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JordanImran
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6 years ago

Missing Fields from Common Data Service

Hi,   I noticed when connecting Power BI Desktop to Common Data Service, we have the option to connect to 'Entities' or 'System':   Unfortunately, it seems that Primary Name fields (User, Organis...
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JordanImran
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

I'd tentatively suggest it's a bug then - the required name field in Custom CDS entities does not display if the data is imported from 'Entities'.

 

Example - My entity 'Categories' does not have the field Category which is the primary identifier for lookup fields - when importing from Entities.

 

The workaround is to import the entity 'Categories' from system, in which case the field appears as [prefix]_name1

It's not a huge deal in practice but may be confusing for users.

 

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P3Sven
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5 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

I've exactly the same issue. Just created custom entity and just can find some fields, but not my primary name field when I've choosen Entity mit CDS Connector.

 

I also guess its a bug, already have compared Entity settings with standard entity like 'Contacts', everything the same. In Contacts as a standard entity I can see the primary name field, in my custom entity not.

 

Hopefully someone can clarify it..

 

BR,

Sven