When it comes to implementing business logic In the Dataverse environments, we have a few valid options: Cloud flows Plugins Classic workflows Yes, classic workflows is not at the top of our minds these days, but, with no Flow alternative to the real-time workflows, I don’t see them going away easily yet. However, for all… Read More »
It’s funny – I have been hearing about Custom API-s for a while now, but, until today, it’s been just “oh, there is something out there I need to try out. But it seems to be a reincarnation of custom actions, so, maybe, I’ll look at it later”. So, the day has come to look… Read More »
What exactly is the difference between solution upgrade and solution update? It might not be quite obvious from the description of each operation when you are importing a solution: Let’s do a quick test then. To start with, here is how my original solution looks like – there is nothing fancy there, it’s just a… Read More »
If you read UpGuard report on PowerApps Portals security which came out a few days ago, you might start panicking, and, I’d say, rightfully so: https://www.upguard.com/breaches/power-apps Danish has already covered the technical side in his blog post, so there is no need to discuss the technicalities here. But, then, on the high level, what did… Read More »
I’ve been hunting a missing dependency in my solution for almost two days. You’d think that should have been piece of cake – just go to the solution, and missing component, and that’s all you need to do. But, then, is it that simple? Here is the story of one elusive relationship (all table names… Read More »
As of Aug 18 2021, Internet Explorer is not supported by Microsoft 365 apps and services, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Power Platform. So, even if, somehow, it’s still there due to the corporate polices, it’s probably the last time I see a web page in the Internet Explorer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/lifecycle/announcements/internet-explorer-11-support-end-dates From here on, there is… Read More »
There seems to be new mapping behavior in my environment as of this morning – it could be a feature, but it could also be a bug. But it’s something to be aware of. Notice how, when creating a new record to populate a lookup, I’m getting one of the fields (“Feature Book”) populated automatically:… Read More »
With the performance insights feature available in preview now, I was wondering what is it I could possibly learn about one of my applications? For the most part, what I found there is not, necessarily, actionable. There are a few informational messages, and there are a few warnings; however, there is one insight that I… Read More »
I keep saying there is just no way to know everything about Power Platform these days. Below is a a year-old news, and I just ran into it out of a sudden while trying Power FX buttons (which I am still trying). Somehow, a new item showed up on the menu which I am pretty… Read More »
I think Power FX Command designer is going to be the news of the month (or, possibly, of the whole summer): https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-command-designer-with-power-fx-preview/ However, that’s something I’ll need to look at a bit later. In the meantime, there was a more pressing need on the project I’ve been working on, and that’s all about setting up… Read More »