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 »
I’ve been working on a presentation of Embedded Canvas Apps and some things were not adding up. Mostly, I just could not pinpoint what exactly is the difference between Canvas Apps and Model-Driven apps? Yes, I know how to build a Canvas App. Yes, I know how to build a Model-Driven App. What sets… Read More »
When creating a new entity, I’m often not enabling notes, activities, or any other “optional” features by default. And it always bites me in the end. Why? Because sooner or later comes that moment when I need to add activities to my entity. And I still don’t want to add notes: That’s perfectly legal… Read More »
Form notifications can be a little sensitive as I found out this morning when the notification I expected to show up was totally misbehaving. Of course it was Monday morning, so my first thought was that, maybe, that notification just had a really good weekend and simply was not willing to get back to… Read More »
You probably know that we do have two solution designers these days. Here is a related “this or that” question, then. There is a new designer, and there is an old designer.. Which one are you going to use moving forward and why? Btw, would you rather see and listen? Just scroll down to the… Read More »
Interesting how, with all the power Flows can offer these days (we can even customize Sharepoint integration with Flows), there is still one scenario which just cannot be covered without the classic plugins/workflows. Namely, anything that requires synchronous (or real-time) processing, would need a plugin or a workflow. For example, what if you wanted… Read More »