Sep 26: A newer version of this post is available here: https://www.itaintboring.com/dynamics-crm/using-powershell-to-exportimport-solutions-data-and-word-templates/ I have never been a big supporter of the configuration migration tool simply because it seems strange that we need to export data manually while preparing a package for the package deployer. I am also on the fence when it comes to the… Read More »
I was working on a PowerShell script, and I just could not get past the error below: “Element ‘http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic:value’ contains data from a type that maps to the name ‘System.Management.Automation:PSObject’. The deserializer has no knowledge of any type that maps to this name” Yet I was not trying to do anything extraordinary (other than… Read More »
Earlier today, Shidin Haridas and I were discussing something on linkdein and we realized that we were talking about an undocumented javascript method in the Client API framework. You know you are not supposed to use undocumented methods, right? So I thought what if… I mean, don’t get me wrong, if somebody suggested to… Read More »
And why would I even start writing about this.. Well, not because I’m hoping to offer a decisive argument, and certainly not because I am hoping to bring Jonas Rapp to the “unmanaged” camp or Gus Gozalez to the “managed”. Those would be all futile attempts. I just think that managed solutions are overly… Read More »
Not sure if you are aware, but the latest version of SolutionPackager can now extract and re-package CanvasApps (and Flows). Depending on the version of SolutionPackager you’ve been using so far, it might or might not be failing once a canvas app is included into the solution. However, the latest version is not just… Read More »
Looking at the check list demo below, I am actually wondering if it would be better to use an embedded Canvas app there? Will need to think of it, but I figured I’d share this small example of a classic model-driven application web resource that’s adding a bit of custom UI to the application: How… Read More »
I hope you have heard about some very interesting changes in the Dynamics pricing model. They may not have affected you yet, but they will, especially if your subscription renewal date is coming soon. As almost expected in such cases, Jukka Niiranen came up with a great overview of what’s happening to the PowerPlatform (not… Read More »
In one of the previous posts I used Microsoft Flow to create folders in SharePoint whenever a record is created in Dynamics/CDS. That was not extremely straightforward to me, but, at least, I did not have to fight with the authentication. But, having done this, we’ve figured that we should still try a plugin instead… Read More »
There is email template functionality in Dynamics/model-driven applications – if you are not familiar with it, have a look at the documentation first: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/admin/create-templates-email However, what if, for whatever reason, you wanted to automatically instantiate an email template instead of having to use “insert template button” on the email screen? For example, maybe there are… Read More »
Ever since I’ve found myself working in the online environment, and having done all my previous work on-premise, it seems I got almost addicted to various kinds of diagrams. This seem to be the only way I can even start to understand what’s happening in the PowerPlatform world. Not sure if it’s for better or… Read More »