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 »
Well, if there is an experimental feature, let’s experiment! https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/create-component Having read through that page, I thought “wow.. can I create some kind of confirmation dialog using those components?” (Hint: if you are wondering how that worked out, scroll down to the bottom to see the recording) That was a crazy idea, I can… Read More »
When looking at the application designer, we can see application ID in the link: It is the same appid that will be added to the url when you open your application in Dynamics: However, try adding that application(and the corresponding sitemap) to a solution, then export the solution, and have a look at the customizations.xml:… Read More »
You would think an MVP should know.. Ha.. Tell me about it. So, just to illustrate why I was scratching my head earlier today – there are two grids on the screenshot below, they were both just added to the form, there were no further customizations to them. And, yet, they kind of look… Read More »
There are lots of “new and planned” features mentioned in the April’19 release notes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/April19/ But, it seems, those release notes are not just “release” notes – they are a bit of a roadmap, too. Have a look at the corresponding section for the Customer Service, for example: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/April19/service/planned-features A lot of features will be… Read More »
While prototyping my image upload canvas application for the contact form the other day, I ran into something that is probably just a quirk of the preview implementation, but you may want to be aware of this behavior when doing something similar in the meantime. Imagine that you had your canvas app working with… Read More »