MS Dynamics CRM 2011 Core Entities

Entities	Description
Accounts	Business that represents a customer or potential customer. The company that is billed in business transactions.
Activities	Task performed, or to be performed, by a user. An activity is any action for which an entry can be made on a calendar.
Activity Parties	Person or group associated with an activity. An activity can have multiple activity parties.
Addresses	Address and shipping information. Used to store additional addresses for an account or contact.
Announcements	Announcement associated with an organization.
Annual Fiscal Calendars	Year long fiscal calendar of an organization. A span of time during which the financial activities of an organization are calculated.
Application Files	Files used by the application
Application Ribbons	Ribbon customizations for the application ribbon and entity ribbon templates.
Appointments	Commitment representing a time interval with start/end times and duration.
Article Comments	Comment on a knowledge base article.
Article Templates	Template for a knowledge base article that contains the standard attributes of an article.
Articles	Structured content that is part of the knowledge base.
Attachments	Attachment for an e-mail activity.
Attribute Maps	Represents a mapping between attributes where the attribute values should be copied from a record into the form of a new related record.
Audits	Track changes to records for analysis, record keeping, and compliance.
Bulk Delete Failures	Record that was not deleted during a bulk deletion job.
Bulk Delete Operations	User-submitted bulk deletion job.
Bulk Operation Logs	Log used to track bulk operation execution, successes, and failures.
Business Unit Maps	Stores mapping attributes for business units.
Business Units	Business, division, or department in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM database.
Calendar Rules	Defines free/busy times for a service and for resources or resource groups, such as working, non-working, vacation, and blocked.
Calendars	Calendar used by the scheduling system to define when an appointment or activity is to occur.
Campaign Activities	Task performed, or to be performed, by a user for planning or running a campaign.
Campaign Activity Items	Work item of a campaign activity, such as a list or sales literature.
Campaign Items	Work item in a campaign, a list or sales literature.
Campaign Responses	Response from an existing or a potential new customer for a campaign.
Campaigns	Container for campaign activities and responses, sales literature, products, and lists to create, plan, execute, and track the results of a specific marketing campaign through its life.
Case Resolutions	Special type of activity that includes description of the resolution, billing status, and the duration of the case.
Cases	Service request case associated with a contract.
Client Updates	Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Outlook offline database update.
Column Mappings	Mapping for columns in a data map.
Comments	A comment on an activity feed post.
Commitments	For internal use only.
Competitor Addresses	Additional addresses for a competitor. The first two addresses are stored in the competitor object.
Competitor Products	Association between a competitor and a product offered by the competitor.
Competitors	Business competing for the sale represented by a lead or opportunity.
Connection Role Object Type Codes	Specifies the entity type that can play specific role in a connection.
Connection Roles	Role describing a relationship between a two records.
Connections	Relationship between two entities.
Contacts	Person with whom a business unit has a relationship, such as customer, supplier, and colleague.
Contract Lines	Line item in a contract that specifies the type of service a customer is entitled to.
Contract Templates	Template for a contract containing the standard attributes of a contract.
Contracts	Agreement to provide customer service during a specified amount of time or number of cases.
Currencies	Currency in which a financial transaction is carried out.
Customer Relationships	Relationship between a customer and a partner in which either can be an account or contact.
Data Imports	Status and ownership information for an import job.
Data Maps	Data map used in import.
Dependency	A component dependency in CRM.
Dependency Nodes	The representation of a component dependency node in CRM.
Dialog Sessions	Information that is generated when a dialog is run. Every time that you run a dialog, a dialog session is created.
Discount Lists	Type of discount specified as either a percentage or an amount.
Discounts	Price reduction made from the list price of a product or service based on the quantity purchased.
Display String Maps	Maps customized display strings to entities.
Display Strings	Customized messages for an entity that has been renamed.
Document Locations	Document libraries or folders on a SharePoint server from where documents can be managed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Duplicate Detection Rules	Rule used to identify potential duplicates.
Duplicate Records	Potential duplicate record.
Duplicate Rule Conditions	Condition of a duplicate detection rule.
E-Mail Attachments	MIME attachment for an e-mail activity.
E-Mail Hashes	E-mail activity hashes used for correlation purposes.
E-mail Messages	Activity that is delivered using e-mail protocols.
E-Mail Searches	E-mail Address Search Table.
E-mail Templates	Template for an e-mail message that contains the standard attributes of an e-mail message.
Entity Maps	Represents a mapping between two related entities so that data from one record can be copied into the form of a new related record.
Facilities/Equipment	Resource that can be scheduled.
Faxes	Activity that tracks call outcome and number of pages for a fax and optionally stores an electronic copy of the document.
Field Permissions	Group of privileges used to categorize users to provide appropriate access to secured columns.
Field Security Profiles	Profile which defines access level for secured attributes
Field Sharing	Defines CRM security principals (users and teams) access rights to secured field for an entity instance.
Filter Templates	Template for a filter.
Fixed Monthly Fiscal Calendars	Fixed monthly fiscal calendar of an organization. A span of time during which the financial activities of an organization are calculated.
Follows	Represents a user following the activity feed of an object.
Goal Metrics	Type of measurement for a goal, such as money amount or count.
Goals	Target objective for a user or a team for a specified time period.
Import Data	Unprocessed data from imported files.
Import Entity Mappings	Mapping for entities in a data map.
Import Jobs	For internal use only.
ImportLogs	Failure reason and other detailed information for a record that failed to import.
Imports	File name of file used for import.
Indexed Articles	Article indexed for search purposes.
Integration Statuses	Contains integration status information.
Inter Process Locks	Inter Process Locks.
Internal Addresses	Storage of addresses for a user, business unit, or site.
Invalid Dependencies	An invalid dependency in the CRM system.
Invoice Products	Line item in an invoice containing detailed billing information for a product.
Invoices	Order that has been billed.
ISV Config	An XML document used to configure client extension controls.
Lead Addresses	Address information for a lead.
Leads	Prospect or potential sales opportunity. Leads are converted into accounts, contacts, or opportunities when they are qualified. Otherwise, they are deleted or archived.
Letters	Activity that tracks the delivery of a letter. The activity can contain the electronic copy of the letter.
Licenses	Stores information about a Microsoft CRM license.
Likes	A like on an activity feed post.
List Value Mappings	In a data map, maps list values from the source file to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Lookup Mappings	In a data map, maps a lookup attribute in a source file to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Mail Merge Templates	Template for a mail merge document that contains the standard attributes of that document.
Marketing List Members	Item in a marketing list.
Marketing Lists	Group of existing or potential customers created for a marketing campaign or other sales purposes.
Monthly Fiscal Calendars	Monthly fiscal calendar of an organization. A span of time during which the financial activities of an organization are calculated.
Notes	Note that is attached to one or more objects, including other notes.
Notifications	For internal use only.
Opportunities	Potential revenue-generating event, or sale to an account, which needs to be tracked through a sales process to completion.
Opportunity Close Activities	Activity that is created automatically when an opportunity is closed, containing information such as the description of the closing and actual revenue.
Opportunity Products	Association between an opportunity and a product.
Opportunity Relationships	Relationship between an account or contact and an opportunity.
Order Close Activities	Activity generated automatically when an order is closed.
Order Products	Line item in a sales order.
Orders	Quote that has been accepted.
Organization Statistics	Statistics measuring the organization�s usage of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system over the past 24 hours.
Organization UI Settings	Entity customizations including form layout and icons. Includes current and past versions.
Organizations	Top level of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM business hierarchy. The organization can be a specific business, holding company, or corporation.
Owner Mappings	In a data map, maps ownership data from the source file to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Owners	Group of undeleted system users and undeleted teams. Owners can be used to control access to specific objects.
Phone Calls	Activity to track a telephone call.
Plug-in Assemblies	Assembly that contains one or more plug-in types.
Plug-in Type Statistics	Plug-in type statistic.
Plug-in Types	Type that inherits from the IPlugin interface and is contained within a plug-in assembly.
Post Configurations	Contains information about the activity feed configuration of an entity.
Post Regarding	Represents which object an activity feed post is regarding. For internal use only.
Post Roles	Represents the objects with which an activity feed post is associated. For internal use only.
Post Rule Configurations	Contains information about the configuration of an activity feed rule for an entity.
Posts	An activity feed post.
Price List Items	Information about how to price a product in the specified price level, including pricing method, rounding option, and discount type based on a specified product unit.
Price Lists	Entity that defines pricing levels.
Privilege Object Type Codes	For internal use only.
Privileges	Permission to perform an action in Microsoft CRM. The platform checks for the privilege and rejects the attempt if the user does not hold the privilege.
Process Dependencies	Dependencies for a process.
Process Logs	Log used to track process execution.
Processes	Set of logical rules that define the steps necessary to automate a specific business process, task, or set of actions to be performed.
Product Associations	Relationship that stores information about products that belong to a kit.
Product Substitutes	Storage of an association between a product and a substitute product.
Products	Information about products and their pricing information.
Profile Albums
Publisher Addresses	Address and shipping information. Used to store additional addresses for a publisher.
Publishers	A publisher of a CRM solution.
Quarterly Fiscal Calendars	Quarterly fiscal calendar of an organization. A span of time during which the financial activities of an organization are calculated.
Queue Items	A specific item in a queue, such as a case record or an activity record.
Queues	A list of records requiring action, such as accounts, cases, and activities.
Quick Campaigns	System operation used to perform lengthy and asynchronous operations on large data sets, such as distributing a campaign activity or quick campaign.
Quote Close Activities	Activity generated when a quote is closed.
Quote Products	Product line item in a quote. The details include such information as product ID, description, quantity, and cost.
Quotes	Formal offer for products and/or services, proposed at specific prices and related payment terms, which is sent to a prospective customer.
Recurrence Rules	Recurrence Rule represents the pattern of incidence of recurring entities.
Recurring Appointments	The Master appointment of a recurring appointment series.
Relationship Role Maps	Mapping of the primary associated objects between which the relationship role is valid.
Relationship Roles	Relationship between an account or contact and an opportunity.
Replication Backlogs	Entity to hold replication backlog tasks. For internal use only.
Report Links	Links and dependencies between reports. A report may drill through to another report, or it may have another report as a sub-report.
Report Related Categories	Categories related to a report. A report can be related to multiple categories.
Report Related Entities	Entities related to a report. A report can be related to multiple entities.
Report Visibilities	Area in which to show a report. A report can be shown in multiple areas.
Reports	Data summary in an easy-to-read layout.
Resource Expansions	Resource Expansions.
Resource Groups	Group or collection of people, equipment, and/or facilities that can be scheduled.
Resource Specifications	Selection rule that allows the scheduling engine to select a number of resources from a pool of resources. The rules can be associated with a service.
Resources	User or facility/equipment that can be scheduled for a service.
Ribbon Commands	Ribbon Commands - the command definition, rules, etc.
Ribbon Context Groups	Groupings of contextual tabs.
Ribbon Differences	All layout customizations to be applied to the ribbons, which contain only the differences from the base ribbon.
Ribbon Rules	Ribbon rule definitions, used to enable and disable, show and hide ribbon elements.
Ribbon Tab To Command Map	A mapping between Tab Ids, and the Commands within those tabs.
Role Templates	Template for a role. Defines initial attributes that will be used when creating a new role.
Rollup Fields	Field to be rolled up to calculate the actual and in-progress values against the goal.
Rollup Queries	Query that is used to filter the results of the goal rollup.
Sales Attachments	Item in the sales literature collection.
Sales Literature	Storage of sales literature, which may contain one or more documents.
Sales Process Instances	Instance of a sales process.
Saved Views	Saved database query that is owned by a user.
Scheduling Groups	Resource group or team whose members can be scheduled for a service.
Sdk Message Filters	Filter that defines which SDK messages are valid for each type of entity.
Sdk Message Pairs	For internal use only.
Sdk Message Processing Step Images	Copy of an entity�s attributes before or after the core system operation.
Sdk Message Processing Step Secure Configurations	Non-public custom configuration that is passed to a plug-in�s constructor.
Sdk Message Processing Steps	Stage in the execution pipeline that a plug-in is to execute.
Sdk Message Request Fields	For internal use only.
Sdk Message Requests	For internal use only.
Sdk MessageResponse Fields	For internal use only.
Sdk MessageResponses	For internal use only.
Sdk Messages	Message that is supported by the SDK.
Security Roles	Grouping of security privileges. Users are assigned roles that authorize their access to the Microsoft CRM system.
Semiannual Fiscal Calendars	Calendar representing the semi-annual span of time during which the financial activities of an organization are calculated.
Service Activities	Activity offered by the organization to satisfy its customer�s needs. Each service activity includes date, time, duration, and required resources.
Service Endpoints	Service endpoint that can be contacted.
Services	Activity that represents work done to satisfy a customer�s need.
SharePoint Sites	SharePoint site from where documents can be managed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Site Maps	XML data used to control the application navigation pane.
Sites	Location or branch office where an organization does business. An organization can have multiple sites.
Solution Components	A component of a CRM solution.
Solutions	A solution which contains CRM customizations.
Status Maps	Mapping between statuses.
String Maps	Mapping between strings.
Subjects	Information regarding subjects available in the system.
Subscription Clients	For internal use only.
Subscription Manually Tracked Objects	For internal use only.
Subscription Synchronization Information	For internal use only.
Subscriptions	For internal use only.
System Charts	System chart attached to an entity.
System Forms	Organization-owned entity customizations including form layout and dashboards.
System Jobs	Process whose execution can proceed independently or in the background.
System User Principals	For internal use only.
SystemUserBusiness Unit Entity Maps	Stores mapping attributes for business units.
Tasks	Generic activity representing work needed to be done.
Team Profiles	Team Profiles
Teams	Collection of system users that routinely collaborate. Teams can be used to simplify record sharing and provide team members with common access to organization data when team members belong to different Business Units.
Territories	Territory represents sales regions.
Time Zone Definitions	Time zone definition, including name and time zone code.
Time Zone Localized Names	Localized name of the time zone.
Time Zone Rules	Definition for time conversion between local time and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for a particular time zone at a particular time period.
Tracking information for deleted entities	For internal use only.
Transformation Mappings	In a data map, maps the transformation of source attributes to Microsoft Dynamics CRM attributes.
Transformation Parameter Mappings	In a data map, defines parameters for a transformation.
Unit Groups	Grouping of units.
Units	Unit of measure.
Unresolved Addresses	For internal use only.
User Charts	Chart attached to an entity.
User Dashboards	User-owned dashboards.
User Entity UI Settings	Stores user settings for entity views.
User Fiscal Calendars	Custom fiscal calendar used for tracking sales quotas.
User Settings	User�s preferred settings.
UserEntityInstanceData	Per User item instance data
Users	Person with access to the Microsoft CRM system and who owns objects in the Microsoft CRM database.
Views	Saved query against the database.
Web Resources	Data equivalent to files used in Web development. Web resources provide client-side components that are used to provide custom user interface elements.
Web Wizard Access Privileges	Privilege needed to access a Web-based wizard.
Web Wizards	Definition for a Web-based wizard.
Wizard Pages	Page in a Web-based wizard.
Workflow Wait Subscriptions	For internal use only.

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