Retrieve another user view's fetchXml property

Question

I am trying to retrieve a personal view's fetchxml (owned by another user than the one making the requests to the organization service) by doing such:

        public static UserQuery RetrieveUserQuery(string userQueryName)
        {

            string xmlFetch = @"<fetch distinct='false' mapping='logical' output-format='xml-platform' version='1.0'> 
                                    <entity name='userquery'>
                                        <attribute name='fetchxml'/>
                                        <filter type='and'>
                                            <condition attribute='name' value='{0}' operator='eq'/>
                                        </filter>
                                    </entity>
                                </fetch>";

            xmlFetch = string.Format(xmlFetch, userQueryName);

            try
            {
                var ent = Helper.XrmProxy.RetrieveMultiple(new FetchExpression(xmlFetch));

                if (ent.Entities.Count() == 0)
                    return null;
                if (ent.Entities.Count() > 1)
                    throw new Exception("More than one view with same name found!");

                return ent.Entities[0].ToEntity<UserQuery>();

            }
            catch
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

But it seems we can only do so by using the same credentials on the organization service than the ones owning the view.

Is this really the case ? Is there any bypass ?

This method always returns null (0 entities retrieved). The credentials used on the organization service are System Administrator so I thought I'd have access to it even if it wasn't shared...

Answer 1

Personal view is owned only the user made until and unless it is shared with another user. Even the system admin cannot access the personal view of another user