In the on-prem version of Dynamics, we can create our own custom indexes. And, even though it’s a supported customization (here is a reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328350.aspx ), there is at least one scenario which may fail. Basically, the problem is that custom indexes are not managed by Dynamics, so what it means is that any operation… Read More »
Did you know that, when setting up a workflow for a business process flow entity (Opportunity Sales Process, for example), we can configure that workflow to trigger on change of the related entities? In the example above, we can trigger that workflow on change of the related opportunity entity fields etc. That’s an interesting feature which… Read More »
In the previous post, I have stopped short of creating a plugin to consume the predictive web service directly from Dynamics. It still needs to happen to complete the whole exercise, so.. it’s time to do it. First of all, when I looked at the Machine Learning Studio today, I could not get to the… Read More »
Now that I have a way to import Dynamics data to the Machine Learning Studio, it would be great to see if I can use it to, well, start predicting something. Here is the scenario I’m going to try: In Dynamics, I have added a few fields to the out-of-the-box case entity: Resolution Time (decimal)… Read More »
Data Import component in the Machine Learning Studio supports on-premise gateways, so I got this idea that I should be able to use it to import data from the on-prem Dynamics database. Even more, I was actually hoping to use the gateway which I just installed with the Machine Learning, but, as it turned out,… Read More »
Sometimes, a seemingly simple task leads to a whole lot of activities. I did not mean to install the gateway today.. But I wanted to try machine learning studio, and, then, I found that I can use on-premise gateway to import data for the experiments. So, having considered the alternatives, I figured it might make… Read More »
It seems there is an unexpected change in how V9 (specifically, 9.0.0.3172) is treating string fields on the SDK side. Normally, if you clear a field, you can use this code in the plugin to see if the field is being cleared: if (entity.Contains(“ita_integer”) && entity[“ita_integer”] == null) { throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(“Integer is null”); … Read More »
One of the main problems with plugin development is that we have a very limited set of debugging techniques. We can use the Tracing Service, but it’s not, really, debugging.. It’s tracing. We can keep throwing errors from the plugin, but that’s just another form of tracing. We can use a plugin profiler, and… Read More »
What if you register a plugin step on update of some attribute, and, then, update the same attribute in the plugin again? Dynamics can’t decide, for you, when is the right time to stop this endless loop, but it will detect the recursion, and, after a few repetitions, will stop it: It will do… Read More »
Was working on the code that needed paging with FetchXml.. There is a good example on MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328046.aspx But, in case you don’t want to mess with XmlDocument (not that it’s really that messy), you can easily do the same using simple string Replace – there is an example below. The only tricky part is… Read More »