Ever since I have started working on the current project, there probably was not a day when I would not discover something new (of course what’s new for me is not necessarily new for somebody who’s been working in the online environment for a while). When working on-premise, you get to know what to… Read More »
I was working on a PowerShell script, and I just could not get past the error below: “Element ‘http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic:value’ contains data from a type that maps to the name ‘System.Management.Automation:PSObject’. The deserializer has no knowledge of any type that maps to this name” Yet I was not trying to do anything extraordinary (other than… Read More »
Earlier today, Shidin Haridas and I were discussing something on linkdein and we realized that we were talking about an undocumented javascript method in the Client API framework. You know you are not supposed to use undocumented methods, right? So I thought what if… I mean, don’t get me wrong, if somebody suggested to… Read More »
Looking at the check list demo below, I am actually wondering if it would be better to use an embedded Canvas app there? Will need to think of it, but I figured I’d share this small example of a classic model-driven application web resource that’s adding a bit of custom UI to the application: How… Read More »
In one of the previous posts I used Microsoft Flow to create folders in SharePoint whenever a record is created in Dynamics/CDS. That was not extremely straightforward to me, but, at least, I did not have to fight with the authentication. But, having done this, we’ve figured that we should still try a plugin instead… Read More »
There is email template functionality in Dynamics/model-driven applications – if you are not familiar with it, have a look at the documentation first: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/admin/create-templates-email However, what if, for whatever reason, you wanted to automatically instantiate an email template instead of having to use “insert template button” on the email screen? For example, maybe there are… Read More »
Ever since I’ve found myself working in the online environment, and having done all my previous work on-premise, it seems I got almost addicted to various kinds of diagrams. This seem to be the only way I can even start to understand what’s happening in the PowerPlatform world. Not sure if it’s for better or… Read More »
When creating a model-driven application, it’s easy to think that we only need to include those entities into the app which will be displayed in the sitemap. So, in the example below, it would be only 5 entities: There is something to keep in mind, though. If you are expecting quick create forms to… Read More »
It’s the morning of April 1st, I am looking at my editable sub-grid, and I start panicking. Because, apparently, it’s not working – I can’t edit anything at all. I tried pretty much everything (re-enabling the grid, changing the view, updating control settings in different places, looking in the community forums).. Nothing worked. And,… Read More »
There is nothing more revealing than trying to explain something you don’t quite understand! So, as I mentioned in the recent post, I had to get my head around the transformation that has occurred to the Dynamics CRM/XRM platform in the recent years before I could start thinking about the real differences between Canvas Apps… Read More »