I am wondering how can I do the following about MS CRM 4.0:
I want to know for a campaign if a contact from a specific marketing list has not replied yet.
The field custom in the campaign response form is a partyfield. CRM doesn’t allow a PartyList field to be queried using a QueryExpression
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Katya
You cannot retrieve activityparty records directly, but you can use them in LinkEntities:
private bool contactHasResponded(Guid idCampaign, Guid idContact)
{
QueryExpression qryCampaignResponses = new QueryExpression("campaignresponse");
qryCampaignResponses.ColumnSet = new AllColumns();
qryCampaignResponses.Criteria = new FilterExpression();
qryCampaignResponses.Criteria.AddCondition("regardingobjectid", ConditionOperator.Equal, idCampaign);
LinkEntity leContact = new LinkEntity("campaignresponse", "activityparty", "activityid", "activityid", JoinOperator.Inner);
leContact.LinkCriteria = new FilterExpression();
leContact.LinkCriteria.AddCondition("partyid", ConditionOperator.Equal, idContact);
qryCampaignResponses.LinkEntities.Add(leContact);
List<gcCampaignresponse> lstCampaignResponses = gcCampaignresponse.RetrieveMultiple(m_svcCrm, qryCampaignResponses);
return (lstCampaignResponses.Count > 0);
}
This will tell you whether there's a campaign response for a given campaign and contact. (I use entity classes generated by Stunnware Tools, so the RetrieveMultiple call looks a little different, but I think you get my point).
If you turn this QueryExpression/LinkEntity construct upside down, you can also get all contacts that have responded to a given campaign (you can also restrict that to contacts in a certain marketing list through a second LinkEntity).
The only thing that's not possible directly with a single query is the "negative" check you are looking for, so you'll have to take this result and do an "outer join" against your marketing list to get the contacts that have not responded.
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My company allows employees to have multiple email addresses in their account.
I am attempting to write an input form where someone can enter any of the emails for a contact and we'll resolve it to the same person.
I've tried doing this via ContactsApp.getContact(email).getPrimaryEmail() to resolve all different inputs to the same primary email, but it doesn't work as expected. Each email I search for returns a different Contact object with only a single email (the one I used to search).
Even if I use ContactsApp.getContact(email).getEmails() to list all emails to the employee, I can see it only returns one at a time.
When going to contacts.google.com, I see the information I expected. Searching for any of the emails will return the same contact, with the same primary email and all other emails listed.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or is this how ContactsApp works. If so, is there a workaround?
Thanks!
getPrimaryEmail() will only return an email address if the contact in question has had a default email set and this can only be done via the Google Contacts App, not on the web (go figure).
To solve your problem I would suggest loading all the contacts into an array variable first and then searching this for matching email addresses. I would do the data retrieval on page/view load (so it can be reused without multiple server calls) but have included it all together here for conciseness.
What I found strange about the ContactsApp (and presumable People API too) is that the contacts returned are just empty objects (when logged) with just a bunch of methods on them. However, once you have an array of objects you can write your own properties to those objects for easier access of data.
Therefore I would first of all retrieve all the users contacts, then add a property of .emails to each contact object in the array and then use .some, perhaps, to check if a match appears in .emails (which will also be an array).
Something like:
let strSearch = 'someone#somewhere.net' // EMAIL address to search based on user input
let arrContacts = ContactsApp.getContacts();
let contacts = arrContacts.map(contact => {
let emails = contact.getEmails();
contact.emails = emails.map(email => email.getAddress());
return contact;
});
let foundContact = contacts.filter(contact => contact.emails.some(email => email === strSearch));
Remember .getEmails() returns another array of objects that have the method .getAddress() on them in order to retrieve the actual address, that's why I'm getting an array of email objects with let emails = contact.getEmails(); then using emails.map here to put the actual email addresses into an array stored in the contact.emails property (that doesn't exist so we're actually creating it here).
After that we're filtering the contacts array down to a contact where the searched email address is matched to one of the email addresses in the contact.emails array. I haven't tested it so the last line might need playing around with slightly but I've used something very similar so would expect it to work.
You can then use foundContact[0] to reference the contact found and use the further methods of .getFullname() .getId() etc. to retrieve their data as required. If you need the contacts phone numbers or geographical address that's a whole other process of returning an array of objects using .getPhones() or getAddresses(), but I think that's beyond the scope of this question.
Today I wanted to greet the user in my app by name, but I did not manage to get it.
I found System.User, but lacking some examples I did not manage to get the info I needed. I saw no possibility to get the current user (id) to call User.GetFromId().
Can you guide me into the right direction? Have I been on the wrong path?
Okay, So first things first, getting access to a user's personal information is a privilege you have to request, so in your store app's Package.appxmanifest, you'll need to enable the User Account Information capability in the Capabilities tab.
Next, you'll want to be using the Windows.System.User class, not the System.User (System.User isn't available to Windows store apps, which you appear to be discussing given the tags you provided for your question)
Third, you'll want to request personal information like this.
IReadOnlyList<User> users = await User.FindAllAsync(UserType.LocalUser, UserAuthenticationStatus.LocallyAuthenticated);
User user = users.FirstOrDefault();
if (user != null)
{
String[] desiredProperties = new String[]
{
KnownUserProperties.FirstName,
KnownUserProperties.LastName,
KnownUserProperties.ProviderName,
KnownUserProperties.AccountName,
KnownUserProperties.GuestHost,
KnownUserProperties.PrincipalName,
KnownUserProperties.DomainName,
KnownUserProperties.SessionInitiationProtocolUri,
};
IPropertySet values = await user.GetPropertiesAsync(desiredProperties);
foreach (String property in desiredProperties)
{
string result;
result = property + ": " + values[property] + "\n";
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
}
When you call GetPropertiesAsync, your user will get a permission prompt from the system asking them if they want to give you access to that. If they answer 'No', you'll get an empty user object (but you'll still get a unique token you can use to distinguish that user if they use the app again).
If they answer yes, you'll be able to get access to the properties below, and various others.
See the UserInfo Sample Microsoft provided for more examples.
I am currently designing a Rest API and is a little stuck on performance matters for 2 of the use cases in the system:
List all campaigns (api/campaigns) - needs to return campaign data needed for listing and paging campaigns. Maybe return up to 1000 records and would take ages to retreive and return detailed data. The needed data can be returned in a single DB call.
Retrieve campaign item (api/campaigns/id) - need to return all data about the campaign and may take up to a second to run. Multiple DB calls is needed to get all campaign data for a single campaign.
My question is: Is it valid to return different json-responses to those 2 calls (if well documented) even if it regards the same resource? I am thinking that the list response is a sub set of the retreive-response. The reason for this is to make to save DB calls and bandwitdh + parsing.
Thanks in advance!
I think it's both fine and expected for /campaigns and /campaigns/{id} to return different information. I would suggest using query parameters to limit the amount of information you need to return. For instance, only return a URI to each player unless you see a ?expand=players query parameter, in which case you return detailed player information.
We have the need to clone a complex data structure from one org to another. This contains a series of custom SObjects, including parents and children.
The flow would be the following. On origin org, we just JSON.serialize the list of SObjects we want to send. Then, on target org, we can JSON.deserialize that list of objects. So far so good.
The problem is that we cannot insert those SObjects directly, since they contain the origin org's IDs and Salesforce won't let us insert objects that already have Ids.
The solution we found is to manually insert the object hierarchy, maintaining a map of originId > targetId and fixing the relationships manually. However, we wonder if Salesforce provides an easier way to do such a thing, or someone knows a better way to do it.
Is there an embedded way in Salesforce to do this? Or are we stuck into a tedious manual process?
List.deepClone() call with preserveIds = false might deal with one problem, then:
Consider using upsert operation to build the relationships for you.
Upsert not only can prevent duplicates but also maintain hierarchies.
You'll need an external Id field on the parent, not on the children though.
/* Prerequisites to run this example succesfully:
- having a field Account_Number__c that will be marked as ext. id (you can't mark the standard one sadly)
- having an account in the DB with such value (but the point of the example is to NOT query for it's Id)
*/
Account parent = new Account(Account_Number__c = 'A364325');
Contact c = new Contact(LastName = 'Test', Account = parent);
upsert c;
System.debug(c);
System.debug([SELECT AccountId, Account.Account_Number__c FROM Contact WHERE Id = :c.Id]);
If you're not sure whether it will work for you - play with Data Loader's upsert function, might help to understand.
If you have more than 2 level hierarchy on the same sObject type I think you'd still have to upsert them in correct order though (or use Database.upsert version and keep on rerunning it for failed ones).
I need to retrieve calendar information by invoking the Exchange Web Service in BPOS. I'm using a CalendarView with a PropertySet to retrieve as little data as possible. However, property sets seems to be limited. I need the EmailAddress of the one who made the calendar appointment so I thought I could use the AppointmentSchema.Organizer in the PropertySet.
When fetching a whole appointment I can get the e-mail through appt.Organizer.EmailAddress. But with the code below the Organizer.EmailAddress is always null. I've enabled the trace and checked it and only the Organizer.Name property is sent, nothing else. Does anyone have a solution on how to get the EmailAddress when using a PropertySet?
CalendarView view = new CalendarView(dtFrom, dtTo);
view.PropertySet = new PropertySet(ItemSchema.Subject);
view.PropertySet.Add(ItemSchema.Id);
view.PropertySet.Add(AppointmentSchema.Start);
view.PropertySet.Add(AppointmentSchema.End);
view.PropertySet.Add(AppointmentSchema.Organizer); // This should contain EmailAddress but it doesn't
Mailbox mailbox = new Mailbox("myemail#test.ab");
FolderId id = new FolderId(WellKnownFolderName.Calendar, mailbox);
CalendarFolder folder = CalendarFolder.Bind(service, id);
FindItemsResults<Appointment> findResults = folder.FindAppointments(view);
This should work (does for me):
service.FindAppointments(WellKnownFolderName.Calendar, new CalendarView(start, end)).Where(s => DateTime.Now < s.Start);
service.LoadPropertiesForItems(appointments, PropertySet.FirstClassProperties);
As best as I have been able to figure out EWS is a little buggy when it comes to populating the full EmailAddress details both in Appointments for Organizer and for other things like "EmailMessage.From". When you do a query for multiple items, you don't get the EmailAddress properties being fully populated. E.g. using APIs like:
Folder.FindItems
ExchangeService.FindAppointments
I find that only the display name in the EmailAddress fields gets populated.
To get the EmailAddress fully populated I find I need to load/bind to the specific item and specify the relevant EmailAddress property, e.g. AppointmentSchema.Organizer in your case. So although you specify exactly the same property to load, you are loading using a single item call rather than a bulk query. E.g. using:
ServiceObject.Load
Which is available for both Appointment and EmailMessage as they both derive off ServiceObject. Using Item.Bind with the appropriate property set defined should also work.
As an aside I figured this out looking at the code for EwsEditor which is mentioned here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdav_101/archive/2009/11/10/ews-has-more-happy-now-ews-managed-api-and-ewseditor.aspx
The usability of EwsEditor is fairly sucky, and the code takes some trawling to figure out, but at least it does show examples of exercising many of the APIs.
service.FindAppointments(WellKnownFolderName.Calendar, new CalendarView(start, end)).Where(s => DateTime.Now < s.Start);
service.LoadPropertiesForItems(appointments, PropertySet.FirstClassProperties);
It worked for me.