/// <summary>
/// Creates an artifact for a given rule, ensuring the available attributes are populated on the artifact
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rule"></param>
public void CreateArtifact(mcs_artifactrule rule)
{
var newArtifact = new mcs_artifact()
{
mcs_name = rule.mcs_name,
mcs_ArtifactRuleId = rule.ToEntityReference(),
[ArtifactLookupName] = _entityTarget.ToEntityReference(),
mcs_ArtifactType = rule.mcs_ArtifactType,
mcs_CommentsInstructions = rule.mcs_CommentsInstructions,
mcs_ReviewStatus = new OptionSetValue(100000002) // Pending Review
};
// add portal Account, Contact, Incident lookups to Artifact
if (AccountId != Guid.Empty)
{
newArtifact.mcs_AccountId = new EntityReference("account", AccountId);
}
if (ContactId != Guid.Empty)
{
newArtifact.mcs_Contactid = new EntityReference("contact", ContactId);
}
if (IncidentId != Guid.Empty)
{
newArtifact.mcs_CaseId = new EntityReference("incident", IncidentId);
}
// Set Association field based on Rule Specifier Lookup and or Specifier
newArtifact.mcs_Association = GetArtifactAssociationByRule(rule);
newArtifact.EntityState = EntityState.Created;
_orgService.Create(newArtifact);
}
/// <summary>
/// Conditionally checks specifier and specifier lookup fields to determine the association value for a given artifact rule and entity target
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rule"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public string GetArtifactAssociationByRule(mcs_artifactrule rule)
{
string association = null;
if (rule.mcs_SpecifierLookup == null && rule.mcs_Specifier != null)
{
association = (rule.mcs_Specifier.StartsWith("\"") && rule.mcs_Specifier.EndsWith("\"")) ?
rule.mcs_Specifier.Replace("\"", "") : (string)_entityTarget[rule.mcs_Specifier];
}
else if (rule.mcs_SpecifierLookup != null && _entityTarget.Contains(rule.mcs_SpecifierLookup))
{
// if lookup specified, retrieve string field for Association
var lookup = (EntityReference)_entityTarget[rule.mcs_SpecifierLookup];
var specifierEntity = _orgService.Retrieve(lookup.LogicalName, lookup.Id, new ColumnSet(new string[] { rule.mcs_Specifier }));
association = (string)specifierEntity[rule.mcs_Specifier];
}
return(association);
}
