Portal does not load and displays “Server Error” or shows “Getting set up.. This might take a while” message -Portal Startup Issue (PowerApps Portal)
While trying to create a Website with Template – Partner Portal, we observed the provisioning stuck at – Getting set up… Also, it was showing the below error on checking the Site Health. “URL of the Dynamics 365 organization connected to this portal has been changed.” Which wasn’t the case as the URL of the … Continue reading “Portal does not load and displays “Server Error” or… Continue Reading Nishant...
Versioning and Drafts for Solution-based Cloud Flows – Power Automate
We now have the version support for Cloud Flows in Power Automate. This feature is only available in the new editor. Let us start by creating a simple flow, the creation part will happen in the existing editor. Let us save the flow, and select Edit >> Details in a new tab to open it … Continue reading “Versioning and Drafts for Solution-based Cloud Flows – Power Automate” Continue Reading Nishant...
What will happen on changing the password of the user account used as the Owner of Cloud Flow and for Connection – Power Automate
Recently we had to change the password of the user account being used as an owner of the cloud flows as well as the used for connection/connection reference. So we tried it on a trial environment first, below is our flow that runs every 5 minutes and creates a contact record (Dataverse), sends an email … Continue reading “What will happen on changing the password of the user account used as… Continue Reading Nishant...
Using Focused view in Dynamics 365
Focused view in Dynamics 365 that allows users to view and manage all their records in one place, allowing them to be more productive, as they can stay on track and avoid getting sidetracked by switching between multiple screens to find the information they need. We can enable and disable it for all the records … Continue reading “Using Focused view in Dynamics 365” Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article...
Associate activities (Email) with multiple related records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
This new feature allows associating an activity record with multiple related records or related parties. For E.g. we might want to associate an email with multiple cases, or with case as well as account and contact records. It is still in the public preview (April 24) and is only available for Email Activity. To see … Continue reading “Associate activities (Email) with multiple related records… Continue Reading...
New Attachment features for Email – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
We can see a few new features added to attachments for email activity as part of 2024 Release Wave 1. Get all the details here Hope it helps.. Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog New Attachment features for Email – Dataverse / Dynamics 365 We can see a few new features added to attachments for email activity as part of 2024 Release Wave 1. We can use drag and drop to add attachments. Select (Select All)...
Fixed – The plug-in execution failed because no Sandbox Hosts are currently available. Please check that you have a Sandbox server configured and that it is running – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Recently we were bulk updating our records, which would trigger an asynchronous plugin registered on its update. We were using the wonderful Bulk Data Updater (XrmToolBox) plugin for it. We realized if we are updating too many records at once say e.g. 100 Batch Size (total 5K records to be processed), we are getting below … Continue reading “Fixed – The plug-in execution failed because no… Continue Reading...
Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id: ” cannot be removed – Dynamics 365 Field Service
While trying to delete the Unit records related to the “Distance Units of Measure for Resource and Asset Location Management” unit group, we will get the below error Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id: ‘<GUID>’ cannot be removed Below is the out of the box plugin that restricts the deletion of the unit The code for … Continue reading “Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id:...
Fixed – Web resource method does not exist: OnLoad error in Work Order, Work Order Service task, and other forms in Dynamics 365 Field Service
Recently we started getting the below error on the form load of the Work Order Service Task record, that also only in specific environments, and there was no changes made there. Error Details: Event Name: onload Function Name: OnLoad Web Resource Name: msdyn_/WorkOrderServiceTask/WorkOrderServiceTask.js Solution Name: msdyn_FieldService_patch_update Publisher Name: microsoftdynamics From the… Continue Reading Nishant...
Fixed – VS402356: You do not have the permissions required to perform the attempted operation on this process (Azure DevOps)
We would get the below error while trying to modify states in the Azure DevOps process. VS402356: You do not have the permissions required to perform the attempted operation on this process To fix this we can add the user to the Project Collection Administrators group. Or better give Process specific permission to the user … Continue reading “Fixed – VS402356: You do not have the permissions… Continue Reading...
Using Union function to remove duplicates – Power Automate / Dataverse
We recently got the below error in one of our cloud flows, the requirement was to fetch the distinct work orders that have notes with attachments associated with them. A resource of type ‘Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.annotation’ was found in a resource set that otherwise has entries of type Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.msdyn_workorder’. In OData, all entries in a resource set … Continue reading “Using… Continue...
Fixed- The XRM workflow table row could not be found error (Power Automate)
Recently while trying to open one of our cloud flows we got the below error. Error: The XRM workflow table row could not be found. Inside the Power Automate maker portal for the new designer, we got the below error We could see our flows were in the OFF status. We switched ON the flows, … Continue reading “Fixed- The XRM workflow table row could not be found error (Power Automate)” Continue Reading Nishant...
How to – use booking rules for validation checks in Dynamics 365 Field Service
Through booking rules, we can specify custom JavaScript methods, that can be used to run validation checks, before creation or update of a bookable resource booking record. Based on the result of the validation checks we can either warn the user or cancel the booking create or update event. Booking rules are triggered when a … Continue reading “How to – use booking rules for validation… Continue Reading Nishant...
Fixed – The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character among the padding characters exception in Plugin (Dataverse / Dynamics 365)
Recently for one of our plugins, that moves attachments to the Azure Blob Storage, we got the below exception. BlobFileName: WFU000069107_Inside Install – CFC__2024_03_03_12_24_05_179_temp.jpgCaught Exception: The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character among the padding… Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog...
The ‘operationOptions’ property is not allowed on the trigger when the workflow contains actions of type ‘OpenApiConnection- Power Automate
Recently while trying to save one of our cloud flows having a “When a HTTP request is received” trigger, we got the below error message after adding the “List Rows” (Dataverse) action Request to XRM API failed with error: ‘Message: Flow client error returned with status code “BadRequest” and details...
Force Sync users from Azure AD Security Group / Microsoft 365 Group to Dataverse environment – Power Automate
For Microsoft 365 Group we can use – List Group members action of Office 365 Group connector. Also check – https://nishantrana.me/2022/06/23/how-to-force-user-sync-power-platform-dynamics-365/ Hope it helps.. Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog Force Sync users from Azure AD Security Group / Microsoft 365 Group to Dataverse environment – Power Automate...
ILMerge / Dependent Assemblies in Plugin – System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Memory.Data’ – Dynamics 365 / Dataverse
Recently in one of our Plugins, which was using Azure.Storage.Blobs and Azure.Storage.Common libraries to move attachments from notes to Azure Blob Storage suddenly started throwing the below exception. The Plugin had been working fine and had been deployed long back to the production environment. System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Azure.Response’ threw an exception…. Continue Reading...
The plug-in execution failed because the Sandbox Worker process crashed. This is typically due to an error in the plug-in code – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Recently we got the below exception for one of our plugins. Message: The plug-in execution failed because the Sandbox Worker process crashed. This is typically due to an error in the plug-in code. Please refer to this document: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2189390Microsoft.Xrm.RemotePlugin.Grpc.ExceptionHandlers.SandboxFabricWorkerCommunicationException: Error communicating with… Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s...
Only notes are available in Offline mode. Please check your internet connection to view other timeline records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
We were recently exploring the Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile app, we saw that for the users with a mobile offline profile configured – Add the user to an offline profile, when they go offline they will see the below message – “Only Notes are available in offline mode. If you would like to view … Continue reading “Only notes are available in Offline mode. Please check your internet… Continue Reading...
Fixed – Duplicate records in Azure Synapse Link (Dataverse)
Recently for some of our Dataverse environments, we found duplicate records getting created (same GUID) for Notes and Work Order Incident tables in the corresponding CSV files. Here we were using In place update – In-place updates vs. append-only writes This was causing the Power BI reports built on top of it to fail. On … Continue reading “Fixed – Duplicate records in Azure Synapse… Continue Reading...
Fixed – System.InvalidOperationException: Message size exceeded when attempting to send response to sandbox. Message Size 123 Mb. Max Allowed 128974848 Mb (Dataverse / Dynamics 365 )
Recently we got the below exception for one of our plugins Message: System.InvalidOperationException: Message size exceeded when attempting to send response to sandbox. Message Size 123 Mb. Max Allowed 128974848 Mb. Below is the code where we were getting the error. We were retrieving the notes records associated with the inspection response/inspection attachments. (Dynamics 365 … Continue… Continue Reading Nishant...
Block unmanaged customizations (preview) – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
We were recently trying out the new block unmanaged customizations feature introduced. Now with more and more adoption of Managed Solutions, having this feature could help the administrators to manage and control the environment. It is still in preview, with its sets of known limitations. To see it in action, enable it from Environment >> … Continue reading “Block unmanaged customizations… Continue Reading...
Exploring Pascalcase Data Mask App for masking data for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Environments
You have probably used the copy environment feature in the Microsoft Power Platform admin centre to copy data and customizations between environments. However, there is a crucial aspect to consider data privacy and security. When transferring data, especially to sandbox environments which typically have less stringent access controls, there is an inherent risk of sensitive … Continue reading… Continue Reading Nishant...
Use Sales Copilot to see the leads and opportunities assigned (Dynamics 365)
Using the “Sales Copilot” we can get the list of leads and opportunities assigned to us in the last 15 days. For this, we can use the “What’s newly assigned to me” prompt To enable Sales Copilot, Inside Sales Hub, navigate to App Settings >> Copilot (General Settings) and specify the Sales Apps in which we want the … Continue reading “Use Sales Copilot to see the leads...
Use Sales Copilot to see the pipeline (Dynamics 365)
Using the “Sales Copilot” we can get the list of opportunities assigned to us. For this, we can use the “Show my pipeline” prompt To enable Sales Copilot, Inside Sales Hub, navigate to App Settings >> Copilot (General Settings) and specify the Sales Apps in which we want the Sales Copilot to be enabled. To … Continue reading “Use Sales Copilot to see the pipeline… Continue Reading...
Use the theme assistant Copilot to style emails (Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journey / Marketing)
Using Copilot’s theme assistant we can fetch the styles from a website and apply it to our email. Microsoft strongly recommends using Theme Assistant only on websites owned and not on 3rd party websites. To use this feature, open an existing email record, enter the Website’s URL in the theme assistant section, and click on … Continue reading “Use the theme assistant Copilot to style emails… Continue...
Fixed – InvalidStateError: Failed to read the ‘responseText’ property from ‘XMLHttpRequest’: The value is only accessible if the object’s ‘responseType’ is ” or ‘text’ (was ‘arraybuffer’).
Recently we got the below error when we tried to download and zip the files from within CRM’s Web Resource. The files were stored in Azure Blob Storage. We were using JSZipUtils for it. Access to XMLHttpRequest at ‘https://dlnznon…..’ from origin ‘https://dnzutl-dev-abc.crm6.dynamics.com’ has been blocked by CORS policy: No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the …...
Fixed – Invalid type. Expected Integer but got Number (Power Automate)
In one of our Cloud Flows, for Parse JSON action, we got the below error – ValidationFailed. The schema validation Failed. “Invalid type. Expected Integer but got Number” The generated schema had data type defined as integer instead of number type for certain properties, and the response was having decimal value to it. So replacing … Continue reading “Fixed – Invalid type. Expected Integer…...
Analyzing PowerApps Canvas and Model-Driven Apps Performance
Analyzing PowerApps Canvas and Model-Driven Apps Performance Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog Analyzing PowerApps Canvas and Model-Driven Apps Performance Analyzing PowerApps Canvas and Model-Driven Apps Performance https://jamesyumnam.com/2021/07/22/analyzing-powerapps-canvas-and-model-driven-apps-performance/?page_id=557 Blog Syndicated with Nishant Rana’s...
How to – Submit multipart/form-data using HTTP action in Power Automate (Dataverse)
Recently we were calling an API (that expects multipart/form-data) to pass the image uploaded in Dataverse’s Image Column. We used Power Automate for this i.e. to get the image uploaded and use HTTP Action to call and pass the Image details to it. Below is the specification of the API https://vision.foodvisor.io/docs/#/paths/analysis/post We used the “Download … Continue reading “How to –… Continue...
The ‘Retrieve’ method does not support entities of type ‘fileattachment’ – Power Automate / Dataverse
We were getting the below error on using the “Get a row by ID” action on the FileAttachments table. We were doing it to retrieve the details like the file name and the mime type for the Image Column. The ‘Retrieve’ method does not support entities of type ‘fileattachment’. MessageProcessorCache returned MessageProcessor.Empty. The solution here … Continue reading “The...
Flow UI showing up blank – Power Automate
Recently on trying to open a cloud flow for editing, within the Power Apps Maker Portal, the screen appeared blank as shown below. This was in the Chrome browser, signing out and signing in again also didn’t help. The same was the case inside the Edge browser. Interestingly we were able to edit from within … Continue reading “Flow UI showing up blank – Power Automate” Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s...
Timestamp Frequency (Field Service Settings) in Dynamics 365 Field Service
The Timestamp frequency defines when the Booking Timestamp record should be created from the Bookable Resource booking record. By default, it is Per Field Service Status Change, in this case, the Booking Timestamp will be created on the change of Field Service Status. Let us update a Bookable Resource Booking record’s status from In Progress … Continue reading “Timestamp Frequency (Field… Continue Reading...
Fixed – To start using cloud flows, update to the latest package in the admin center (Power Pages)
Recently while trying to implement the below feature – How to: Integrate Power Automate cloud flow with a Power Pages site We were getting the below error – “To start using cloud flows, update to the latest package in the admin center.” However, we could not find any portal package to apply the update. We … Continue reading “Fixed – To start using cloud flows, update to the latest package in…...
Fix – Forbidden. There’s a problem with the flow’s trigger. Fix the trigger (Power Automate / Flow / Dataverse)
Recently we got the below error “Forbidden” for one of our flows that was using the Dataverse connection. After some analysis, we found the root cause of the error. The Dataverse connection reference was created using the Service Principal but it was not added as an Application User (with appropriate security role) in that environment. … Continue reading “Fix – Forbidden. There’s a problem… Continue...
Invoke webhook from a plugin – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
The content describes invoking a Webhook from a custom Azure-Aware Plugin, registered through a plugin registration tool. It includes code to invoke the Webhook using the IServiceEndPointNotificationService interface and a sample code snippet. The process involves updating a case record and provides guidance on the execution context and handling exceptions. Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog Invoke webhook...
Concurrency Control – Apply to each for improving performance (Power Automate / Dataverse)
Let us fetch 5000 contact records using List Rows, and then update it using Apply To Each. It took around – 37 minutes Now let us enable concurrency control for Apply To Each action, and let it run under 20 (default) degree of parallelism. This time it took around 4 minutes. Let us increase it … Continue reading “Concurrency Control – Apply to each for improving performance (Power Automate… Continue Reading Nishant...
Implementing No Code Dynamics 365 Service Bus Listener using Logic Apps
Implementing No Code Dynamics 365 Service Bus Listener using Logic Apps Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on their blog Implementing No Code Dynamics 365 Service Bus Listener using Logic Apps Visit the post for more. Blog Syndicated with Nishant Rana’s...
Fix – Cannot write more bytes to the buffer than the configured maximum buffer size: 104857600 (Power Automate / Dataverse)
We might below error in our flow – BadRequest. Http request failed as there is an error: ‘Cannot write more bytes to the buffer than the configured maximum buffer size: 104857600.’. This is because of the 100 MB Message Size limits in Power Automate. We can enable Allow chunking option if supported by the action. Or … Continue reading “Fix – Cannot write more bytes to the buffer than the…...
Custom Actions missing in the “Perform Action” step of the workflow (Dataverse / Dynamics 365)
We might see some of the custom actions not appearing in the Actions list inside the Perform Action step of the workflow. This is because the Custom Action would be using one of the following parameter types, which is not supported for Perform Action like E.g. we have the following actions defined few are bound … Continue reading “Custom Actions missing in the “Perform Action” step of the… Continue Reading Nishant...
Use Solution Health Hub to troubleshoot issues in Dynamics 365 Apps (Sales, Marketing, Field Service, Customer Service..)
Using Solution Health Hub we can validate the environment’s configuration, which might get modified over time, to get an idea about the state of that environment and detect and resolve any issues. Solution Health Hub enables rules-based validations, which we can run periodically or manually if we encounter any issues. The rules also get triggered … Continue reading “Use Solution Health Hub to… Continue Reading...
Deploy Web Resources and Plugin directly from Visual Studio using Kupp Code Analytics
In the previous posts, we covered the Overview and Key Features of Kupp Code Analytics, the installation and setup process of the extension, its Intellisense capabilities, and the analytics capabilities. In this blog post, we will cover deploying Web Resources and Plugin directly from Visual Studio using the Kupp Code Analytics extension, which makes the process more efficient and less… Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s...
Enable / Disable (turn on / off) multiple business rules – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Within the Maker Portal, we can only turn on / turn off one business rule at a time. If we select multiple business rules, we do not see that option. Here we can make use of XrmToolBox’s Bulk Update Plugin. Get the required business rules, using the FetchXML and use the Set State option to … Continue reading “Enable / Disable (turn on / off) multiple business rules – Dataverse /… Continue Reading Nishant...
Use Sales Copilot to prepare for upcoming meetings
Sales Copilot can help salespersons prepare for upcoming meetings using the “Prepare for upcoming meetings / Prepare me for today’s meetings” prompt. Make sure you have Sales Copilot enabled. Navigate to Sales Hub >> App Settings >> Copilot (General Settings) Check the “Try our newest preview features before they’re rolled out to everyone” option and … Continue reading...
Business Rules in Bulk Edit and Import (Dataverse / Dynamics 365)
Let us see an example of a Business Rule with scope as Table (Entity) triggering on Bulk Edit as well as Data Import. Below is our Business Rule – It shows the error message if the First Name is equal to the Last Name of Contact. Here we are bulk updating the contact records and … Continue reading “Business Rules in Bulk Edit and Import (Dataverse / Dynamics 365)” Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article on...
The webhook call failed because the Http request timed out at client side. Please check your webhook request handler – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Recently we were getting the below for one of our webhooks registered on Update of lead. Exception Message: The webhook call failed because the Http request timed out at client side. Please check your webhook request handler. To test the timeout, we created a below Microsoft Flow with HTTP trigger, Delay and actions to be … Continue reading “The webhook call failed because the Http request… Continue Reading Nishant...
The user cannot write data to this table, only the integration users may write data to this table – Dynamics 365 Project Operations
We configured the Project Operations app in one of our Dataverse Environments, and while creating a Company record we got the below error. Exception Message: OrganizationServiceFault Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.InvalidPluginExecutionException: “The user be60d0fd-778e-ee11-be36-00224893a88b cannot write data to this table, only the integration users may write data to this table.” At… Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s...
Fix – This portal has multiple website bindings, which will cause issues with the portal (Power Pages)
Recently we updated the Site Details like the Site Name and Site URL of a particular Website (Power Platform Admin Center >> Resources >> Dynamics365apps, Select the Website and choose Manage) After which we started getting the below error message – “Error: This portal has multiple website bindings. which will cause issues with the portal. … Continue reading “Fix – This portal has...
How to – Change the base URL of a website (Power Pages)
To change the base URL of a website, navigate to Power Platform Admin Center >> Resources >> Power Pages sites, select the site, and click on Manage. https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/resources/portals Select the Edit icon If the user has only the system administrator role in the corresponding Dataverse environment, we will get the below error. You must be … Continue reading “How to...
Enable / Disable (turn on / turn off) multiple cloud flows – Dataverse
Within the Maker Portal, we can only turn on / turn off one cloud flow at a time. If we select multiple flows, we do not see that option. Here we can make use of XrmToolBox’s Bulk Data Update plugin. Get the required cloud flows to be disabled from the Workflow table having Category as … Continue reading “Enable / Disable (turn on / turn off) multiple cloud flows… Continue Reading Nishant Rana’s Article...