When working with the model-driven applications, we can make a field required, but, normally, that would not make any difference for server-side processing. That field will be required on the form: But I would have no problem at all using “empty” value for that field through the API/SSIS/etc. Or, as in the case below, by… Read More »
In the previous post, I was looking at which attributes are added to the CDS query by the Filter/Lookup functions. Might not end up with a definitive answer there, but, to summarize, chances are you’ll get the attributes included IF those attributes are utilized in the other formulas. Now, it turned out there is a… Read More »
I was looking for a point of sale software solution the other day, and it occurred to me that, in theory, I could probably write something up using a Canvas App. Of course I would need to solve a few problems, such as: Which device do I run it on How do I stop users… Read More »
Ever since Power Apps Component Framework went into the GA, there probably was not a day when a new PCF component would not be released by somebody in the Power Platform community. There is just no way to ignore the fact that PCF has turned into a very popular addition to the Power Platform developer… Read More »
I used to think Canvas Apps are synchronous, since, after all, there are no callback functions, which means implementing a real async execution pattern would be a problem. As it turned out, there are at least a couple of situations where Canvas Apps are starting to behave in a very asynchronous way. There is a… Read More »
It was a strange day today – I kept finding new stuff (as in “new for me”) in Canvas Apps. Apparently it had something to do with the fact that a Canvas App I was working on is being used in production now, so it’s getting much more real-life testing than it used to. A… Read More »
When thinking about user licensing in D365 instances, you may be thinking of D365 applications. However, from the licensing standpoint D365 instance is nothing but an “advanced” CDS instance with a bunch of first-party apps deployed there, so it is still possible to use Power Apps “per app” and “per user” plans in those instances.… Read More »
Sometimes, I get a feeling that, as far as Dynamics/Model-Driven javascript event handlers are concerned, everything has already been said and done. However, I was recently asked a question which, as it later turned out, did not really have the kind of a simple answer I thought it would have (meaning, “just google it” did… Read More »
I have definitely managed to mess up my PCF controls solution a few weeks ago, since I put some test entities into that solution, and, then, I missed to include a few dependencies. Definitely my apologies for that to everyone who tried to deploy that solution while I was happily spending time on vacation, but,… Read More »
We all know about the owner teams, security roles, access teams, field security profiles, etc. But there is yet another not-so-obvious security feature which controls access to CDS records through the “reparent” behavior on the “parental”/”configurable cascading” 1:N relationship. Why does it matter? See, on the diagram below, even though the security role is configured… Read More »