Working with entities

Entities are used to store Dynamics 365 CE data and metadata. Every entity in Dynamics 365 CE represents a table in a Dynamics 365 CE database. When we set up a Dynamics 365 CE organization, we can acquire many out-of-the-box entities that can be used for different purposes. Entities can be divided into two broad categories:

• System entities
• Custom entities

Let's look at each of these categories in detail.

System entities

System entities are the entities that we get with a Dynamics 365 CE setup. Most of the system entities, such as lead, account, contact, opportunity, quotes, and orders can be customized easily. For example, we can change the form design of these entities; we can modify views available...