Tag Archives: Power Platform

Using Environment Variables to configure Word Template action in the cloud flows

Power Automate word templates are much more fun to work with than the classic D365 word templates, yet we can happily use them in the model-driven app with a bit of javascript: https://www.itaintboring.com/dynamics-crm/power-automate-word-templates-in-model-driven-apps-forms-integration/ However, how are we supposed to deploy flows containing “Populate a Microsoft Word Template” action in different environments so that each environment… Read More »

Upcoming pricing changes for Power Apps

With the recent announcement, one thing is clear: Power Apps licensing has never been cheaper. With no licence minimums or other purchase requirements, pretty much any organization should be able to start using Power Apps now: Although, as it usually is with licensing, there is a fly in the ointment. Those changes are coming into… Read More »

EasyRepro tips

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 »

You might be getting unwanted tables in your solutions – here is one reason why

Have you ever noticed a table in your solution that you had never added there intentionally? It is kind of a stowaway table – you did not want it there, you did not authorize it to be there, you did not even notice it there until, of course, it was all in production… and, yet,… Read More »

Why you should consider periodic / on demand refresh for the Canvas Apps / Flows

Have you ever noticed the following paragraph in the Canvas Apps coding guidelines? Periodically republishing your apps The PowerApps product team is continually optimizing the Power platform. Sometimes, for backwards compatibility, these optimizations will apply only to apps that are published by using a certain version or later. Therefore, we recommend that you periodically republish… Read More »

Managed solutions – what are the benefits?

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 »

Is it a Guid or a Name in the PowerAutomate action input dropdown?

Just learned the other day that where Power Automate actions can be showing “display” names in various dropdowns, it might still be some sort of ID/Guid that we should be using when trying a custom value there. For example, in the flow below, when using a “custom value”, I have to use a GUID to… Read More »

How to continue flow execution after an error

When handling errors in the Flows, we can add parallel branches so one of those would run on success, the other one would run on error. However, in the example below, there is a Flow with two parallel branches configured that way, and, even though “On Error” branch is there, the Flow would only execute… Read More »

New solution designer is moving backwards – and that’s great! We can see hidden elements on the forms now!

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 »

I just barely passed MB-230: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

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 »