Remember this screenshot? Actually, other than Azure Functions and CDS custom actions, there is at least one other option in Power Platform which we can use to add custom code to our Power Automate Flows and/or to our Power Apps. Those are custom connectors. We can also use custom connectors with Logic Apps, so this… Read More »
That’s just how many linked entities you can have in FetchXml. I guess I have never needed more than this. That’s until today, of course: Actually, this is not how I discovered it. I was writing an SSRS report and the number of linked entities in my FetchXml query kept growing, so at some… Read More »
We all know that by October 2020 classic web client will be retiring, and UCI interface will take over everywhere where the classic web client might still be reigning at the moment of writing this post. This can be a very sensitive topic, though, and it can be quite confusing, too. As mentioned in this… 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 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 »
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 »