EntityGetAttributeValue Method

Parameters

attributeLogicalName

Type:

Type: String. The logical name of the attribute.

Return Value

Type: Type
The value of the attribute.

Type Parameters

T

Type: Type. The type of the attribute.

You should only use this method for attributes you know were requested in the query that retrieved the entity. You can use Entity.Contains to check whether the entity instance includes the attribute.

When an entity instance does not include the attribute specified using the attributeLogicalName parameter this method will return null or the default value for the type rather than throw an exception. You should not assume that the entity includes the attribute. It may not be included if the code that retrieved the attribute didn’t request it.

The following table describes the default types for Dynamics Customer Engagement types which have default values:

As mentioned above, getAttributeValue will return the default value rather than null for these attributes when the attribute is not requested in the query.