I was watching the video Mark Smith just posted, and, as it often happens, got mixed impression. Of course I do agree that there is always this idea that becoming an MVP should bring in some benefits. When thinking of “becoming an MVP”, you are inevitably starting to think of those benefits at some point.… Read More »
Have you ever seen a connector playing hide and seek? Just look at the recording below: Common Data Service (Current Environment Connector) does not show up when I type “related records” on the first screen But it does show up when I do it on the other screen What’s the difference? From what I could… Read More »
I just learned how to create balloons! At first, it actually did not look that interesting at all when I clicked the question mark button: Yep, it felt a little empty there. So, I started to wonder, what can I do to make it more interesting? Turned out there is quite a bit… Read More »
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 »
If you have not heard about UI Flows, give them a try! As in right now… that’s just some cool stuff from Microsoft which is now in preview. Login to your powerapps portal (https://make.powerapps.com), select Flows, and choose UI Flows: The coolest part about it is that, right from the start, you can probably… 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 »