New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Use Power Platform Connectors in Power Automate for Desktop Actions
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 3rd of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is use Power Platform connectors in Power Automate for desktop actions. Using Power Platform connectors directly in Power Automate for… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Power Fx Integration with Power Automate for Desktop
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 2nd of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is Power Fx integration with Power Automate for desktop. You can now create automation flows through scripting using Power Fx. Power Fx… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Multiple Record Changes Volume Limitation for Power Automate in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
This isn’t something which I have an issue with at the moment, but, when researching for something else, I came across a blog post which mentioned it and thought it was worth noting for future reference. You can configure a trigger in Power Automate for the When a record is created action in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, which will, as the name suggests, run when a record is… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Set Up Fallback UI Automation Mechanism
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 1st of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is set up fallback UI automation mechanism. This feature provides a reliable solution for UI and browser automation actions. With this… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Get Quick Insights and Recommendations in Copilot for Process Mining
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 1st of the new functionality in the Copilot for Power Automate section is get quick insights and recommendations in Copilot for Process Mining. Copilot for Power Automate Process Mining can… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: Create a Visio Diagram of a Flow
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. When I work on projects with clients in areas like approvals, I always use a tool like Visio or draw.io to define the workflow… Continue Reading Ian...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: View a Power Automate Visual in a Power BI Report
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 3rd of the new functionality in the Cloud Flows section is view a Power Automate visual in a Power BI report. This feature helps you translate insights to action. With Power Automate visual, you… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Be More Productive with Power Automate and Excel Desktop
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 2nd of the new functionality in the Cloud Flows section is be more productive with Power Automate and Excel desktop. The new Automate work button in Excel Online makes it easier than ever to… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Change the Managed Properties of a Solution Component
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. As I noted in this article, the components in a managed… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Receive Intelligent License Recommendations for Admins
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1. The 1st of the new functionality in the Cloud Flows section is receive intelligent license recommendations for admins. This feature simplifies the license assignment process for admins and enables a… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Series Index
This post is part of a series on the new functionality announced for Wave 1 of Microsoft Power Automate 2024. There are two release waves for Power Automate each year, with functionality being released over the six months of the wave. In this series of posts, I am going to take a look at what is new with Power Automate in this release wave. My understanding is the announced new functionality… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Importing A Managed Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. If you want to import a managed solution into a non-development… Continue Reading Ian...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate Certification Now Available
The Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate which Microsoft announced in September 2023 is now available through the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer MB-820 exam which is currently in beta. This developer certification complements the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate which is available through the… Continue Reading Ian...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Exporting A Managed Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. If you are developing a Power Automate solution and are ready… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Importing An Unmanaged Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. If you want to import an unmanaged solution into an environment… Continue Reading Ian...
Stop Excel from opening "Book1"
Some things irritate me that really shouldn't, and this is one of them. I often use computers provided by my clients instead of my own if I remotely access their environment or at their office. That means things I have streamlined on my computer are not present, and typically, I have forgotten all about it by the time I get to a client and am using an out-of-the-box install of something. This… Continue Reading Jen...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Exporting An Unmanaged Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. If you are developing a Power Automate solution and want to… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Version Numbering for Solutions
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. I said in the last article on publishing solutions that I would… Continue Reading Ian...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Publish a Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. As mentioned in the article where I introduced solutions, when… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Create a Solution
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. To create a soltuion, log into the Power Automate website and,… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Create a Solution Publisher
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. As I mentioned in the article on what a solution publisher is,… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Canadian Payroll Incomplete Paycodes message
A client ran into this last week and I thought it would be a good topic for a #TipTuesday blog post. The scenario is specific to users with both the Canadian Payroll (CPY) module and the Human Resources (HR) module in Microsoft Dynamics GP. This only will apply if HR is installed, so for those with just Canadian Payroll, and no HR module, it won't be relevant! Incomplete paycodes warning… Continue Reading Jen Kuntz’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: What is a Solution Publisher?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. Every solution requires a publisher; if you don’t create one,… Continue Reading Ian...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: What Types of Solution Are There?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate Solutions series and of the larger Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. As I briefly mentioned in the last post, where I introduced… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: What Are Solutions?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. A solution is how you can implement ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) with Power Automate. A simple way of viewing a… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate Solutions: Series Index
As I have a number of articles to write on Power Automate solutions, I’ve decided to break these out into a sub-series of the main Working with Power Automate series; they will appear as posts within both series in the order written, so you can easily access and read them from within either. The series index, below, will automatically update if you’re reading the original article on azurecurve… Continue Reading Ian...
Canadian Payroll 2023 YE Hotfix
This post is for Dynamics GP sites with Canadian Payroll and is a heads-up that a hotfix will be issued in January or February to address some issues. The hotfix will address more than just Canadian Payroll issues; these early-year hotfixes are typically when Microsoft cleans up all issues reported from the US Payroll Year End and Canadian Payroll Year End patch releases. I will update this… Continue Reading Jen Kuntz’s...
Ocean Dynamics Rebrands to MADIC dynamics
In September of 2023, I started a new job with Ocean Dynamics as a Functional Consultant, working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. A few years ago, the French owned MADIC Group bought Ocean Dynamics and, late last year, decided to rebrand the company from Ocean Dynamics to MADIC dynamics, in order to align with the general branding of all companies in the group. Nothing has… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: Power Automate with Business Central
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. Most of my work is with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business central, which means most of my work with Power Automate is going to… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: What Type of Cloud Flows Are Available?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. In the previous article of this series, I wrote that there were three types of flow available with Power Automate, and it was… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: What Type of Flow Are Available?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. Power Automate is a service that can help you automate repetitive tasks to bring efficiencies to any organization; there are… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: What is Power Automate?
This article is part of the Working with Power Automate series I am writing on my experiences working with the Power Automate, which is part of the Power Platform from Microsoft. I also have a related series of articles on Power Automate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC. Microsoft Power Automate is a cloud-based service which allows users to automate repetitive tasks and streamline business… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Working with Power Automate: Series Index
I recently wrote a few articles on Power Automate as part of my In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series. Since then I have started doing some work with Power Automate creating approval flows, as well as some other flow types along side Business Central. I’ve decided I’m going to write about some of what I am doing, but decided to split this out as a… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Know What Flow Templates Are Available from Microsoft
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Microsoft provides some automated flow templates which you can use as a starting point for your own flows. The templates… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Know What Triggers Are Available with Power Automate
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. There are several types of trigger which you can use in Power Automate with Business Central; in some cases there are v2 and… Continue Reading Ian...
2023 year in review
This is my annual post look back at last year, 2023 in this case. It was an unusual year in a couple of respects. Most of 2023 was a blur as I had a very busy client project that consumed a lot of my time and the year seemed to fly by. 2023 started with a bang with a newly-released website and ended with yet another new website. I wrote a couple of blogs about the website changes so I won't… Continue Reading Jen...
2023, A Year in Numbers
I often write a lot of articles, with 2023 being very much a record year. Hopefully poeple find the articles I write useful, ad based on some comments I get they do which is very good to hear. I’m always interested in the breakdown of areas I write about and regard some areas as my main ones; I am a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central functional consultant, so that is naturally my main… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Know What Actions Are Available with Power Automate
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. There are several types of action which you can take using Power Automate with Business Central. An action in Power Automate… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Know What Types of Flows Are Available
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. There are three types of flow available for Power Apps with Business Central: Flow Type Description Automated This… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Understand For What Power Automate can be Used
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. I’ve recently been involved with some discussions about approval workflows in Business Central, which were somewhat more… Continue Reading Ian...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… Series Index
I have recently started working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and have decided to blog about it as I learn; I’ve started a In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which will include everything, but have also decided to break that down into a set of smaller series on specific areas of Dynamics BC. This is the series index for the Power Automate related posts… Continue Reading Ian...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Edit Variable Values During Debugging
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 9th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is edit variable values during debugging. Debugging will become more powerful and flexible as users will be able to change at-will the… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Connect Your Own Virtual Network with Hosted Machine Group
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 8th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is connect your own virtual network with hosted machine group. Users can run desktop flows using a hosted machine group connected to their… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to everyone in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and ClassicPress communities; I look forward to working with you all again next year. Image by Markéta Klimešová from Pixabay I thought I’d also leave you with a Christmas song too; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer from Fiddler’s Green: Read original post Merry Christmas! at azurecurve|Ramblings of an IT… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
Last Christmas…
The title for this post is stolen from a post I read recently on LinkedIn, by Thomas LaRock, a fellow Microsoft MVP though one I’ve never met. The post gave me something to think about, or perhaps more precisely, helped focus some thoughts that have been bouncing around my head for the last while. I’m at the stage of life now where the generation before me is starting to pass away…. Continue Reading Jen...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Support Scalar Type Variables when Invoking from Protocol Handler in Power Automate for Desktop
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 7th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is support scalar type variables when invoking from protocol handler in Power Automate for desktop. Enable makers to trigger desktop flows… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Inventory and Warehouse Management), how do I… Prevent Negative Stock Levels
This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Inventory and Warehouse Management), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The default for processing inventory in Business Central is that stock levels can go negative. For some… Continue Reading Ian...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Use SAP-dedicated Actions in Desktop Flows
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 6th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is use SAP-dedicated actions in desktop flows. SAP UI elements tend to have dynamic properties, making UI automation difficult to achieve…. Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Inspect a UI Element
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 5th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is inspect a UI element. With this new component, you can view the details of all UI elements available on the screen and create better… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...
New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2: Power Automate for Desktop Displays Dynamic Messages in the Home Screen
This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2023 Wave 2. The 4th of the new functionality in the Desktop Flows section is Power Automate for desktop displays dynamic messages in the home screen. You’re informed of valuable information regarding Power… Continue Reading Ian Grieve’s...