Category: PowerApps

Extending the Power Apps Timeline: Displaying Attendance Records with a Custom Connector

Introduction: The Problem with the Default Timeline The Timeline control in model-driven apps is one of the most useful UI components for displaying activities, notes, and related records. But until recently, the scope was somewhat rigid you could only surface system-defined entities such as emails, appointments, and custom activities. What if you wanted to bring … Continue reading Extending the Power Apps Timeline: Displaying Attendance Records with a Custom Connector →

📝 Configuring Row Summaries in Model-Driven Apps

Model-driven apps often contain dozens of columns spread across multiple tabs and sections. Finding key insights quickly can be a challenge. Row Summaries in Copilot-powered model-driven apps provide a collapsible summary bar that surfaces essential information at a glance. 📢 What’s New? Customize the row summary using AI-generated insights. Summarize key details with formatted prompts. … Continue reading 📝 Configuring Row Summaries in Model-Driven Apps →

Exploring the Underutilized Power of Tabbed Sections in Dynamics

Within the landscape of Dynamics customization, the Tabbed Section stands out as a potent yet frequently overlooked feature. This tool offers a novel method for enhancing user interfaces, yet many may not be aware of its existence. What is a Tabbed Section? A Tabbed Section is a single-column section tailored to enhance your Dynamics forms. … Continue reading Exploring the Underutilized Power of Tabbed Sections in Dynamics →

Enhancing Model-Driven Power Apps with Custom Pages

Custom pages in Power Apps blend the flexibility of canvas apps with the structured approach of model-driven development, elevating the app creation process. These pages enable the integration of multiple tables, facilitate defining interactions, and empower users with low-code tools to craft versatile pages, dialogs, or panes. Each custom page represents a distinct element within … Continue reading Enhancing Model-Driven Power Apps with Custom Pages →

Tracking Record Origins – Manual Creation vs. Import Jobs

Are you curious about whether a record in Dynamics 365 was created through a regular process or imported from an external source like an Excel or CSV file? Understanding the origin of your data can be crucial, especially when it comes to managing large datasets. Dynamics 365 offers a handy feature for importing data from … Continue reading Tracking Record Origins – Manual Creation vs. Import Jobs →

Integrating a Fresh Custom Command Button with the Solution and the New Command Designer

Within Dynamics 365, commands offer the ability to define actions that users or automation can initiate. Power Fx can be utilized within these commands to articulate the desired outcomes when a command is executed. For instance, Power Fx can be applied to generate dynamic notifications, modify records, dispatch emails, or conduct calculations in reaction to … Continue reading Integrating a Fresh Custom Command Button with the Solution and the New Command Designer →

Managing Side Panes in Model-Driven Applications through Scripting

Side panes in PowerApps allow developers to enhance the user interface of model-driven applications. With the Xrm.App.sidePanes API, developers can create and manage side panes, enabling navigation to different forms or custom pages within the app. There are also tips available for managing the side pane, such as collapsing it. To learn more, you can … Continue reading Managing Side Panes in Model-Driven Applications through Scripting →

Encountering PowerApps Solution Import Issues Following Co-Pilot Activation in the Environment

After recently enabling co-pilot functionality in our environment and seamlessly integrating it into our model-driven app, we found ourselves facing an unexpected roadblock. To our dismay, our solution imports suddenly encountered a perplexing failure. The error message that surfaced was a baffling one: "Import of app module(s) failed: Setting cannot be created or updated for … Continue reading Encountering PowerApps Solution Import Issues Following Co-Pilot Activation in the Environment →

[PowerTips] Decoupling Owner and Owning Business Unit Fields

Have you ever contemplated breaking free from the dependencies between the owner and owning business unit fields in Dynamics 365? This article explores the intriguing concept of decoupling these fields, providing you with the ability to customize the owning business unit and choose the desired business unit for a record, regardless of the owner's affiliation. … Continue reading [PowerTips] Decoupling Owner and Owning Business Unit Fields →