GetPolicyByOperation

Description

Retrieves the policy instance based on the name of the service operation to be performed. The appropriate policy instance will be retrieved for the user, company, and role specified by the context object. The returned policy object will contain only the external behaviors.

Parameters

Return Value:

Interfaces

• Dynamics GP
• Common
• Field Service
• Financials
• Human Resources/Payroll
• Inventory
• Manufacturing
• Project Accounting
• Purchasing
• Sales

Examples

The following C# example updates a sales return document. The GetPolicyByOperation method is used to retrieve the policy instance to use for the method call.

** Legacy endpoint**

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using DynamicsGPWebServiceSample.DynamicsGPService;

namespace DynamicsGPWebServiceSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CompanyKey companyKey;
            Context context;
            SalesDocumentKey salesReturnKey;
            SalesReturn salesReturn;
            Policy salesReturnPolicy;

            // Create an instance of the service
            DynamicsGP wsDynamicsGP = new DynamicsGP();

            // Be sure that default credentials are used
            wsDynamicsGP.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

            // Create a context with which to call the service
            context = new Context();

            // Specify which company to use (sample company)
            companyKey = new CompanyKey();
            companyKey.Id = (-1);

            // Set up the context object
            context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey;

            // Create a Sales Return key and specify the sales return
            salesReturnKey = new SalesDocumentKey();
            salesReturnKey.Id = "STDINV2257";

            // Retrieve the sales return object
            salesReturn = wsDynamicsGP.GetSalesReturnByKey(salesReturnKey, context);

            // Set the comment property
            salesReturn.Comment = "Return was approved";

            // Get the update policy for sales returns
            salesReturnPolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("UpdateSalesReturn", context);

            // Update the sales return object
            wsDynamicsGP.UpdateSalesReturn(salesReturn, context, salesReturnPolicy);
        }
    }
}

** Native endpoint **

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ServiceModel;
using DynamicsGPWebServiceSample.DynamicsGPService;

namespace DynamicsGPWebServiceSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CompanyKey companyKey;
            Context context;
            SalesDocumentKey salesReturnKey;
            SalesReturn salesReturn;
            Policy salesReturnPolicy;

            // Create an instance of the service
            DynamicsGPClient wsDynamicsGP = new DynamicsGPClient();

            // Create a context with which to call the service
            context = new Context();

            // Specify which company to use (sample company)
            companyKey = new CompanyKey();
            companyKey.Id = (-1);

            // Set up the context object
            context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey;

            // Create a Sales Return key and specify the sales return
            salesReturnKey = new SalesDocumentKey();
            salesReturnKey.Id = "STDINV2257";

            // Retrieve the sales return object
            salesReturn = wsDynamicsGP.GetSalesReturnByKey(salesReturnKey, context);

            // Set the comment property
            salesReturn.Comment = "Return was approved";

            // Get the update policy for sales returns
            salesReturnPolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("UpdateSalesReturn", context);

            // Update the sales return object
            wsDynamicsGP.UpdateSalesReturn(salesReturn, context, salesReturnPolicy);

            // Close the service
            if(wsDynamicsGP.State != CommunicationState.Faulted)
            {
                wsDynamicsGP.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}