Category: PowerApps

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 →

Never miss the Jump Bar with Alphabetic List to filter your views again!

Power Apps grids are a versatile tool that allows users to view and edit data in a table format within a Power App. There are several customizable properties included with the control that let users tailor the grid experience for that table. To modify any of these properties, select Edit in the corresponding row, and … Continue reading Never miss the Jump Bar with Alphabetic List to filter your views again! →

Taking Your Model-driven App to the Next Level with Xrm.App.sidePanes

Side panes are a type of interface component that can display related information or actions to the user in a panel on the side of the screen. This can be particularly useful for improving the user experience by reducing the need to switch between different pages or tabs. Here's an example of how to use … Continue reading Taking Your Model-driven App to the Next Level with Xrm.App.sidePanes →

Send notifications from the power automate flow to model-driven app

Power Automate allows you to send in-app notifications to users in Dynamics 365 model-driven apps. Here are the steps to follow: Create a new flow: Open the Power Automate designer and create a new flow. Add the "Create a new record" action: Select the "Create a new record" action and choose the "Notifications" entity. Configure … Continue reading Send notifications from the power automate flow to model-driven app →