CRM 2011 Metadata Browser – Export to Excel
June 27, 2011 4 Comments
This project is superceded by the new application Dynamics XRM Tools which includes improved features http://dynamicsxrmtools.codeplex.com/
New Export to Excel feature added to the CRM 2011 Metadata Browser.
Export your entities, attributes and relationships in either xml (MS Excel) or csv fomat.
Summary
I 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.
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I have begun working with your metadata browser and am running into an issue on loading the solution. I receive this Silverlight error:
[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=4.0.60531.0&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)
Just want to thank you for all of your development contributions to the community, they have been very helpful to me and my colleagues.
Hi Shane,
I’ve seen a couple of people mention this on the codeplex site under Issue Tracker and Discussions. I think the last resolution I remember was regarding the server url being used was causing a cross domain issue or similar. Hopefully this may help.
http://crm2011metabrowser.codeplex.com/discussions/250245
http://crm2011metabrowser.codeplex.com/workitem/458
http://crm2011metabrowser.codeplex.com/discussions/266147
As it only affects a small number of people and I cannot reproduce it myself it is hard to provide a reliable fix for this error. If you can provide further details that you think might help towards a resolution then I’ll be happy to check it out. I think if you use the OData tool you should receive the same error, if not then this may narrow it down.
That’s awesome that you are getting some use out of the tools.
Cheers,
Rhett