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Using the Condition Builder to Compare Multiple Values in Microsoft Flow
The basic condition builder in a Microsoft Flow condition card is sufficient for building simple two-variable comparisons. However previously when we came across the need to create a condition that...
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Embedding Maps into a PowerApps Canvas App
Maps are a great visual way of seeing where a location is and the area around it. This makes embedding a Map into your PowerApp an extremely useful tool. But how do you do this? And what options are...
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SSIS KingswaySoft - Multi-threading errors
With the release of KingswaySoft v9.0 in July 2017, they added support for multi-threaded writing in the CRM destination component. When multi-threading is enabled you can set the number of threads to...
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Stopping Azure WebJobs easily with Configuration Settings
If you have a lot of WebJobs, you may be wanting an easier way to start and stop them without having to push the start/stop button on all of them, or worse for scheduled jobs since you cannot do that...
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3 Tips for Reducing Power Platform Capacity Costs
As of April 2019, the Power Platform started reporting storage based on database, file and log capacity. Microsoft are very generous with the default storage allocations, giving you 10GB for the...
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Retrieving Self-Referencing N:N records in Dynamics 365 Programmatically
In Dynamics 365 you are able to create a 1 to N, N to 1 or N to N relationship between two Entities. With this you also have the option to create a self-referential relationship. The screenshot below...
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How to Resolve Microsoft Dynamics 365 jQuery Reference Issue
Have you ever had an error similar to the one below? TypeError: Object expected at Alert.$ (https:/xxxx/%7B636661942030000359%7D/WebResources/mag_/js/alert.js?ver=46925777:28:5) at Alert.show...
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Power Platform Licensing
Power Platform unlocks the potential of Dynamics 365 and Office 365. It opens the door for non-software developer users within organisations to manage data and electronic forms, automate business...
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Dynamics 365 Portal Entity Form Breaks after Adding a Control on a Field
Dynamics 365 allows us to customize Entity forms by adding custom controls to the fields for a more enhanced User Experience. For example, we can add ‘Flip – Switch’ as a control for a ‘Two Option Set’...
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Bringing Dates Back to the Future! Migrating Dates from CRM 4.0 to Dynamics 365
Recently I was migrating Contact data from CRM 4 to Dynamics 365 and came across a Date Time issue. All the dates were correct besides the Date of Birth. Why is only the Date of Birth incorrect? This...
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How to Define Sales Weeks in Dynamics 365
Every business is unique in its own way. Thus, it came as no surprise that one of our Clients requested to change the start date of their Sales week to better suit their business process and reports in...
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Creating WebJobs in Microsoft Azure
When working in CRM and other database systems we sometimes find that we need to automate pieces of work that cannot be handled within our system. This could be things like synchronizing data between...
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Cleaning up your Users by Using Security Groups (Part 1)
Is your company running multiple Dynamics 365 Instances Online? And does the “Enabled User” view contain Users who shouldn’t be in that instance? This is could be because Dynamics 365 by default will...
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Collecting logging in a Microsoft Azure WebJob
A triggered WebJob can handle its own logging and can be accessed by selecting your triggered WebJob then selecting logs as shown. Logging in a continuous WebJob is a little trickier. This is because...
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Why is the Dynamics 365 App for Outlook not Appearing in Outlook
Sometimes when you have added the Dynamics 365 App to Outlook it won’t display no matter how many times you click “ADD APP TO OUTLOOK” in the Dynamics 365 App for Outlook management menu and the Status...
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Gotchas with the PCF Custom Control Sandbox
When creating a custom control, I had a couple of gotchas when debugging in the Custom Control sandbox which were not an issue when the control was deployed into Dynamics 365. The first issue was with...
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Download and Install Unified Service Desk
I have previously taken you through an overview of Unified Service Desk for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. In today’s blog post, we’ll see how easy it is to download and install Unified Service Desk for...
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Power BI Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 – Part 15
In my previous blog I demonstrated how to transform DateTime columns, from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Organisation ODataSets loaded into Microsoft Excel, into Date columns and Year columns....
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Error Configuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 for Outlook
Recently I assisted a customer in troubleshooting an issue configuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 for Outlook. After pointing to the correct Discovery service, entering the user’s credentials and then...
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013: Populating Required Fields with Bookmarklets
I definitely reckon you that you had to fill all required fields every time you test a small piece of code on an entity form, right? For example, you may have added some JavaScript code to the onSave...
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