D365FO: Creating Data Entities

Data Entity is a new concept which has been introduced in D365FO and has major use in Data Import/Export and for Data Integration.

• Create a Project
• Solution Explorer > Right click the Project > Click Add > New Item

• Select ‘Data Entity’ > Place the name for the entity > Click Add

• Data Entity Wizard would pop-out

• Select the Entity Category and then select the Primary Data Source for the Entity

• There are 2 check boxes available in the wizard:
  • Enable API – Check this if you would like to use this entity for Integration pupose
  • Enable Data Management capabilities – Check this, if you would like to use this entity for Data Import/Export purpose

• Click Next
• A window will appear, where you can Add a new Data Source for the Entity and their respective fields, Remove Data Sources, remove fields, etc.

• After making the changes, click Finish – Entity creation is completed.