Is there a way to find out if a retrieved component is dynamic/publishable using core service ? I am not able to see any property that can tell me that .
Please help.
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Consider flipping the requirement by starting with a dynamic template rather than the items, especially if you want this information for many components.– Alvin ReyesAug 27, 2013 at 8:04
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The component by itself can't be nor dynamic nor static, it's component presentation that can be dynamic. It's controlled by IsRepositoryPublishable property per ComponentTemplateData
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+1. We publish pages and component presentations rather than components. Aug 26, 2013 at 17:11
As user978511 noted, it's not the component which determines whether publishing is dynamic, but the component template. Using the core service, you can retrieve a ComponentTemplateData object and check its IsRepositoryPublishable property.
ComponentTemplateData also has a RelatedSchemas property, so with a bit more code you could find out whether a given component is based on a schema for which there is a dynamic template.
If there is at least one dynamic component template, you will be able to publish the component. Publishing the component will result in a component presentation being published for each of the dynamic component templates related to the schema.
answered Aug 26, 2013 at 21:18
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1Or you can publish the dynamic template(s) itself apart from Pages and components Aug 26, 2013 at 17:41
If it is highly required to know if the component can be used as a DCP I can think of two ways to achieve this, though it will be pretty expensive operation.
CoreServiceClient.ResolveItemsshould resolve the component if it has any dynamic component templates.- This is a two step approach, first getting a list of component templates using
Publication.Get(List)ComponentTemplatesand then checking if any of the templates is dynamic.
