Updates the specified employee object, storing the current values in the database.
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
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employee |
The employee object that is being updated. |
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context |
Specifies information about how the method will be called. |
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policy |
Specifies the set of behaviors and behavior options to be applied during the operation. |
The following C# example retrieves and updates the status property of the employee with an Id of “ACKE0001”. The update sets the Status property to “Other. The UpdateEmployee operation saves the changes to the employee object to the database.
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; Employee employee; EmployeeKey employeeKey; Policy employeeUpdatePolicy; // Create an instance of the service DynamicsGP wsDynamicsGP = new DynamicsGP(); // Be sure that default credentials are being 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 context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey; // Create an employee key employeeKey = new EmployeeKey(); employeeKey.Id = "ACKE0001"; // Retrieve the employee object employee = wsDynamicsGP.GetEmployeeByKey(employeeKey, context); // Change the status property of the employee object employee.HRStatus = HRStatus.Other; // Get the update policy for employee objects employeeUpdatePolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("UpdateEmployee", context); // Update the employee wsDynamicsGP.UpdateEmployee(employee, context, employeeUpdatePolicy); } } }
Native endpoint
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using DynamicsGPWebServiceSample.DynamicsGPService; namespace DynamicsGPWebServiceSample { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { CompanyKey companyKey; Context context; Employee employee; EmployeeKey employeeKey; Policy employeeUpdatePolicy; // 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 context.OrganizationKey = (OrganizationKey)companyKey; // Create an employee key employeeKey = new EmployeeKey(); employeeKey.Id = "ACKE0001"; // Retrieve the employee object employee = wsDynamicsGP.GetEmployeeByKey(employeeKey, context); // Change the status property of the employee object employee.HRStatus = HRStatus.Other; // Get the update policy for employee objects employeeUpdatePolicy = wsDynamicsGP.GetPolicyByOperation("UpdateEmployee", context); // Update the employee wsDynamicsGP.UpdateEmployee(employee, context, employeeUpdatePolicy); // Close the service if(wsDynamicsGP.State != CommunicationState.Faulted) { wsDynamicsGP.Close(); } } } }