Entity table/entity reference (Microsoft Dataverse)

2025-08-28

Messages

The following table lists the messages for the Entity table. Messages represent operations that can be performed on the table. They may also be events.

Name Is Event?	Web API Operation	SDK for .NET
`Associate` Event: True	Associate records	Associate records
`Disassociate` Event: True	Disassociate records	Disassociate records
`RetrieveMultiple` Event: False	`GET` /entities See Query data	Query data

Properties

The following table lists selected properties for the Entity table.

Property	Value
DisplayName	Entity
DisplayCollectionName	Entities
SchemaName	`Entity`
CollectionSchemaName	`Entities`
EntitySetName	`entities`
LogicalName	`entity`
LogicalCollectionName	`entities`
PrimaryIdAttribute	`entityid`
PrimaryNameAttribute	`name`
TableType	`Standard`
OwnershipType	`None`

Writable columns/attributes

These columns/attributes return true for either IsValidForCreate or IsValidForUpdate (usually both). Listed by SchemaName.

AddressTableName
BaseTableName
CollectionName
EntityId
EntitySetName
ExtensionTableName
ExternalCollectionName
ExternalName
LogicalCollectionName
LogicalName
Name
OriginalLocalizedCollectionName
OriginalLocalizedName
ParentControllingAttributeName
PhysicalName
ReportViewName

AddressTableName

Property	Value
Description	The address table name of this entity.
DisplayName	Address Table Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`addresstablename`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

BaseTableName

Property	Value
Description	The base table name of this entity.
DisplayName	Base Table Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`basetablename`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

CollectionName

Property	Value
Description	The collection name of this entity.
DisplayName	Collection Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`collectionname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

EntityId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the entity.
DisplayName	Entity
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`entityid`
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Uniqueidentifier

EntitySetName

Property	Value
Description	The entity set name of this entity.
DisplayName	Entity Set Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`entitysetname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

ExtensionTableName

Property	Value
Description	The extension table name of this entity.
DisplayName	Extension Table Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`extensiontablename`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

ExternalCollectionName

Property	Value
Description	The external collection name of this entity.
DisplayName	External Collection Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`externalcollectionname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

ExternalName

Property	Value
Description	The external name of this entity.
DisplayName	External Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`externalname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

LogicalCollectionName

Property	Value
Description	The logical collection name of this entity.
DisplayName	Logical Collection Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`logicalcollectionname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

LogicalName

Property	Value
Description	The logical name of this entity.
DisplayName	Logical Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`logicalname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

Name

Property	Value
Description	The name of this Entity.
DisplayName	Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`name`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

OriginalLocalizedCollectionName

Property	Value
Description	The original localized collection name of this entity.
DisplayName	Original Localized Collection Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`originallocalizedcollectionname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

OriginalLocalizedName

Property	Value
Description	The original localized name of this entity.
DisplayName	Original Localized Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`originallocalizedname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

ParentControllingAttributeName

Property	Value
Description	The parent controlling attribute name of this entity.
DisplayName	Parent Controlling Attribute Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`parentcontrollingattributename`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

PhysicalName

Property	Value
Description	The physical name of this entity.
DisplayName	Physical Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`physicalname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

ReportViewName

Property	Value
Description	The Report view name of this entity.
DisplayName	Report View Name
IsValidForForm	True
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`reportviewname`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	String
Format	Text
FormatName	Text
ImeMode	Auto
IsLocalizable	False
MaxLength	128

Read-only columns/attributes

These columns/attributes return false for both IsValidForCreate and IsValidForUpdate. Listed by SchemaName.

ComponentState
IsActivity
ObjectTypeCode
OverwriteTime
SolutionId
VersionNumber

ComponentState

Property	Value
Description	For internal use only.
DisplayName	Component State
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`componentstate`
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Picklist
DefaultFormValue	-1
GlobalChoiceName	`componentstate`

ComponentState Choices/Options

Value	Label
0	Published
1	Unpublished
2	Deleted
3	Deleted Unpublished

IsActivity

Property	Value
Description	Whether this entity is of type activity.
DisplayName	Is Activity
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`isactivity`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Boolean
GlobalChoiceName	`_entity_isactivity`
DefaultValue	False
True Label
False Label

ObjectTypeCode

Property	Value
Description	The object type code of this entity.
DisplayName	Object Type Code
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`objecttypecode`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	Integer
MaxValue	2147483647
MinValue	-2147483648

OverwriteTime

Property	Value
Description	For internal use only.
DisplayName	Record Overwrite Time
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`overwritetime`
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	DateTime
CanChangeDateTimeBehavior	False
DateTimeBehavior	UserLocal
Format	DateOnly
ImeMode	Inactive
SourceTypeMask	0

SolutionId

Property	Value
Description	Unique identifier of the associated solution.
DisplayName	Solution
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`solutionid`
RequiredLevel	SystemRequired
Type	Uniqueidentifier

VersionNumber

Property	Value
Description	The version number of this entity.
DisplayName	Version Number
IsValidForForm	False
IsValidForRead	True
LogicalName	`versionnumber`
RequiredLevel	None
Type	BigInt
MaxValue	9223372036854775807
MinValue	-9223372036854775808

One-to-Many relationships

These relationships are one-to-many. Listed by SchemaName.

AIPluginOperation_Entity_Entity
catalogassignment_entity
DVFileSearchEntity_Entity_Entity
DVTableSearchEntity_Entity_Entity
emailaddressconfiguration_entity_EntityId
entity_appaction_ContextEntity
entity_appactionrule_ContextEntity
entity_entityanalyticsconfig
entity_serviceplanmapping
entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_PrimaryEntity
entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_RelatedEntity
entity_solutioncomponentconfiguration
entityclusterconfig_extensionofrecordid
metadataforarchival_extensionofrecordid
msdyn_entity_msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration
msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity_extensionofrecordid
privilegesremovalsetting_extensionofrecordid
recyclebinconfig_extensionofrecordid
sharedlinksetting_extensionofrecordid
virtualentitymetadata_extensionofrecordid

AIPluginOperation_Entity_Entity

Many-To-One Relationship: aipluginoperation AIPluginOperation_Entity_Entity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`aipluginoperation`
ReferencingAttribute	`entity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`AIPluginOperation_Entity_Entity`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

catalogassignment_entity

Many-To-One Relationship: catalogassignment catalogassignment_entity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`catalogassignment`
ReferencingAttribute	`object`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`CatalogAssignments`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

DVFileSearchEntity_Entity_Entity

Many-To-One Relationship: dvfilesearchentity DVFileSearchEntity_Entity_Entity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`dvfilesearchentity`
ReferencingAttribute	`entity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`DVFileSearchEntity_Entity_Entity`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

DVTableSearchEntity_Entity_Entity

Many-To-One Relationship: dvtablesearchentity DVTableSearchEntity_Entity_Entity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`dvtablesearchentity`
ReferencingAttribute	`entity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`DVTableSearchEntity_Entity_Entity`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

emailaddressconfiguration_entity_EntityId

Many-To-One Relationship: emailaddressconfiguration emailaddressconfiguration_entity_EntityId

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`emailaddressconfiguration`
ReferencingAttribute	`entityid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`emailaddressconfiguration_entity_EntityId`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_appaction_ContextEntity

Many-To-One Relationship: appaction entity_appaction_ContextEntity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`appaction`
ReferencingAttribute	`contextentity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_appaction_ContextEntity`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_appactionrule_ContextEntity

Many-To-One Relationship: appactionrule entity_appactionrule_ContextEntity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`appactionrule`
ReferencingAttribute	`contextentity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_appactionrule_ContextEntity`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_entityanalyticsconfig

Many-To-One Relationship: entityanalyticsconfig entity_entityanalyticsconfig

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`entityanalyticsconfig`
ReferencingAttribute	`parententityid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_entityanalyticsconfig`
IsCustomizable	`True`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_serviceplanmapping

Many-To-One Relationship: serviceplanmapping entity_serviceplanmapping

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`serviceplanmapping`
ReferencingAttribute	`entity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_serviceplanmapping`
IsCustomizable	`True`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_PrimaryEntity

Many-To-One Relationship: solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_PrimaryEntity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration`
ReferencingAttribute	`primaryentity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_PrimaryEntity`
IsCustomizable	`True`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_RelatedEntity

Many-To-One Relationship: solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_RelatedEntity

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration`
ReferencingAttribute	`relatedentity`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_solutioncomponentbatchconfiguration_RelatedEntity`
IsCustomizable	`True`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entity_solutioncomponentconfiguration

Many-To-One Relationship: solutioncomponentconfiguration entity_solutioncomponentconfiguration

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`solutioncomponentconfiguration`
ReferencingAttribute	`entityid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entity_solutioncomponentconfiguration`
IsCustomizable	`True`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

entityclusterconfig_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: entityclusterconfig entityclusterconfig_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`entityclusterconfig`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`entityclusterconfig_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

metadataforarchival_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: metadataforarchival metadataforarchival_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`metadataforarchival`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`metadataforarchival_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

msdyn_entity_msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration

Many-To-One Relationship: msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration msdyn_entity_msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration`
ReferencingAttribute	`msdyn_entitytype`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`msdyn_entity_msdyn_entitylinkchatconfiguration_entitytype`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`msdyn_insightsstorevirtualentity_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

privilegesremovalsetting_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: privilegesremovalsetting privilegesremovalsetting_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`privilegesremovalsetting`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`privilegesremovalsetting_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

recyclebinconfig_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: recyclebinconfig recyclebinconfig_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`recyclebinconfig`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`recyclebinconfig_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

sharedlinksetting_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: sharedlinksetting sharedlinksetting_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`sharedlinksetting`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`sharedlinksetting_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

virtualentitymetadata_extensionofrecordid

Many-To-One Relationship: virtualentitymetadata virtualentitymetadata_extensionofrecordid

Property	Value
ReferencingEntity	`virtualentitymetadata`
ReferencingAttribute	`extensionofrecordid`
ReferencedEntityNavigationPropertyName	`virtualentitymetadata_extensionofrecordid`
IsCustomizable	`False`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `DoNotDisplay` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

Many-to-Many relationships

These relationships are many-to-many. Listed by SchemaName.

card_entity_connections

See card card_entity_connections Many-To-Many Relationship

Property	Value
IntersectEntityName	`cardentityconnections`
IsCustomizable	False
SchemaName	`card_entity_connections`
IntersectAttribute	`entityid`
NavigationPropertyName	`card_entity_connections`
AssociatedMenuConfiguration	AvailableOffline: True Behavior: `UseCollectionName` Group: `Details` Label: MenuId: null Order: 10000 QueryApi: null ViewId: `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`

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