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Update Specific CRM Records for a Specific Entity Type

To update all CRM records for a specific entity type, complete the following steps:
  1. Check out and open the process you want to edit.

  2. In the Toolbox pane, click Microsoft CRM 4. A list of activities is displayed.

  3. Double-click or drag the Update CRM Records into the process.

  4. Link the activity appropriately with other activities in the process.

  5. Right-click the Update CRM Records activity. A shortcut menu is displayed.

  6. Click View Properties. The Update CRM Records window is displayed.

  7. Click the Resource and Entity tab. The corresponding screen is displayed.

  8. In the CRM System Resource field, click the System Resource editor icon and select the appropriate CRM system resource.

  9. In the CRM Entity field, select the appropriate input field editor and set the field to a value that is a CRM activity.

    Note:
    If you select the CRM Entity editor, you can directly select the CRM entity that you want to retrieve.
    If your system resource contains a data item in the connection string property, click Configuration values and enter a valid connection string for design-time, configuration purposes.


  10. Click the Update Criteria tab. The corresponding screen is displayed.

  11. Select the Update Records That Meet the Following Criteria option.

  12. Select the criteria you want to use to update CRM records from the following:

        Update records that meet all of the following criteria
        Update records that meet one or more of the following criteria
        Update records that do not meet all of the following criteria
        Update records that do not meet one or more of the following criteria

  13. In the Attribute field, click the CRM Attribute editor icon. A drop-down list of attributes is displayed.

  14. Select the appropriate attribute. The selected attribute’s name and the corresponding data type are displayed in the
    respective fields.

  15. In the Operator field, select the relevant operator for the criteria you want to apply.

  16. In the Value field, select the appropriate input field editor and set the field to a value that you want to map to the attribute.

  17. Click OK. You configured the activity to update all CRM records for a specific entity type. You are now ready to map attributes to data items, expression results, and literal values as documented in the corresponding topics in this section.

Related Topics
Update All CRM Records for a Specific Entity Type
Automatically Determine which Record Attributes to Update with Data Item Values
Manually Determine the Record Attributes to Update with Data Item Values


Source
BPM Designer Topics > Overview of Activities and Activity Topics > Microsoft CRM 4 Activities > Update CRM Records
Last modified at 7/31/2020 12:07 PM