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How to close cases in crm 2011 programmatically


I am doing some update in crm using ssis. I tried to close some cases in crm based on certain conditions. This is my sample code in public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row) method.

public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row)
{
    // Create a Entity object of type 'case'
    Entity caseEnt = new Entity("incident");


    Entity incidentResolution= new Entity("incidentresolution");
    incidentResolution.Attributes.Add("incidentid", new 
        EntityReference("incident", Row.DEVCaseGUID));


    caseEnt["incidentid"] = Row.DEVCaseGUID;


    //organizationservice.Update(caseEnt);

    //Changes added here by //
  EntityCollection  collection= GetAssociatedActivities(new EntityReference("incident", Row.DEVCaseGUID))

      foreach (Entity activity in collection.Entities)
    {
        CancelActivity(activity, organizationservice);
    }
    // Changes added here //

    // Close the incident with the resolution.
    var closeIncidentRequest = new CloseIncidentRequest
    {
        IncidentResolution = incidentResolution,
        Status = new OptionSetValue(5)
    };

    organizationservice.Execute(closeIncidentRequest);

}

private EntityCollection GetAssociatedActivities(EntityReference regarding)
{
    QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression { EntityName = "activitypointer", ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(new string[] { "activitytypecode" }) };
    query.Criteria.AddCondition("regardingobjectid", ConditionOperator.Equal, regarding.Id);
    query.Criteria.AddCondition("statecode", ConditionOperator.NotEqual, 1);  //ignore completed
    EntityCollection collection = organizationservice.RetrieveMultiple(query);
   return collection

}

// Cancel an Activity
private static void CancelActivity(Entity entity, IOrganizationService service)
{
    EntityReference moniker = new EntityReference();
    if (entity.LogicalName == "activitypointer")
    {
        if (entity.Attributes.Contains("activityid") & entity.Attributes.Contains("activitytypecode"))
        {
            moniker.LogicalName = entity.Attributes["activitytypecode"].ToString();
            moniker.Id = (Guid)entity.Attributes["activityid"];
            SetStateRequest request = new SetStateRequest();
            request.EntityMoniker = moniker;
            request.State = new OptionSetValue(2);
            request.Status = new OptionSetValue(-1);
            SetStateResponse response = (SetStateResponse)service.Execute(request);
        }
    }
}

Row.DEVCaseGUID is the GUID of the Case. statuscode is 5 for closed. statecode is 2 for Resolved.

I tried follow this example but no success. Or is there any simple way to achieve this ?


Solution

  • Closing a Case in CRM is different than setting state/statuscode. An Intermediate entity named IncidentResoultion is created when a case is closed. You can try the following code to close the case programmatically.

    Entity incidentResolution= new Entity("incidentresolution");
    incidentResolution.Attributes.Add("incidentid", new 
                EntityReference("incident", Row.DEVCaseGUID)); 
    
            // Close the incident with the resolution.
            var closeIncidentRequest = new CloseIncidentRequest
            {
                IncidentResolution = incidentResolution,
                Status = new OptionSetValue(5)
            };
    
            organizationservice.Execute(closeIncidentRequest);
    

    Please note that a case can only be marked as Closed/Completed only if all the activititesregarding that Case are completed.

    Update 09-Nov-2017: Adding code for closing related activities regarding CASE

    private List<Entity> GetAssociatedActivities(EntityReference regarding)
        {
            QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression { EntityName = "activitypointer", ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(new string[] { "activitytypecode" }) };
            query.Criteria.AddCondition("regardingobjectid", ConditionOperator.Equal, regarding.Id);
            query.Criteria.AddCondition("statecode", ConditionOperator.NotEqual, 1);  //ignore completed
            EntityCollection activities = organizationservice.RetrieveMultiple(query);//change collection to activities
            foreach (Entity activity in activities.Entities)
            {
              CancelActivity(activity, organizationservice);
            }
        }
    
       // Cancel an Activity
      private static void CancelActivity(Entity entity, IOrganizationService service)
      {
          EntityReference moniker = new EntityReference();
          if (entity.LogicalName == "activitypointer")
          {
              if (entity.Attributes.Contains("activityid") & entity.Attributes.Contains("activitytypecode"))
              {
                  moniker.LogicalName = entity.Attributes["activitytypecode"].ToString();
                  moniker.Id = (Guid)entity.Attributes["activityid"];
                  SetStateRequest request = new SetStateRequest();
                  request.EntityMoniker = moniker;
                  request.State = new OptionSetValue(2);
                  request.Status = new OptionSetValue(-1);
                  SetStateResponse response = (SetStateResponse)service.Execute(request);
              }
          }
      }
    

    https://www.magnetismsolutions.com/blog/roshanmehta/2012/2/16/Dynamics_CRM_2011_Closing_all_Related_Activities_for_a_Record.aspx

    https://msdynamicscrmblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/there-are-still-open-activities-associated-with-this-case-when-resolving-a-case-in-dynamics-crm-2011/