Did you know that you can easily add C# code to your Power Automate flows? And you will need no azure functions, no plugins, no external web services. You will only need 5 minutes. Although, your code will only have 5 seconds to run, and you will be limited in what exactly you can do… Read More »
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 »
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 »
Have you tried bulk deletion lately? You may have seen the error below when you tried: Well, don’t you worry. Just wait a minute… I mean, literally. Although, you may have to wait a few minutes to be honest, but the key is that you need to wait a bit and try again. It might… Read More »
There are polymorphic lookups now, but what’s the big deal? Well, I don’t have to go far to find an example of where it might be helpful. Here is a screenshot from the actual model-driven form on one of the projects I’ve been working on: There are 3 different lookups on that screen, yet only… Read More »
It’s been great attending Ali Youssefi’s EasyRepro workshop this week (and it’s also been great to be invited into those workshops by the client to start with). That’s a nice workshop which will get you through the basics of Easy Repro (and some of the related things you may need to keep in mind) –… Read More »
So, we all know how managed solutions vs unmanaged solutions discussions used to be raging a few years ago. Then Microsoft stepped in to make it clear that managed solutions are recommended for production environments and unmanaged ones are only supposed to be used in development. This is where things currently stand, and this is… Read More »
It’s been a while since “treeview” experience had been added in the preview portal: https://www.itaintboring.com/dynamics/have-you-visited-preview-version-of-the-maker-portal-lately-there-is-solution-treeview-there/ Now we can also see “hidden” elements in the form designer! Classic designer had some nice stuff, after all, and now those features are making their way back into the new designer. There is “created by” on the form below,… Read More »
And I do mean barely. As in, I had to get 700 out of 1000 to pass, and I think I got 738. Under the normal circumstances, I probably wouldn’t even try taking that exam, but there was a reason I wanted to do it, and quickly, so there we go… a Power Platform consultant… Read More »