This post is nothing but a relatively boring technical walkthrough.. Which is as promised in the previous (hopefully not so boring) teaser post Before you continue with this one, you may want to do some reading on how embedded canvas apps can be added to the model driven apps. I would suggest a few links… Read More »
I think at least half of my posts should start with “I was pulling my hair out, and then..” (Like the picture? Here is the source) If you ever tried creating a printer-ready screen in Dynamics that would, among other things, display a Base64 image stored in a field, you might know the feeling.… Read More »
It would be a challenge these days to find a single person who does not have any picture id at all. Driver licences, health cards, passports, access cards.. Those id-s are everywhere – I probably have to carry at least 2-3 every day, and there are a few more I have to carry occasionally.… Read More »
One thing about Dynamics which I love and hate at the same time is that I’m constantly getting challenged. In the old days we had an on-premise system where the updates were rare, where we had access to the database, and where, to a certain extent, we were in control. At least it sometimes… Read More »
When you are working with the grids in Dynamics, the last line shows up as a list of letters from A to Z, so you can click one of the letters and that will quickly apply a filter to the grid. What kind of filter, though? After some digging around earlier today, it turned out… Read More »
We were investigating the option of using non-interactive user account for automated deployment, and it was all going great until we ran into the error below while importing the solution: “This process cannot be activated or deactivated by someone who is not its owner. If you contact support, please provide the technical details.” Actually,… Read More »
There was a time when Dynamics did not want to assign optionset values in the workflows. If you are wondering how it was, the issue(and a possible workaround) is best described here: https://crmtipoftheday.com/870/how-to-set-an-optionset-value-in-the-workflow/ So, earlier today when somebody showed me how they still can’t assign an optionset field I was 100% certain that’s exactly… Read More »
I have always been a bit cautious of the queues in Dynamics since I could not fully understand when to use them. I don’t know, somehow my technical knowledge of what they are just did not materialize into a clear understanding of what to do with them. This is until on one project business users… Read More »
As I mentioned in the previous post, solution layering seems to be explained quite well in the solution lifecycle management whitepaper, so I figured I’d give a try to something here.. and, yes, it got a bit confusing. Here is what I did in the source instance: Created a solution and added a new… Read More »
A new version of the solution lifecycle management whitepaper for Dynamics has been published recently, so I was reading it the other night.. and I figured I’d share a few thoughts. But, actually, if you wanted to see the whitepaper first, you can download it from this page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57777 First, there is one thing this… Read More »