Author Archives: Alex Shlega

Getting an “object reference not set to an instance of an object” error when deploying a custom connector?

If you created a very minimal custom connector and looked at the swagger definition right after, you’d notice a bunch of attributes added by default: However, not all of those are literally “required” when creating a new connector. For example, I could have removed “schemes” node, and it would still be acceptable: The problem would occur later,… Read More »

Multiplexing is fine, as long as you are properly licensed. But can you say if you are?

It seems I still can’t quite get over those Power Automate licensing updates – new questions keep coming up, we keep digging, and that brings some new revelations. Well, today’s topic is multiplexing. First off all, “multiplexing” is not a bad word 😉 Here is how Microsoft defines it in the Client Access License (CAL) Requirements: “Multiplexing” is when individuals… Read More »

Canvas App – adding alternating colors to a gallery that’s sourced from a Dataverse table

The technique for adding alternating colors to a Canvas App gallery has been described in various posts, here is one of those: http://powerapps.co.nz/auckland/index.php/our-blog/41-add-alternating-row-colours-to-power-apps-gallery We just need to add a new column to the data source, which is going to store the sequential row number, and, once we have it, we can use it to calculate… Read More »

Microsoft Dataverse is more than a database, and it’s not, necessarily, a good thing

There are all sorts of definitions of what Microsoft Dataverse is. Just go to https://powerplatform.microsoft.com/en-us/dataverse/, and you’ll get a few right away: Microsoft Dataverse is the data backbone that enables people to store their data in a scalable and secure environment dynamically. It enables [us] to look at data as a service spun up on-demand to… Read More »