Managed solutions are recommended for production, and we’ve been using them lately without much troubles, but, occasionally, something does come up. One of the solutions had a workflow which required reference data. So it should not have been included into that solution to start with, but, since it was, it could not be activated. We’ve… Read More »
Have you ever used a Word Template in Power Apps? If you have not, have a look at this documentation page. For the model-driven apps, it’s one of the easiest ways to quickly create standardized word documents for your entities. Although, Word templates do come with some limitations – I won’t go into the details… Read More »
Before you read this post, let me suggest two earlier posts first, since they are all part of the same series: OAuth, Implicit Flow, and Authorization Code Flow Power App Portals and Azure AD B2C Power App Portals have identity management functionality available out of the box. What it means is that the portals can… Read More »
I’ve been trying to catch up on the azure architecture lately using free learning material that Microsoft provides for the related az-300 exam: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-300 There is a lot to catch up on, since it’s definitely not my primary area of expertise, but now that I’m through about a quarter of that course, I can’t help… Read More »
This comes straight from the Power Apps documentation: Default – The initial value of a control before it is changed by the user https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/controls/properties-core Actually, I never bothered to read that definition until recently, and, it seems, there is some discrepancy there. That definition seems to imply that “Default” will only affect your control’s initial… Read More »
For some reason, I got hooked up on the custom connectors for the time being. It’s a bit of a learning curve for somebody who has not been doing a lot of development outside of the plugins/scripts/occasional .NET for a while, so, if nothing else, it’s a good exercise in re-building at least some of… Read More »
As far as adding custom code to PowerApps/PowerAutomate goes, I’ve looked at three different options so far: Custom Connectors Azure Functions CDS Custom Actions Those are all valid options, but there are things to consider which go beyond purely technical aspects. For example, even though some Office 365 licenses include Power Apps use rights,… Read More »
Have you ever noticed there is at least one entity in the Model-Driven apps (and in Dynamics before) which would sometimes claim a form is read-only, but which would still be somewhat updatable in the user interface? Even more, this peculiar behavior may not be easily controlled through java scripts. See, you can update “Regarding” field… 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 »
I used to think that connectors would be isolated from my local machine in the sense that, since they are in the cloud, my machine would be talking to the Flow/Canvas Apps/Flow Designer/etc, but not to the connector directly. Basically, like this: And I was going to mention it in the context of security in… Read More »