Retrieve Related Entities Data Using Expand Query With Webresource In Dynamics CRM

Introduction

In Dynamics 365 CRM, for certain requirements data needs to be retrieved from related entities. Expand query in XRM Web API. As an example, selected contact record guid was passed to fetch details of account that is related to the given contact.

Step 1

Login to the required environment and select required solution [Contact Customizations Solution in this case] as shown in the below figure.

Step 2

After Step 1, select contact web resource in solution and click on Edit as shown in the below figure.

Step 3

After Step 2, in JavaScript file(webresource) use the below code to fetch the contact GUID for a selected record

let contactGUID=Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId().replace("{","").replace("}","");

Step 4

After Step 3, we can use Xrm.WebApi with retrieve Record method frame expand query which expects account (lookup) related column that is present in contact entity with the below code as

Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("contact", contactGUID, "?$select=fullname,telephone1,contactid&$expand=parentcustomerid_account($select=name)&$filter=(parentcustomerid_account/accountid ne null)").then(function success(result) {
    console.log("Retrieved values of Account : Account Name: " + result.parentcustomerid_account.name);
    // perform operations on record retrieval
}, function(error) {
    console.log(error.message);
    // handle error conditions
});

Step 5

After Step 4, summing it together the final code will look like below which needs to be called from respective on load function

if (typeof(ContosoVaccination) == "undefined") {
    var ContosoVaccination = {
        __namespace: true
    };
}
if (typeof(ContosoVaccination.Scripts) == "undefined") {
    ContosoVaccination.Scripts = {
        __namespace: true
    };
}
ContosoVaccination.Scripts.ContactForm = {
    handleOnLoad: function(executionContext) {
        console.log('on load - contact form');
        getContacts(executionContext);
    },
    __namespace: true
}

function getContacts(executionContext) {
    let formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();
    if (formContext !== null && formContext != 'undefined') {
        let contactGUID = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId().replace("{", "").replace("}", "");
        Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("contact", contactGUID, "?$select=fullname,telephone1,contactid&$expand=parentcustomerid_account($select=name)&$filter=(parentcustomerid_account/accountid ne null)").then(function success(result) {
            console.log("Retrieved values of Account : Account Name: " + result.parentcustomerid_account.name);
            // perform operations on record retrieval
        }, function(error) {
            console.log(error.message);
            // handle error conditions
        });
    }
}

Step 6

After Step 5, save and publish Webresource which was registered on onload function of Contact Form as shown in the below figure.

Note

1. Make sure to publish all customizations and upload JavaScript (js) file.
2. It is quicker to frame this Expand statement using XRM toolbox Fetchxmlbuilder by selecting the equivalent odata 4.0 option.
3. Microsoft documentation can be found here

Conclusion

In this way, one can easily retrieve related entities details using expand keyword in XRM Web API Query using web resource.