Party List Fields in Dynamics 365

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In Dynamics 365, an activity (phonecall, task, email, appointment) can either be associated with a single person or a group of person which represent the Activity Party. An activity can have multiple activity parties.

For Example, an email can either be sent to CRM Contacts or CRM User or Queue. So there must be such type of field available in CRM which can refer to multiple entities as Lookup can only be associated to only single entity. Hence Party List comes into picture.

When you add any Party List type of field on the CRM form, you may notice that these fields look like Lookup fields but may function a little different. For example the Email\’s From and To fields let you select multiple records of the same or different type.

  • CRM Activity Party List field is a special type of lookup field which refers to multiple entities. To hold or store these multiple entities references, Microsoft has provided one special type of entity named Activity Party.
  • Activity Party, has one special field called Party Id. which has the capability to store multiple entities references like user, contact, account, lead etc.
  • Hence, if we have to get/set value in Party List Field, we have to interact with Activity Party Party Id field.
  • So, we just have to remember, while getting or setting value in party list fields (to, from cc, bcc, regarding etc). We have to use Activity Party Entity and Party Id field. We can understand it better through code also.

Get value from Party List Fields using C#

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
  // Pass the email record guid
  getPartyList(\"C4723A9F-592F-E911-A979-000D3AF24324\");
}
public static void getPartyList(string emailRecordId)
{

// Retrieve email record
//Here service is your IOrganisation Service Object
Entity email = 
service.Retrieve(\"email\",new Guid(emailRecordId),new ColumnSet(\"from\", \"to\"));


// get value from partylist - \'FROM\' field


EntityCollection from = email.GetAttributeValue<EntityCollection>(\"from\");  if (from != null && from.Entities.Count > 0) {  foreach (var item in from.Entities)  {


  EntityReference partyId = item.GetAttributeValue<EntityReference>(\"partyid\");

  string addressUsed = item.GetAttributeValue<string>(\"addressused\");

  Console.WriteLine(\"Email Send From: \" + partyId.Name + \",\" + addressUsed);

  }


 }

Console.WriteLine(\"------------------------------------------------------------------\");





// get value from partylist - \'TO\' field


EntityCollection to = email.GetAttributeValue<EntityCollection>(\"to\");  if (to != null && to.Entities.Count > 0) {   foreach (var item in to.Entities)   {     EntityReference partyId = item.GetAttributeValue<EntityReference>(\"partyid\");      string addressUsed = item.GetAttributeValue<string>(\"addressused\");      Console.WriteLine(\"Email Send To: \" + partyId.Name + \",\" + addressUsed);    }   }  Console.ReadKey();





}


Output







Set value in Party List Fields using C# (Single Recipient)




public static void Main(string[] args)
{


  // call the function in Main


  SetPartyList_SingleRecipient();


}





public static void SetPartyList_SingleRecipient()
{          
  // declare party list entity to set value in FROM field
  Entity from = new Entity(\"activityparty\");
  // declare party list entity to set value in TO field
  Entity to = new Entity(\"activityparty\");
           
  // set value in FROM field
  from[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"systemuser\", new Guid(\"D72D8D9E-FCEC-4C6B-8340-A2CB9FAA88D5\"));



  // set value in TO field
  to[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"account\", new Guid(\"475B158C-541C-E511-80D3-3863BB347BA8\"));

  // declare party list entity to set value in FROM field
  Entity email = new Entity(\"email\");

  // insert value in email FROM field
  email[\"from\"] = new Entity[] { from };
  // insert value in email TO field
  email[\"to\"] = new Entity[] { to };

  //Set regarding object property (i.e. The entity record, which u want this email associated with)
  EntityReference regardingObject = 


new EntityReference(\"contact\", new Guid(\"49A0E5B9-88DF-E311-B8E5-6C3BE5A8B200\"));
  


  email.Attributes.Add(\"regardingobjectid\", regardingObject);

  //Set subject & body properties
  email.Attributes.Add(\"subject\", \"Email created from Console for Single recipients\");
  email.Attributes.Add(\"description\", \"Email created from Console for Single recipients\");

  //Create email activity


  //Here service is your IOrganisation Service Object


   Guid emailID = service.Create(email);     Console.WriteLine(\"Email created successfully\");    Console.Read();         


}












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Set value in Party List Fields using C# (Multiple Recipient)






public static void Main(string[] args)
{


  // call the function in Main


  SetPartyList_MutipleRecipient();


}









public static void SetPartyList_MutipleRecipient()
{
 // set value in FROM party list field
 Entity from1 = new Entity(\"activityparty\");

 // two accounts inside the TO field
 Entity to1 = new Entity(\"activityparty\");
 Entity to2 = new Entity(\"activityparty\");
 // two contacts inside the TO field
 Entity to3 = new Entity(\"activityparty\");
 Entity to4 = new Entity(\"activityparty\");

 // set value in FROM field
 from1[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"systemuser\", new Guid(\"D72D8D9E-FCEC-4C6B-8340-A2CB9FAA88D5\"));

 // set multiple values in TO field
 to1[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"account\", new Guid(\"475B158C-541C-E511-80D3-3863BB347BA8\"));
 to2[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"account\", new Guid(\"A8A19CDD-88DF-E311-B8E5-6C3BE5A8B200\"));
 to3[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"contact\", new Guid(\"25A17064-1AE7-E611-80F4-E0071B661F01\"));
 to4[\"partyid\"] = 


new EntityReference(\"contact\", new Guid(\"49A0E5B9-88DF-E311-B8E5-6C3BE5A8B200\"));


 Entity email = new Entity(\"email\");



 //Set regarding object property (i.e. The entity record, which u want this email associated with)
 EntityReference regardingObject = 


new EntityReference(\"contact\", new Guid(\"49A0E5B9-88DF-E311-B8E5-6C3BE5A8B200\"));



 email.Attributes.Add(\"regardingobjectid\", regardingObject);

  // Insert value in FROM field
   email[\"from\"] = new Entity[] { from1 };
  // Insert value in TO field
   email[\"to\"] = new Entity[] { to1, to2, to3, to4 };

  //Set subject & body properties
   email.Attributes.Add(\"subject\", \"Email created from Console for Multiple recipients\");
   email.Attributes.Add(\"description\", \"Email created from Console or Multiple recipients\");

   //Create email activity


   //Here service is your IOrganisation Service Object


   Guid emailID = service.Create(email);     Console.WriteLine(\"Email created successfully\");    Console.Read();      


}








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In the above code,


To get the value from Party List TO and FROM fields:



We are retrieving the value from Party Id field of Activity Party entity, which holds the record’s Guids which was selected in Email’s FROM and TO fields.


To set the value in Party List TO and FROM fields:



We are first passing the value in Party Id field of Activity Party entity and then setting it’s Entity reference to partylist FROM and TO fields.







Note: 




    

  • For demonstration, I have hard-coded the record Guids. However, in real time you\’ll have to pick these values dynamically based upon your requirement.
    • 

  • For demonstration, I have taken the example of Email Activity Entity and it\’s To and From party list fields. Same code/logic can also be used for other activities and party list fields.
    •
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Cheers

Published by arpitpowerguide

My name is Arpit Shrivastava, who is a Microsoft MVP in the Business Applications category. I am a Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform enthusiast person who is having a passion for researching and learning new things and acquiring immense knowledge. I am providing consistent help, support, and sharing my knowledge through various Social Media Channels along with my Personal Blog, Microsoft Community, conducting online training and attending various 365 Saturday Events worldwide and sharing the best Solutions to the readers helping them achieve their goals and objectives in Customer Relationship Space.

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