I got a tricky Power Automate Flow the other day – it was boldly refusing to meet my expectations in what it was supposed to do. In retrospect, as much as I would want to say that it was all happening since Power Automate was in a bad mood, there seem to be a couple… Read More »
When implementing ItAintBoring.Deployment powershell modules, I did not initially add support for the “status” and “status reason” fields. Usually, we don’t need to migrate inactive reference data, but there are always exceptions, and I just hit one the other day. Reality check. There is an updated version of the powershell script now, and there… Read More »
I was looking for a way to implement “timeout until” in Microsoft Flow, and, although there seem to be a way to do it, there is at least one caveat. First of all, here is the problem. Let’s say I wanted to send a notification email (or assign a case to somebody) on the Follow… Read More »
A number of folks have pointed out that solution environment variables are, now, in preview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/environmentvariables I was looking at it yesterday, and, it seems, I’m having a bit mixed emotions. Environment variables seem to represent a hybrid experience: we can work with them in the model-driven application, but we can also work with… Read More »
You may have heard of it already, but there is going to be a new way to purchase Power Platform services soon – Self-Service Purchase Capabilities are arriving in November: There is a corresponding FAQ page that answers some of the questions you may have: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/self-service-purchase-faq One thing to keep in mind, though, is… Read More »
In the previous post I talked about using a “RetrieveMultiple” (+Update/Create) plugin to incorporate business logic into a Canvas App. And, of course, the very first question I got is “why using a plugin if you could use a Flow”? It’s a fair question, and I figured I’d try to provide a fair answer. Have… Read More »
One problem with my inspection canvas app was that I did need some “business logic” to be there, and, of course, with the limited coding we can do in the canvas applications, it just had to be implemented somewhere else. A Microsoft Flow maybe? Well… I am talking about a CDS application, and this is… Read More »
Sometimes, a Canvas App can save a project. This would be almost impossible for me to say even a year ago; however, the way my current project evolved in the last two weeks, I can think of no better tool to quickly deliver the functionality required by the client. And, so, if you are… Read More »
Why is it not enough to make a field readonly on the form if you want to secure your data from unintended changes? Because there are at least 2 simple ways to unlock such fields: 1. Level up extension from Natraj Yegnaraman https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/level-up-for-dynamics-crm/bjnkkhimoaclnddigpphpgkfgeggokam Here is how read-only fields look before you apply “God Mode”: Then… Read More »
I got a little different idea for the month of October, and it is not directly related to the PowerApps development, but it depends on what I can do with the bots. So, naturally, I’ve been trying Bot Framework, Virtual Agent, and may need to try Virtual Assistant samples. If this interests you, carry… Read More »