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Month: March 2017

Use of Plugin Profiler

Debugging is very essential part of a developers life. Here in this session we will discuss how to Debug Plugin using Plugin-Profiler which comes with Plugin registration tool and its very easy to use to troubleshoot the plugin errors in run-time. In this post We will learn below points: How to Register Plugin using Plugin…
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Working with Rollup Fields

Here in this post we will see what is roll-up field and how roll-up field is configured in Dynamics 365. Here is a list of benefits using Roll-up fields in D365. The benefits and capabilities of roll-up fields include the following: Visual editing is easy. You can create rollup fields by using the Field Editor,…
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Configure Relationship Insight

Relationship Insights leverages the data-integration and artificial-intelligence capabilities built into Azure to combine and analyze the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Outlook data. which continuously analyzes the vast collection of customer-interaction data already stored in your Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Exchange systems, to help you better understand your business relationships, evaluate your activities in relation to…
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Dynamics 365 Training Site

Dynamics 365 Help, Training materials and Support, forums are centrally designed under one website. We can open the portal from within Dynamics 365 application itself. Dynamics 365 provides different help areas. Contextual Help This help area provides help and topics of the related subject matter. For example if you are in account form and want…
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Add Button in Command bar

Here are the steps to add Button in command bar. STEp:1 Open Ribbon Workbench STEp:2 Select the Entity for Editing STEp:3 Drag a Button to Command Bar STEp:4 Modify the values according to your need. STEp:5 Add a Command of Type URl Action STEp:6 Associate the command in Button section STEp:7 – Now Click on…
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How to Setup Ribbon Workbench

Ribbon workbench is most powerful solution to edit Command bars in Dynamics 365. Here we will discuss how to setup Ribbon Workbench in D365 Instance. Follow the steps as below. STEP : 1 – Login to Develop1 Site using the URL : https://www.develop1.net/public/rwb/ribbonworkbench.aspx STEP : 2 – Click Download Link and Provide the Information as…
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Create Record using Web API

Here is a sample snippet which explains how to create entity record in JavaScript using Web API in Dynamics 365. To use Web API we have to use URL like below [Organization URI] +”/api/data/v8.1/” Sample Code for Javascript to retrieve account record. var req = new XMLHttpRequest() req.open(“POST”,encodeURI(clientURL + “/api/data/v8.1/accounts”), true); req.setRequestHeader(“Accept”, “application/json”); req.setRequestHeader(“Content-Type”, “application/json; charset=utf-8”); req.setRequestHeader(“OData-MaxVersion”,…
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How to create Business Rules

Business Rules are very handy configurable rules and very portable to validate form field visibility setting, Requirement level setting and conditional checking. The core function of Business Rules is to enable business analysts and power users to configure Microsoft Dynamics entity forms and perform actions without writing a single line of client-side code (JavaScript). Business…
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Create Business Process Flow

Here we will discuss what is business process flow and why it is needed and how to develop and configure it by an example. Points to be noted on BPF: Guided Process to get work done Streamlined User Experience for data entry Visual indicator Avoid mistake and Quick process BPF integration with other customization Lead…
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How to Create Actions

Actions are  processes which can be called from other processes like plugins, workflows, dialogs or javascript to do some task or actions. Points to be noted for Actions: Cannot be run On-demand by user Only can triggered by Code or Processes Supports Input and Output Arguments Can be configured to run for all entity by…
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Actions V/S Workflows

The concept of Actions and Workflows are very easy to be get confused. Here I have specified some of the key points which differentiate Actions from Workflows in Dynamics 365 applications. Actions Workflow Triggers Only can triggered by Code or Processes Can be called by User On-demand or can be called from script Arguments Supports…
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Complete Product Catalog Guide

This article holds all the required concept to use and configure Product Catalog using, A product catalog is a collection of products with their pricing information. The product catalog entities let you create a rich product classification system in Microsoft Dynamics 365 that provides support for … A bundle or a kit is a collection of…
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Price List in Dynamics 365

Price lists in Dynamics 365 is the level of pricing business apply for specific products. Different Price list can be configured for products for different types of customers. Level of Pricing we give to certain type of customers Price list contains Price List Items Provides ability to sell a product in different pricing For Example…
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Discount List in Dynamics 365

Discount List are used in Dynamics 365 to apply discounts on products while selling to customers. Discounts are configured with product quantity ranges. Notes: Can be associated with Price lists Within a Price list, a user can apply discount for a price list item for quantities in specified range Example For a Product suppose say…
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SSRS Report Using FetchXML

This tutorial will help you to create SSRS reports using FetchXML in Dynamics 365. Here we will discuss below points. Installing Report Authoring Extension (with SQL Server Data Tools support) from Microsoft Page here. How to create a SSRS Project in Visual Studio How to Connect Dynamics 365 Online from SSRS Data source wizard. Build…
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Unit Groups in Dynamics 365

A unit group is a collection of the different units. In Dynamics 365 We first create a Unit Group and then create units in the Group. A Unit is a measurement of products or services. Unit Of Measurement (UOM) is the very fundamental concept while selling or Buying a product or service. For example :…
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Using Query D365 Data in Dialog

This article gives you an idea how to use “Query Dynamics 365 Data” step in designing Dialogs. Here is a video I have made for better understanding. Concept Dialogs use many steps to achieve a specific task. Sometimes we need to Query some entities data in steps so for this purpose we use the step…
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