This project is superceded by the new application Dynamics XRM Tools which includes improved features http://dynamicsxrmtools.codeplex.com/
I’ve developed the CRM 2011 Metadata Browser as a Silverlight 4 application that is packaged as a Managed CRM 2011 Solution. This tool allows you to view metadata within CRM including Entities, Attributes and Relationships. The tool uses the 2011 endpoint Organization.svc/web WCF service and is accessible from the Settings area under Customizations in CRM once imported into CRM.
You can download the CRM 2011 Metadata Browser from codeplex.
The look and feel of this component will improve and new functionality will be added in the near future so please provide feedback on your experience.
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Very nice. I don’t know anything about Silverlight but is the ability to export this to Excel a possibility? That would be brilliant
Thank you for the feedback Janet. I will check out the possibility for exporting it to excel.
Cheers,
Rhett
Thanks Rhett, but unfortunately this errors when I try to use it. The short error message is “The definition of the resource ID could not be found”.
Any help appreciated. Thanks….John
The longer version is “[Async_ExceptionOccurred]
Arguments:
Debugging resource strings are unavailable. Often the key and arguments provide sufficient information to diagnose the problem. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=106663&Version=4.0.60310.0&File=System.dll&Key=Async_ExceptionOccurred
at CRM.Tools.MetadataBrowser.Views.EntityList.ExecuteRetrieveEntities_ExecuteCompleted(Object sender, ExecuteCompletedEventArgs response)
at CRM.Tools.MetadataBrowser.CrmSdk.OrganizationServiceClient.OnExecuteCompleted(Object state)”
This has to do with the url you used. You have to access CRM using the server address used during the install, usually this is the server name. I have seen this error occur when CRM is accessed using an IP address or full server FQDN address. It is due to a cross domain issue as the CRM server url is currently obtained using Xrm.Page.getServerUrl() and if the url you access CRM is different to what is returned from this function then you will receive the cross domain issue.
I’m getting a strange error after adding the Metadata browser solution to a CRM 2011 VM that I’ve been working on. Do you have any idea what this means?
[Async_ExceptionOccurred]
Arguments:
Debugging resource strings are unavailable. Often the key and arguments provide sufficient information to diagnose the problem. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=106663&Version=4.0.60310.0&File=System.dll&Key=Async_ExceptionOccurred
at CRM.Tools.MetadataBrowser.Views.EntityList.ExecuteRetrieveEntities_ExecuteCompleted(Object sender, ExecuteCompletedEventArgs response)
at CRM.Tools.MetadataBrowser.CrmSdk.OrganizationServiceClient.OnExecuteCompleted(Object state)
Yes – I’ve published the changes.
Yes – I’ve restarted the application
No – I haven’t installed SP1 yet – but I’ll do this now.
Thanks,
Jt
This usually happens if you access CRM with a different URL then what is returned from Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() . So which ever URL you installed CRM against is the one to use. it may be the server name or full qualified domain name. The problem is that Silverlight experiences a cross domain security issue. In my next release I will be changing the way the tool determines the URL so to avoid the cross domain issue.
Regards,
Rhett
Hi, thanks for creating this component. I had a feature suggestion.
I used the old CRM 4 version to quickly locate attribute names. Using the old metadata browser I could quickly find the name of an attribute without having to scroll through the entities attribute list in the grid (by using the browser Find).
Could you add a search box to your component that would do a wildcard search for an attribute? For example, if you search on ’email’ then it would return attributes such as…
mv_newemailaddress
internalemail
etc…
That would really make this useful for me (hopefully others can benefit too)!
I am working on adding a search feature and also Export to Excel. i have not yet decided if the next release will be on the CRM MarketPlace or codeplex. Thank you for your interest and apologies for not providing updates sooner.
Cheers,
Rhett