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Return a List of Specified Field Values for All Entities of a Certain Type

PPM Pro provides two operations that work similarly, but one is used to return values from all entities of a specific type, and the other returns values from one instance of an entity.

  • findEntity returns values for all entities

  • selectEntity returns values for a specific instance of an entity

If you know the entityId, it is generally faster to use selectEntity. However, there are scenarios, like the one below, that use findEntity to issue a broader request.

This example is looking for all active users (the entity type and condition), and returns their user and login IDs.

  • User entityTypeId = 23

  • Active attribute = 2301, set to True

  • Fields to retrieve: userid (2315), login (2303), first name (1103) and last name (1104)

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

   <soapenv:Header/>

   <soapenv:Body>

      <ser:findEntity>

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

         <!--entity type id is 23 for a user lookup -->

         <ser:entityTypeId>23</ser:entityTypeId>

         <!--Search condition – Active?(2301)  should be 'true'-->

         <ser:searchValuePairs>

            <xsd:elementValue>true</xsd:elementValue>

            <xsd:id>2301</xsd:id>

         </ser:searchValuePairs>

         

       <!--The list attributes to be fetched: userid(2315), login(2303), first name(1103), last name(1104)-->        

         <ser:fieldsRequest>2315</ser:fieldsRequest>

         <ser:fieldsRequest>2303</ser:fieldsRequest>
         <ser:fieldsRequest>1103</ser:fieldsRequest>

         <ser:fieldsRequest>1104</ser:fieldsRequest>

      </ser:findEntity>

   </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

 

Response (partial)

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

   <soapenv:Body>

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

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

            <ax21:entityId>8349290</ax21:entityId>

            <ax21:entityTypeId>23</ax21:entityTypeId>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>8349290</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>2315</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>John000</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>2303</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>John</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>1103</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>Smith</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>1104</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

         </ns:return>

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

            <ax21:entityId>8349357</ax21:entityId>

            <ax21:entityTypeId>23</ax21:entityTypeId>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>8349357</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>2315</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>Mary7654</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>2303</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>Mary</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>1103</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

            <ax21:methodValues xsi:type="ax21:ValuePair">

               <ax21:elementValue>Jones</ax21:elementValue>

               <ax21:id>1104</ax21:id>

            </ax21:methodValues>

         </ns:return>