Call a common entity service, independently from entity type

Question

I have an infotable with type EntityReference (just name and type field), it contains different objects like mashup, menus ,things, etc
 
for each entity I need to call its related common service (on my case SetProjectName) :
 
for things
   Things[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")
for mashups
   Mashups[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")
for users
   Users[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")
.... and so on for almost all types
 
is there a way to call SetProjectName intependently from entity type ?

nmilleson · Accepted Answer

@iguerra ,

You could try this.. it works for me in 9.0

var entitiesHash = {"Things":Things, "ThingTemplates":ThingTemplates}; // and so on...etc..

var a = entitiesHash[EntityType]; 

var b = a[EntityName];

var result = b.setProjectName();

EntityType and EntityName are inputs to your service..

emscur · Answer

Hello @iguerra,

The easiest way to accomplish this is by checking the entityType and creating a conditional statement for each type. Find an example below:

if (entityType == "ThingTemplate") {
 ThingTemplates[entityName].SetProjectName({
		projectName: undefined /* PROJECTNAME */
	});
} else if (entityType == "Thing") {
 Things[entityName].SetProjectName({
		projectName: undefined /* PROJECTNAME */
	});
}

I hope you find this helpful.

Thanks,

Emmanuel

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