EBG ‐ Submitting Metadata For Debugging

Sometimes in order to effectively troubleshoot issues with the code generation, it is helpful to submit the metadata and settings file used in the generation. These are the steps to do so:

1. Depending on the number and size of table being serialized, the metadata.xml can be quite large. It is recommended to have the smallest list of whitelisted entities as possible to keep this file down to a manageable size.

2. Enable Serialize Metadata flag under the 7 - Debug Menu:

3. Generate the early bound classes

4. Zip following files into a zip file:

   1. The generated metadata.xml file (this is by default, located in the folder of the XrmToolBox exe, but you can look for the following message in the outlook text ([**** Writing Metadata to File C:\YourPath\metadata.xml ****]
   2. The Settings Xml file (In the Settings Path: box)
   3. The Builder Settings Json file (which is relative to the Settings xml path).

5. Revert the Serialize Metadata flag back to false.

6. Share the zip file.