Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client.ServiceClient.Create fails when custom EntityReference property is set to null #179
Description
If I set the value of a custom EntityReference field on an early bound instance of the incident entity, then attempt to create the incident using Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client.ServiceClient.Create, I receive the error below:
System.AggregateException: 'incident.new_testid : GetAttributeMetadata : RequestID=5b6844c4-2f)'
Inner Exception
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
If I call the same create with a value for new_testid or I don't set new_testid at all (ie. don't push it into the property bag), then the create succeeds. This behaviour is different to the behaviour of CrmServiceClient.Create which would allow the Create to work with null EntityReference.
Code snippet below for reference
Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client.ServiceClient serviceClient = new ServiceClient("[connection string]");
Incident incident = new Incident
{
Title = "Test Case",
CustomerId = new EntityReference(Account.EntityLogicalName, new Guid("CAA50976-5541-4C40-BCA5-21F296CF4A71")),
new_TestId = null,
};
serviceClient.Create(incident);