I often read/hear that Microsoft Flow is not suitable for the advanced integration scenarios where Logic Apps should be used instead. That statement is probably coming from the comparison below: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-compare-logic-apps-ms-flow-webjobs This is all great; however, unlike the Logic Apps which are living their own life somewhere in Azure, Microsoft Flow is a first-class… Read More »
I had a nice validation plugin that used to be working perfectly whenever a record were updated manually. When deactivating a record with a certain status reason, a user would see an error message if some of the conditions were not met. For example, a transaction can’t be completed till the amount field has… Read More »
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 »