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How can I get a list of entities that are not restricted in CDS for people who do not have Dynamics licenses?
some guy on Twitter
There is no up to date published list that I am aware of, but here is an easy way to identify the CDS entities that are not restricted:
- Set up a Power Apps trial (go to https://powerapps.microsoft.com/ and click “try it free”
- Open the CDS user security role
- Look at the entities
Any entities in a non-Dynamics 365 environment security role are non restricted entities for CDS users without Dynamics 365 licenses.
And then there are grey areas such as the Opportunity entity. It’s not included in a non-Dynamics 365 environment but also not included on the out-of-date Restricted Entities List (yet).
I think it’s a good tip using the Common Data Service User security role, as a rule of which entities that will stay non-restricted. However, I would prefer that Microsoft gave a bit more clarity on this (the list of restricted entities has been out-of-date for more than 4 months). Especially considering the changes that are coming to the Team Member license starting from April 2020.
This is not a list of restricted entities. These are entities provisioned with vanilla CDS. Sales entities are not there because it’s not easy to separate the data model from legacy Sales solutions.
fair point, but other than lead and opportunity this method works well to identify entities that are unrestricted.