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Get Available Fields for a Simple Entity

Simple entities are projects, programs, resources, tasks, assets, and accounts

Use getEntityFields to retrieve the available fields for an entity. This example uses a Resource entity (entityTypeId=11), and gets all the fields that are available when a creating a resource (the mode for creating an entity is 1). The partial response shows four fields: Alternate Resource (ID), Alternatate Resource (title), Billing Rate. The full response lists all fields available when creating a resource.

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://services">

   <soapenv:Header/>

   <soapenv:Body>

      <ser:getEntityFields>

         <ser:sessionId>F0C6EDD44B270B1F3DD0F1492A2A1585</ser:sessionId>

         <!--The entity Type for Resource is 11 -->

         <ser:entityTypeId>11</ser:entityTypeId>        

         <!--Use 0 to get all fields, 1 = insert and  2 = update -->

         <ser:mode>1</ser:mode>

      </ser:getEntityFields>

   </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

 

Response (partial)

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

   <soapenv:Body>

      <ns:getEntityFieldsResponse xmlns:ns="http://services" xmlns:ax21="http://objects.services/xsd">

         <ns:return xsi:type="ax21:ObjectMethod" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

            <ax21:defaultValue xsi:nil="true"/>

            <ax21:fieldLength>0</ax21:fieldLength>

            <ax21:fieldSubTypeId>0</ax21:fieldSubTypeId>

            <ax21:fieldTypeId>1</ax21:fieldTypeId>

            <ax21:isRequired>false</ax21:isRequired>

            <ax21:label>Alternate Resource</ax21:label>

            <ax21:method>alternateResourceId</ax21:method>

            <ax21:methodId>1131</ax21:methodId>

            <ax21:onInsert>true</ax21:onInsert>

            <ax21:onSelect>true</ax21:onSelect>

            <ax21:onUpdate>true</ax21:onUpdate>

            <ax21:sequence>0</ax21:sequence>

         </ns:return>

         <ns:return xsi:type="ax21:ObjectMethod" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

            <ax21:defaultValue xsi:nil="true"/>

            <ax21:fieldLength>0</ax21:fieldLength>

            <ax21:fieldSubTypeId>0</ax21:fieldSubTypeId>

            <ax21:fieldTypeId>1</ax21:fieldTypeId>

            <ax21:isRequired>false</ax21:isRequired>

            <ax21:label>Alternate Resource</ax21:label>

            <ax21:method>alternateResourceByTitle</ax21:method>

            <ax21:methodId>1160</ax21:methodId>

            <ax21:onInsert>true</ax21:onInsert>

            <ax21:onSelect>false</ax21:onSelect>

            <ax21:onUpdate>true</ax21:onUpdate>

            <ax21:sequence>9999</ax21:sequence>

         </ns:return>

         <ns:return xsi:type="ax21:ObjectMethod" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

            <ax21:defaultValue xsi:nil="true"/>

            <ax21:fieldLength>64</ax21:fieldLength>

            <ax21:fieldSubTypeId>0</ax21:fieldSubTypeId>

            <ax21:fieldTypeId>1</ax21:fieldTypeId>

            <ax21:isRequired>false</ax21:isRequired>

            <ax21:label>Base Calendar</ax21:label>

            <ax21:method>initialBaseCalendarTitle</ax21:method>

            <ax21:methodId>101101</ax21:methodId>

            <ax21:onInsert>true</ax21:onInsert>

            <ax21:onSelect>false</ax21:onSelect>

            <ax21:onUpdate>true</ax21:onUpdate>

            <ax21:sequence>0</ax21:sequence>

         </ns:return>

         <ns:return xsi:type="ax21:ObjectMethod" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

            <ax21:defaultValue xsi:nil="true"/>

            <ax21:fieldLength>6</ax21:fieldLength>

            <ax21:fieldSubTypeId>0</ax21:fieldSubTypeId>

            <ax21:fieldTypeId>6</ax21:fieldTypeId>

            <ax21:isRequired>false</ax21:isRequired>

            <ax21:label>Billable Rate</ax21:label>

            <ax21:method>targetBillingRate</ax21:method>

            <ax21:methodId>1116</ax21:methodId>

            <ax21:onInsert>true</ax21:onInsert>

            <ax21:onSelect>true</ax21:onSelect>

            <ax21:onUpdate>true</ax21:onUpdate>

            <ax21:sequence>0</ax21:sequence>

         </ns:return>

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