New Admin Center – PREVIEW – System Settings Walk through
PLEASE NOTE : THIS POST IS BASED ON A PUBLIC PREVIEW FEATURE. The video will give you a good idea of what is currently available within the new Admin Center preview within the PowerApps user interface. Microsoft are always adding, updating and improving. This video is no holds barred. If a screen doesn’t work, it doesn’t work… But better to know than not to know. Check it out… Continue Reading noreply@blogger.com (Chris...
UnBoxing the Power Platform Model-Driven Form Designer Preview
I saw recently on Twitter that the WYSIWYG Model-Driven form editor is in preview and I thought, “HEY, Why not do a video without ever opening and testing this functionality”… SO that’s exactly what I did. it’s a little bit all over the show and as I find stuff I get more excited. I had to edit out a cough a few times, but other than that, this is raw footage of a totally new… Continue Reading noreply@blogger.com (Chris...
Attaching files to a record through Canvas Apps, using the Common Data Service Connector
I found this very cool little piece of functionality that allows you to attach a document directly to a record within a canvas app by leveraging standard functionality within the Common Data Service (CDS) Connector within Power Platform.Now, this may seem silly, but previously I had been using SharePoint, Flow and all sorts of other creative little techniques to store documentation. I had… Continue Reading Chris...
My Quest to Dynamics 365 Saturday Stockholm
Recently I attended the Dynamics 365 Saturday event in Stockholm and I have to say, what an excellent event. I have never been to Stockholm, so I was already massively excited about this. I also got to meet a load of new people for the first time which was AMAZING!These events are so important for the community because they are often the only opportunities some of the community members really… Continue Reading Chris...
A Weird Little Option set Error in Canvas Apps
The other day I was getting this weird little error when building a canvas app. Basically, all of my CDS Optionsets just randomly stopped working.I hadn’t actually realised that I had left the “Experimental Connector” setting on while testing out the lookups. I think there must have been some sort of update. Pop into File | App Settings | Advanced Settings and turn of that little toggle.
The Dynamics Evolution: Can’t Associate Existing Contacts to an Account in the D365 UCI?
Don’t feel like the emotional post? 😀 😀 FIND THE SOLUTION HERE!! Recently I was doing some config. within Dynamics 365 for a customer that was keen on using the UCI (Unified Client Interface). I’ve done a load of demo’s for this type of thing but never actually helped configure for a live implementation. To be deadly honest, I had to change my mindset a bit about how I designed… Continue Reading...
The Dynamics Evolution: Microsoft Translation Service
Some time back I saw Craig Bird from Microsoft do an amazing demonstration using Microsoft’s Translator Connector in a PowerApp. Honestly, I was blown away at how powerful this functionality is. The crazy part is, not a load of people even know about it. I did this quick little Video recording of me testing this out. I was actually amazed! You can watch it on Youtube, click here. I used… Continue Reading...
Lookup fields when referencing Common Data Service through Canvass Apps
Recently, after attempting to build a canvass app connected to CDS I ran into a whole host off issues when it came to lookups. Well, it seems as if there is a solution now. I don’t know if this is new functionality of I’ve somehow always missed this… but hopefully this will help some of you out when Building CDS connected Canvass Apps. The scenario here is that I manage a bunch of… Continue Reading noreply@blogger.com (Chris...