Just got to play with the latest cool feature, which is using SQL Management Studio to connect to CDS environments. You’ll find the documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/cds-sql-query If you have not seen what it looks like, here is an example: To set it up, you just need SSMS v18.4, and don’t forget to configure your environment… Read More »
I have certainly missed some news. Apparently, quick find in the unified interface now works as it has always been expected to work (but never did): It’s now using selected view columns And it’s now applying selected view filters If I were reading release wave 1 plan more carefully, I would have noticed the following… Read More »
Social distancing has definitely took a toll on my blogging – it’s been a while since the last post. Although, I’ve actually learned quite a few things outside of PowerPlatform in the last month, so I could probably start blogging about a few other things now: How to teach math fractions How to build wooden… Read More »
When working with the model-driven applications, we can make a field required, but, normally, that would not make any difference for server-side processing. That field will be required on the form: But I would have no problem at all using “empty” value for that field through the API/SSIS/etc. Or, as in the case below, by… Read More »
In the previous post, I was looking at which attributes are added to the CDS query by the Filter/Lookup functions. Might not end up with a definitive answer there, but, to summarize, chances are you’ll get the attributes included IF those attributes are utilized in the other formulas. Now, it turned out there is a… Read More »
I was looking for a point of sale software solution the other day, and it occurred to me that, in theory, I could probably write something up using a Canvas App. Of course I would need to solve a few problems, such as: Which device do I run it on How do I stop users… Read More »
Ever since Power Apps Component Framework went into the GA, there probably was not a day when a new PCF component would not be released by somebody in the Power Platform community. There is just no way to ignore the fact that PCF has turned into a very popular addition to the Power Platform developer… Read More »
I used to think Canvas Apps are synchronous, since, after all, there are no callback functions, which means implementing a real async execution pattern would be a problem. As it turned out, there are at least a couple of situations where Canvas Apps are starting to behave in a very asynchronous way. There is a… Read More »
It was a strange day today – I kept finding new stuff (as in “new for me”) in Canvas Apps. Apparently it had something to do with the fact that a Canvas App I was working on is being used in production now, so it’s getting much more real-life testing than it used to. A… Read More »
When thinking about user licensing in D365 instances, you may be thinking of D365 applications. However, from the licensing standpoint D365 instance is nothing but an “advanced” CDS instance with a bunch of first-party apps deployed there, so it is still possible to use Power Apps “per app” and “per user” plans in those instances.… Read More »