invalid link type for system entity cascading actions : Solution import error code 0x80044155

The root cause of this issue is  Dynamics CRM SP 1 upgrade of Target Environment before the upgrade of the source.

 

 

Details of the issue:

Some relationships are not customizable. Microsoft changed/upgraded one part of OOTB( Out Of The Box) relationship as part of recent  CRM 2013 SP1upgrade. The solution is taken prior to this upgrade  in my Development Environment. My Production environment has been upgraded.  This OOTB relationship (lead_qualifying_opportunity) is between Opportunity and Lead. Both of this entities are OOTB. The relationship is also OOTB. Any 1xn relationship has six(6) OOTB   actions. Actions represent what  user do on primary and related entity records altogether. The changed part in the Microsoft recent upgrade here is the assign action on this particular relationship between opportunity and Lead. It is highlighted in red below table.

The relationship  Behavior = System  => all actions will be defined internally by MSDynCRM and cannot be configured nor altered

Relationship name = lead_qualifying_opportunity

Type of relationship = system entity –to-system entity => Lead and Opportunity are OOTB System entities and the relationship itself is OOTB.

 

Type of relationship = 1:N =>  1 Opportunity  : N Lead

 

Actions	My Development EnvironmentQA  6.1.0.xxxx   lead_qualifying_opportunity	My Production Environment 6.1.1.yyy ( CRM2013 SP1)   lead_qualifying_opportunity
1. Assign	Cascade All	Cascade None
2. Share	Cascade None	Cascade None
3. Unshare	Cascade None	Cascade None
4 Reparent	Cascade None	Cascade None
5 Delete	Remove Link	Remove Link
6 Merge	Cascade All	Cascade All

  

Resolution  : Change the original Solution’s lead_qualifying_opportunity relationship to be similar to the Microsoft upgraded version so that there is no conflict in importing.

 

Step 1: Copy the original Solution to new folder

Step 2: Extract (Unzipped) the newly copied solution file

Step 3: Open Customization.xml

step 4: Edit the  relationship section by searching lead_qualifying_opportunity then change the action that need to be changed

 

 

 

Before change:      Cascade

After change     NoCascade

here is the original and changed snippet

 

 

Step 5: Save and close

Step 6 : Zip with same name as the original solution file

Step 7: Import and publish All.

 

Hope it will save your time, Thanks for reading...

 

 

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