Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Unleashed

Add Required Components

This function is available on all component types and requires you to select a component from the list before you can use it. It is useful, for example, when you create a dashboard that contains a chart on the Account entity or any other system or managed entity. Clicking this button will add the Account entity to the entity’s components so that you can be sure it will be part of the solution (see Figure 18.9).

FIGURE 18.9 Add required components.

The same happens with reports and processes. If you have a workflow that needs to create a record of any of the system entities, this feature will add that entity to the entity’s ...