How to change metadata of a field ( display name, Audit setting, searchability etc.) using .Net code
You will need to use RetrieveAttributeRequest and UpdateAttributeRequest to expose the metadata of the attribute. Once the entity is retrieved, you can change the various metadata and update it using SDK
Steps are given below:
Create a console application
Add reference to the CRM SDK Dlls
Add the following using statement:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages;
Connect to the CRM organisation
Retrieve the attribute using RetrieveAttributeRequest
// Create the request
var attributeRequest = new RetrieveAttributeRequest
{
EntityLogicalName = “account”,
LogicalName = “name”,
RetrieveAsIfPublished = true
};
// Execute the request
var attributeResponse = (RetrieveAttributeResponse) _service.Execute(attributeRequest);
Console.WriteLine(“Retrieved the attribute {0}.”, attributeResponse.AttributeMetadata.SchemaName);
Modify the retrieved attribute
var retrievedAttributeMetadata = attributeResponse.AttributeMetadata;
retrievedAttributeMetadata.DisplayName = new Label(“Account Name”, 1033);
retrievedAttributeMetadata.IsValidForAdvancedFind = new BooleanManagedProperty(false);
retrievedAttributeMetadata.IsAuditEnabled = new BooleanManagedProperty(false);
Update the retrieved attribute
// Update an attribute retrieved via RetrieveAttributeRequest
var updateRequest = new UpdateAttributeRequest
{
Attribute = retrievedAttributeMetadata,
EntityName = “account”,
MergeLabels = false
};
// Execute the request
_service.Execute(updateRequest);
Console.WriteLine(“Updated the attribute {0}.”, retrievedAttributeMetadata.SchemaName);
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