Xrm.AttributeExplorer 1.2026.6.28

Xrm.AttributeExplorer

Type: Project README — Azure DevOps primary project page Template version: 1.1 | June 2026 Last updated: 2026-06-28 — Chris Vitacek (via Claude Code)

Overview

Attribute Explorer is an XrmToolBox plugin for Dynamics 365 / Dataverse that lets consultants and developers explore, analyze, and export attribute (field) metadata across every entity in a connected environment. It solves a recurring need in CRM/Dataverse work — building a data dictionary, mapping fields for an integration, auditing a schema, or making sense of an org you've inherited — by pulling all that metadata into a single sortable, filterable, exportable grid instead of digging through Advanced Find or the maker portal one entity at a time.

Summary

The tool is mature and in active production use, distributed through the XrmToolBox Tool Library via a public NuGet feed. Current work is mostly housekeeping and growth: cleaning up outdated NuGet/package metadata (license info, project link, application icon), and a marketing push — a new promotional widget that will appear both on the Xrm.Documentation help site and inside the plugin itself, plus a "What's New" section in the docs. The Azure DevOps project that hosts this work (XRM Toolbox Projects) is a shared parent across all of Chris's XrmToolBox plugins — work specific to this tool is organized within that shared project under the Xrm.AttributeExplorer project area.

Project type: Enhancement / Ongoing maintenance Status: In progress Owner: Chris Vitacek (cloudevolv.com) Start date: 2025-02-06 (migration into this Azure DevOps repo — the tool predates the migration) Target completion: TBD — ongoing maintenance, no fixed end date

Artifact inventory

All links, references, and resources related to this project. Keep this section current — when a new artifact is created, add it here. Mark anything no longer active with a status of Retired or Abandoned rather than deleting the row.

Note: The Azure DevOps project linked below ("XRM Toolbox Projects") is not specific to Xrm.AttributeExplorer — it's a parent project shared by all of Chris's XrmToolBox plugins. Work for this plugin is scoped within that shared project under the area path XRM Toolbox Projects\Xrm.AttributeExplorer. Sibling plugins use their own area path under the same project (e.g. Xrm.EntityExplorer, Xrm.Documentation). See docs/azure-devops.md for the full breakdown (org, project, area path, process template, valid work item states).

Project links, references and libraries

Public-facing & documentation — distribution and help content

History and task list

Sourced live from the Azure DevOps work item tree (Area Path XRM Toolbox Projects\Xrm.AttributeExplorer) and this repo's Git history — no separately-maintained recollection entries. Grouped by Feature, showing User Story–level progress. Plain Tasks are intentionally left off this table (too granular — see the ADO board for that level of detail); Bugs are still listed individually since they're notable regardless of how ADO categorizes them internally. Use — in the Date column where there's no single dated event (e.g. an in-progress or multi-commit item).

Feature #123 — 2026 Application Update and Maintenance

Feature #92 — Automate NuGet deployment via an ADO Pipeline

Contacts

This document is the source-of-truth summary for this project. Technical details live in the repo and linked docs above.