Simplifying Dynamics 365 Record Creation with Pre-populated Fields Using Xrm.Navigation.navigateTo

I recently came across a unique client need that they wanted to streamline the process of creating new email records in Dynamics 365 by having certain fields pre-populated based on existing emails. The client’s goal was to generate a nearly similar email record with an existing email, modifying only a few specific field details.  After assessing the requirement, it became clear that manually copying information from one email to another was not an efficient solution.

In my search for a better method, I delved into the possibilities of field mapping. However, field mapping serves primarily to transfer data between related entities, facilitating the mapping of fields from parent records to their child entities. This approach falls short in scenarios where the task is to duplicate records within the same entity, such as emails in our case.

Xrm.Navigation.openForm method was also utilized to access CRM records, which would then be displayed in either a new tab or the same window of…


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Inogic is one of the leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 ISV since 10+ years. Its flagship product Maplytics™ is a market leading certified (CfMD) geo-analytical mapping app. Maplytics empowers Dynamics CRM users across industries with the power of geographical data visualization, route optimization and along the route search with turn-by-turn directions, appointment planner, locational search by radius and shapes with drill-down filters and color-coded pushpins, heat maps, shape layers & territory management.
 
Inogic is renowned for its high quality and low-cost offshore development services and productivity apps like InoLink: QuickBooks + Dynamics CRM, User Adoption Monitor, Attach2Dynamics, Alerts4Dynamics Click2Export, Click2Clone, Kanban Board, SharePoint Security Sync, Lead Automation & Distribution, Map My Relationships, Auto Tax Calculator, Subscription and Recurring Billing and Marketing4Dynamics.

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Inogic is one of the leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 ISV since 10+ years. Its flagship product Maplytics™ is a market leading certified (CfMD) geo-analytical mapping app. Maplytics empowers Dynamics CRM users across industries with the power of geographical data visualization, route optimization and along the route search with turn-by-turn directions, appointment planner, locational search by radius and shapes with drill-down filters and color-coded pushpins, heat maps, shape layers & territory management.   Inogic is renowned for its high quality and low-cost offshore development services and productivity apps like InoLink: QuickBooks + Dynamics CRM, User Adoption Monitor, Attach2Dynamics, Alerts4Dynamics Click2Export, Click2Clone, Kanban Board, SharePoint Security Sync, Lead Automation & Distribution, Map My Relationships, Auto Tax Calculator, Subscription and Recurring Billing and Marketing4Dynamics.

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