This is a requirement I received few years back. And that time I said it is unsupported and hence not possible. And today again I got this requirement and guess what I was about to say the same thing when I thought – “The API now is much more rich. There may be something in there.”
And guess what, after elaborate search I found something which is purely a hidden gem – Xrm.Utility.getPageContext()
Now I have a ribbon button on my Account home page grid and I have registered an action on the button. Below is the function that is invoked when the button is clicked.
function ribbonClick() {
var pageContext = Xrm.Utility.getPageContext();
var input = pageContext.input;
var entityType = input.entityName;
var viewId = input.viewId;
var pageType = input.pageType;
console.log(“Entity: “, entityType, ” ViewId: “, viewId, ” PageType: “, pageType);
}
Awesome isn’t it. There is so much you can do now. Below is the output for the console.
Entity: contact ViewId: {00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010001004} PageType: entitylist
Next time someone asks you to get the viewid, you have Xrm.Utility.getPageContext() to bail you out.
Hope this helps!
Debajit Dutta
(Dynamics MVP)
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