Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert

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Overview

You can use this Snap to update an existing record or insert a new record in MS Dynamics 365 for Sales based on the input document field values that match the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales object schema field names.

Settings for Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert Snap

Snap Type

Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert Snap is a Write-type Snap that upserts records in Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Prerequisites

You must have a Dynamics 365 OAuth2 for an Online account, data to query, and access to the objects concerned.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines. However, we recommend that you not use this Snap in an Ultra Pipeline. To know the list of Snaps that work in Ultra and the related caveats, refer to Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

  • When deleting more than one object in batches, the Batch Size range is from 1 to 1000. This is a limitation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales.

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales limits the number of API calls to 60,000 per minute per user org.  This should be considered when configuring the size of any batch process.

  • The Object Type suggestions are limited to the object types available within MS Dynamics 365 for Sales v8.2 and v9.0. There is no current ability to suggest custom object types.

  • This Snap cannot create relationships using collection-valued navigation properties, such as contact_customer_accounts, due to current WebAPI limitations; however, it works correctly with single-valued navigation properties, such as primarycontactid.

The following limitations are due to the API limitations from the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales application:

  • The Snap fails with an error when the number of requests exceeds 6000 within 300 seconds. We recommend that you limit the number of requests you make within 300 seconds (5 minutes). You can gradually increase the requests that reduce the retry-after duration, optimize your throughput, and minimize resource spikes on the server.

  • The Snap fails with an error when the combined execution time of incoming requests exceeds the limit of 1,200,000 milliseconds within the window of 300 seconds. We recommend that you reduce the number of concurrent requests or reduce the duration of requests and try later.

  • The Snap fails with an error when the number of concurrent requests exceeds the limit of 52. We recommend that you reduce the number of concurrent requests.

Snap Views

Type

View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Type

View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input

Document

Min: 1
Max: 1

Mapper Snap

Fields of the MS Dynamics 365 for Sales object to be updated or created. It is optional to provide either the ID of the object or to use a query. If an ID or query is provided, then the corresponding record is updated; else new record(s) are created. The typical configuration is to have an upstream Snap that contains the mandatory fields for updating the existing MS Dynamics 365 for Sales object. Mapper Snap is a preferred upstream Snap as it populates the input schema for the selected MS Dynamics 365 for Sales object type.

Output

Document

Min: 1
Max: 1

None.

A document with the result set. If the update is successful, then the output document contains the GUID of the updated or inserted MS Dynamics 365 for Sales object.

Error

Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter while running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab. The available options are:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution: Stops the current pipeline execution when the Snap encounters an error.

  • Discard Error Data and Continue: Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the rest of the records.

  • Route Error Data to Error View: Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines.

Snap Settings

  • Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.

  • Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.

  • Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.

  • Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.

  • Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

 

Default ValueDynamics 365 for Sales Upsert
ExampleDynamics 365 for Sales Usert

String

Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline.

Object Type*

 

Default Value: account
Example: account

String/Expression

Specify the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales object type.

 

ID*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 5D5F5B6A-CE6D-EA11-A812-000D3A86D7B6

String/Expression

Specify the GUID of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales object. You can either enter the ID in this field, or you can select it from the drop-down list displayed when you click the Suggest icon. 

Alternate Key

Use this fieldset to configure columns to use as the alternate key for entities.

Key Columns

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: CompanyName, EmailAddress

String/Expression

Specify a name for the column to use in an alternate key.

  • Use the column’s actual name (instead of the Display name). You must look up for the actual column name in Power Apps menu and select Columns from the table menu.

  • If you frequently access data using a combination of columns other than the Primary ID, then we recommend that you use Alternate Keys for better performance.

Learn more about Configuring Alternate Keys in MS Dynamics 365 For Sales (Power Apps) .

Related Object Type

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: contact

String/Expression

Specify the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales object type of the object to which it must be related.

 

Related Object Relationship

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: primarycontactID

String/Expression

Specify the Relationship Schema between the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales object to be created with the related object.

This Snap cannot create relationships using collection-valued navigation properties, such as contact_customer_accounts, due to current WebAPI limitations; however, it works correctly with single-valued navigation properties, such as primarycontactid.

Related Object ID

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 12AB3456-C7D8-E711-F11D-C1234BCDC789

String/Expression

Specify the GUID of the related Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales object.

 

Update Multiple Objects

 

Default Value: Deselected

Checkbox

Select this to update multiple records per object type if the query returns more than one CRM record.

Upsert Query Fields

Use this field set to include the query fields.

Upsert Query Field

 

Default Value: None
Example: clientname

String

Specify the query fields to use to upsert the corresponding CRM records.

 

Batch Size

 

Default Value: 200
Example: 100

Integer/Expression

Specify the number of records processed in each request. Batch size range is from 1 to 1000.

Number of Retries

 

Default Value: 0
Example: 1

Integer

Specify the maximum number of attempts to be made to receive a response. The request is terminated if the attempts do not result in a response.

Retry Interval (seconds)

 

Default Value: 1
Example: 5

Integer

Specify the time interval between two successive retry requests. A retry happens only when the previous attempt resulted in an exception. 

HTTP Header

Use this field set to add additional HTTP headers to pass when sending requests to the Dynamics 365 for Sales instance.

Key

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: Prefer

String/Expression

Specify an HTTP header key.

Value

 

Default Value: N/A
Example:  odata.include-annotations="*"

String/Expression

Specify an HTTP header value.

Enable continue on error

 

Default Value: Deselected

Checkbox

Select this checkbox to enable the service to continue processing the remaining requests in a batch when an error occurs. The code continues to execute until all requests are processed. It then returns the response to the output view.

When this checkbox is deselected, the batch process errors out immediately on the first failed request. It then returns a response in the error view that includes the error message.

Snap Execution

 

Default Value: Validate & Execute
Exdample: Execute only

Dropdown list

Troubleshooting

For troubleshooting purposes, try performing a similar operation directly on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales console and collect the necessary data. Compare the data used in the user interface with the SnapLogic pipelines to see if there are any inconsistencies.

Error code 

Reason

Resolution

Error code 

Reason

Resolution

-2147015902

The number of requests exceeded the limit of 6000 within 300 seconds.

Limit the number of requests to 6000 you make within the window of 300 seconds (5 minutes).

-2147015903

The execution time of all the incoming requests exceeded the limit of 1,200,000 milliseconds within the window of 300 seconds.

Reduce the number of concurrent requests or reduce the duration of requests (20 minutes (1200 seconds) within the window of 5 minutes) and try later.

-2147015898

The number of concurrent requests exceeded the limit of 52.

Limit the number of concurrent requests.

Too many Requests - 429

There are too many requests sent to Dynamics 365 For Sales endpoint.

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 For Sales related Snaps, include retry-after with <number of seconds> in the response header and automatically retries when they encounter status 429 error. Therefore, wait for the retry to succeed.

Examples

Updating customer details using Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert Snap

Following is a detailed example that uses Upsert Query. The following Pipeline uses Snaps like Dynamics 365 for Sales Create, Dynamics 365 for Sales Read and Dynamics 365 for Sales Delete Snaps to create customer details from the sales report, read them, upsert them whenever required, and delete them if required. 

First, in this Pipeline, using the Mapper Snap, the details of the customer like Account ID, Batch size, and Page number are given as inputs.

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Create these details from the Mapper Snap with the help of Dynamics 365 for Sales Create Snap.

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Output

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Next, another Mapper Snap to add more details to the list of customer details:

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Update these details using Dynamics 365 for Sales for Upsert Snap. 

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These results are copied and routed into two outputs. One output is to get these details and save them for further use, and another output is used to delete the details using Dynamics 365 for Sales Delete Snap. 

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Updating the Attributes of an Object

Basic use case, using the Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert Snap with a Mapper

In this pipeline, Dynamics 365 for Sales Upsert Snap updates the 'address1_city' attribute of an account object.

  1. We first update the pipeline's parameters to specify the city to which we want the 'address1_city' attribute to be updated:

  2. We now add a Mapper Snap, so we can map the pipeline parameter to the address1_city attribute:

  3. We've now established a connection between the pipeline parameter we defined with an actual attribute in the target object model. We now need to choose the required object and object ID whose values we want to update.

     

  4. Once these settings are in place, execute the pipeline. Upon successful execution, you should see a confirmation message in your output as displayed below:

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