GUID as alternate key value

[m-szyszka]

I'm tryin to update single value (or whole record) using Alternate Key.
When I'm using

keyName='xxx'

it's giving me message

Error: A record with the specified key values does not exist in 

which is OK,
but when key value is a UUID and exists in CDS, library says

<entity_name> With Id = 44771e9d-b5ea-4b86-92d3-72be52d6b807 Does Not Exist

Looks like UUID in Alternate Key value is recognized and processed as Primary Key.
Result: can;t update entity using Alternate Key with UUID value.

[AleksandrRogov]

hi @m-szyszka.
I will try to reproduce it. It would be great if you had a code example of what you are doing, so I could provide you with a workaround for your case, but you can simply use the UUID value without providing the key name for the primary key.

let toUpdate = { name: "update this lead" };
let primaryKey = "44771e9d-b5ea-4b86-92d3-72be52d6b807";
//update with a primary key:
let result = await dynamicsWebApi.update(primaryKey, "leads", toUpdate);

[AleksandrRogov]

I think I misunderstood your issue. You don't want that UUID to be recognized as a primary key.
Ok, I'll take a look at that.

[m-szyszka]

I want to use UUID as Alternate Key value, and it's not working for me. When Alternate Key value is a normal string, it's working.
Part of my code:

const keyValuePair = { my_status: status };
    const key = `my_reference='${myReference}'`;
    logger.info(`Trying to update  entity ${myReference} status to ${status}`);
    return dynamicsWebApi.updateSingleProperty(key, ENTITY_COLLECTION_NAME,
      keyValuePair, ['return=representation'])

When "myReference" is an UUID, it's not working.

[AleksandrRogov]

@m-szyszka please download a new patch 1.6.3 and let me know if it fixes your issue!
Thank you for submitting the issue!

[m-szyszka]

It's working now, thanks for fast response