultiplerequest-performance.html

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Marketing Automation

Recently i got a chance to review the book on "Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Marketing Automation".
This book covers the Marketing aspects and the capabilities of Dynamics CRM 2013 and Briefly covers ‪‎coremotives‬ and ‪clickdimensions‬. Click on the link to know more details about the book http://goo.gl/2Ze97E

Set Unresolved Email Id's in party List from Java Script

function setUnresolvedRecipient() {
    var unresolvedemail = "test@testing.com"

    if (unresolvedValue != null) {
        var obj = new Object(); //create the unresolved object
        obj.name = unresolvedemail;
        obj.category = 3;
        obj.data = unresolvedemail;
        obj.type = "9206";

        var toField = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("to");
        var toValue = toField.getValue();
        if (toValue != null) {
            toValue.push(obj); //if there are already other values, add to it
            toField.setValue(toValue);
        }
        else {
            toField.setValue([obj]); //if 'to' field is null, just override it
        }
        unresolvedField.setValue(null); //wipe the field after adding it to the 'to' list
    }
}

This will set the email "test@testing.com" in the To party list on the Email Activity

Mapping custom fields on the Opportunity product entity to the Quote product in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

Click Below:
Mapping custom fields on the Opportunity product entity to the Quote product in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011:


For Online Navigate to

https://OrgName.crm4.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/EntityMapSet
and search for the entity map record and replace the entitymapid

http://mycrmserver/Tools/SystemCustomization/Relationships/Mappings/mappingList.aspx?mappingId=yourGUIDhere