Visual Studio Extension for Power Platform

Finally Microsoft think it is time to deliver Visual Studio Extension for Power Platform. Previously we got various community member contribution to facilitate the need. This new extension is not far different than those one's but one interesting thing to note is it is still a preview version, there are room for more features and … Continue reading Visual Studio Extension for Power Platform

Ribbon changes and Managed solution in PowerApp

Recently our team has faced with a weird issue, as in there is a custom ribbon change that is implemented in the model drive app. The changes is working perfectly in the development environment. The problem arises when we try to move the change as part of Managed Solution in to the target environment. The … Continue reading Ribbon changes and Managed solution in PowerApp

Making SharePoint site URL/folder path dynamic in Power Automate connector (D365/SharePoint Integration)

There are situation when you need to go dynamic with the parameters, and with multiple instances to deploy making the power automate flow connectors to be dynamics is a challenge. Setting the SharePoint URL and folder path parameters in SharePoint connector is one example to make it dynamic. If we hardcode those parameters in the … Continue reading Making SharePoint site URL/folder path dynamic in Power Automate connector (D365/SharePoint Integration)

Dependent assemblies for plug-ins (2021 release wave 1 plan)

One of the developers biggest nightmare while coding for the sandbox plugin in Online deployment is adding third party dependencies. Currently in order to comply, we need to use the ILMerge to merge those dependencies along with the main assembly. This also have complication when it comes to the size of the assembly once it … Continue reading Dependent assemblies for plug-ins (2021 release wave 1 plan)

Retrieving Environment Variable Values Using JavaScript: Simplifying Dynamics 365 Configuration

As applications grow in complexity, managing and maintaining Dynamics 365 environments becomes increasingly challenging. With multiple teams working on different aspects of the system, ensuring the correct values are used in the appropriate places can be a daunting task. To address this challenge, the utilization of environment variables proves beneficial. Environment variables are a powerful … Continue reading Retrieving Environment Variable Values Using JavaScript: Simplifying Dynamics 365 Configuration

Dynamics 365 hide the field that is used to sort a view

Sorting Dynamics 365 views, you can only sort the field that is selected in the column for the view. You can't able to select a field for sorting which is not part of the selected attribute to be viewed. But there are occasions where you still need to sort but don't need to show the … Continue reading Dynamics 365 hide the field that is used to sort a view

SSRS working with multiple datasets in same table control

Dataset as the name implies it is set of data that are result of the query that is set in the query area of the dataset configuration. In certain times we can't able to resist creating multiple datasets in a single report. Once such case is using D365 FetchXML datasets, the limitation causes the reason … Continue reading SSRS working with multiple datasets in same table control

SSRS convert UTC datetime value to local datetime

For any Dynamics 365 developer, at one point in time they might encounter issues with the datetime fields in CRM. The challenge always comes when we working on backend, because there is always a confusion in the mind whether the date time value is UTC or local time. When working in reports, fetch-xml dataset have … Continue reading SSRS convert UTC datetime value to local datetime

SSRS Fetch-XML query report with requirement to transform rows to columns

Creating custom SSRS report is inevitable when there is a requirement to manipulate data that you can't achieve it using report wizard or saved query. The custom report is very good old feature of the CRM that is will come to rescue. Custom report development in On-Premise version of CRM have added benefits and challenges. … Continue reading SSRS Fetch-XML query report with requirement to transform rows to columns