private static csom.LookupEntry GetRandomLookupEntries(csom.CustomField cf)
{
context.Load(cf, c => c, c => c.LookupEntries);
context.ExecuteQuery();
try
{
Random r = new Random();
int index = r.Next(0, cf.LookupEntries.Count);
csom.LookupEntry lookUpEntry = cf.LookupEntries[index];
context.Load(lookUpEntry);
context.ExecuteQuery();
return(lookUpEntry);
}
catch (CollectionNotInitializedException ex)
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Read and Update Project/Task/Resource custom field values,
/// this method need a project named "New Project" with a task "New task" and assign to a local resource named "New local resource" already created.
/// Basically please run CreateProjectWithTaskAndAssignment() before running this to avoid exceptions
/// </summary>
public static void UpdateCustomFieldValues()
{
// Load csom context
context = GetContext(pwaInstanceUrl);
// Create custom field values before read it.
// CreateCustomFields();
// Retrive publish project named "New Project"
// if you know the Guid of project, you can just call context.Projects.GetByGuid()
csom.PublishedProject project = GetProjectByName(projectName, context);
if (project == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to retrieve expected data, make sure you set up server data right. Press any key to continue....");
return;
}
if (!project.IsCheckedOut)
{
}
csom.DraftProject draft = project.CheckOut();
// Retrieve project along with tasks & assignments & resources
context.Load(draft.Tasks, dt => dt.Where(t => t.Name == taskName));
context.Load(draft.Assignments, da => da.Where(a => a.Task.Name == taskName &&
a.Resource.Name == localResourceName));
context.Load(draft.ProjectResources, dp => dp.Where(r => r.Name == localResourceName));
context.ExecuteQuery();
// Make sure the data on server is right
if (draft.Tasks.Count != 1 || draft.Assignments.Count != 1 || draft.ProjectResources.Count != 1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to retrieve expected data, make sure you set up server data right. Press any key to continue....");
Console.ReadLine();
return;
}
// Since we already filetered and validated that the TaskCollection, ProjectResourceCollection and AssignmentCollection
// contains just one filtered item each, we just get the first one.
csom.DraftTask task = draft.Tasks.First();
csom.DraftProjectResource resource = draft.ProjectResources.First();
csom.DraftAssignment assignment = draft.Assignments.First();
// Retrieve custom field by name
context.Load(context.CustomFields);
context.ExecuteQuery();
csom.CustomField projCF = context.CustomFields.FirstOrDefault(cf => cf.Name == projectCFName);
csom.CustomField taskCF = context.CustomFields.FirstOrDefault(cf => cf.Name == taskCFName);
csom.CustomField resCF = context.CustomFields.FirstOrDefault(cf => cf.Name == resourceCFName);
// Get random lookup table entry
csom.LookupEntry taskLookUpEntry = GetRandomLookupEntries(taskCF);
// Change project custom field value
draft[projCF.InternalName] = "Moises was here";
// Change task custom field value
/*
* --------------------------Important!---------------------------
* if it is a lookup table customfield, need to be set as an array
*/
task[taskCF.InternalName] = new[] { taskLookUpEntry.InternalName };
// Change resource and assignment custom field value
resource[resCF.InternalName] = "Resource custom field value";
assignment[resCF.InternalName] = "Assignment custom field value";
// Update project and check in
draft.Update();
csom.JobState jobState = context.WaitForQueue(draft.Publish(true), DEFAULTTIMEOUTSECONDS);
JobStateLog(jobState, "Updating project customfield values");
}