XrmToolkit allows you to create and execute FetchXML queries directly in Visual Studio. If the query is from a user or system view then you can publish them back to Dynamics 365 with the click of a single button.
Any xml file that conatins the <fetchxml> node can be executed. The following is an example of a system view that was downloaded as an asset to the project:
Right-clicking on the file in the Visual Studio solution explorer window will show the following menu with one of the commands being: "Execute FetchXML Query":
Executing the command will open up the query results window:
Notice the 3 buttons in the results window:
Once the results have been displayed, you can edit the fetchxml query in the editor window and use the 'Refresh' button to see the updated results.
