# Setting up your Microsoft Dynamics 365 custom object and table

To update your Microsoft Dynamics data through campaigning, you must first set up and configure your Microsoft Dynamics table. You can then configure your channel in either Orbit or PeopleStage to begin campaigning.

This example shows how to create a custom **Model** table in Microsoft Dynamics. It also shows how to set up a channel that pushes updates to those models in Orbit campaigns for contacts in the **Contacts** table.

**Prerequisites**: Edit rights for the PeopleStage or Orbit channel editor.

## Creating your custom object

1. In Dynamics 365, select **Create new App**. This opens Power Apps.
2. Give your app a name and select **Create**.
3. Select **Data** from the left-hand menu, then select **Create new tables**.
4. Select **Start from blank**.
5. Name the table **Model**.

   A column is automatically set as the primary column.
6. Select **\+ New column** and add the following columns:

   - **Name**
   - **Score**
   - **ExternalID**
7. Select **Properties** and make the **ExternalID** column the **Primary column**.
8. Expand the dropdown on the automatically created **New column**, then select **Delete column**.
9. Select **Save and exit**. You can now add a relationship to the **Contact** table.
10. Go to Power Apps home and select **Tables** from the left-hand menu.
11. Select your **Model** table from the list.
12. In the **Schema** section, select **Relationships**.
13. Select **\+ New relationship** \> **Many-to-one**.
14. Expand the **Related table** dropdown and select **Contact**.

The result is a **Model** table with five custom fields.

## Get logical names

To configure channel field mapping, you need the **logical names** of the table and fields. Edit each column, open **Advanced options**, and note the logical name.

In this example, the logical names are:

- **Contact** → `cr1e5_contact`
- **ExternalID** → `cr1e5_externalid`
- **Name** → `cr1e5_name`
- **Score** → `cr1e5_score`

Also get the logical name for the **Model** table itself:

- **Model** → `cr1e5_model`

You've now created your custom object. You can create your Microsoft Dynamics 365 channel in Orbit or PeopleStage to start uploading data through a campaign journey.

- [Dynamics channel setup in Orbit](<https://help.apteco.com/en/orbit/campaigns/channels/microsoft-dynamics/index.md>)
- [Dynamics channel in PeopleStage](<https://help.apteco.com/en/admin/integration/microsoft-dynamics-365/peoplestage-channel/index.md>)