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Check the solution history in Dynamics 365 or Dataverse

Now you can see the history of solution imports, Errors, Publisher info, Start time, End Time and Error information about all solutions in your environment. Go to Office.com and login using your credential. Click on Power Apps icon and choose solutions. In the solutions window click on More option and choose See history. Now you…
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Developer Resource has a new place in power apps

Previously the Developer resources option was available in Advanced Setting option of Dynamics 365 but now its available in Power Apps home page making a better navigations. Check the screenshot below: Login Office.com and click on Power Apps link. It will open Power Apps and click on Gear icon to open options. Now click on…
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How to load side panels on a form in model driven apps in power apps

Side panels gives a better user experience to display relevant records on a table form. You classic way of loading panel is to use loadpanel method but now there is a better way to load multiple side panels with scripts. see below how we can load multiple panes. To load a side panel to display…
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Approvals in Power Automate using custom Approval scenario

Approvals in Power Automate is very powerful tool we can leverage to achieve Approve/ Reject Scenarios without writing single line of code. We can use 4 types of Approval scenarios as explained below. Approve/Reject – Everyone must approve Approve/Reject – First to respond Custom Response – Wait for all responses Custom Response – Wait for…
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Add check box in every row of gallery and use collection object to store selected record

lets say We have a canvas app and a gallery and we want to use some check box every row of the gallery so that we can do some bulk operation by selecting checkboxes and we will use a collection object to store the selected rows and un-selected rows. Add a gallery and associate the…
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[Super useful] Enable Pop-up dialog feature for lookup fields on form to edit or create the record associated with it in Dataverse/ dynamics 365

If you want to use pop-up control to create/edit the record associated with the lookup for a form then follow the below steps to enable it. Open Office.com and navigate to the form of table which contains the lookup. click on the lookup control on the form in form design mode and enable two properties.…
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Disable most recently used items in lookup controls in Dataverse/ Dynamics 365

When we work with table records using table forms sometimes lookup controls display most recently used items when we click the lookup. But now there is a way to disable it. Login to Office.com and navigate to table and open the specific form where the lookup exist. click on the lookup and go to properties…
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Dataflow Configuration in Dataverse – in details

Dataflow gives us a flexibility to pull data from an external data source and push it in Dataverse without any custom code. The dataflow will use connectors to pull data and push data. Follow the steps below to work with Dataflow. Step:1 – Login Office.com and navigate to Dataflow Login office.com using your credential and…
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How to backup folders using Power Automate Desktop (Easy way)- no coding

Taking backup of our daily used files and folders are very important to avoid system failures and its now very easy to configure without writing any code using Power Automate Desktop. Watch the video here or scroll down to read the article. Step 1 : Open Power Automate Desktop and Create a new Flow Open…
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C#. NET Interviews Questions and Answers for Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Developer Role

If you are applying for a Role of Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Developer you might be asked C#.NET questions so I have prepared basic questions that is asked as a must for all developers. Go though all questions and answers and practice before interview. You can download the PDF here.

Automatically assign the lookup field to current portal user in power portal

When we use Entity Form/ Basic Form in Power portal sometimes we need to associate the current login user of power portal into the lookup field of the entity form as it does not associate automatically. So let us see how we can do this. Login Power Apps and go to Apps area. Click on…
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How to use formula in Business Rules for Automations in Dataverse/ Dynamics 365

Business Rules is a game changer and we all know it. With out writing JavaScript and C# code plugins we just just configure to automate/validate many business logic using Business Rules. In this post I will tell you how you can leverage Business Rules using formula. Business Requirement: Calculate hourly rate of course by using…
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Add new fields on registration page or Edit Registration Page in Power portal

In this post we will see how you can edit or add new fields to registration page and update data in Dynamics 365. As because there is no easy way to do this, so this article will help you to do the changes. Lets start, The requirement is I want to Add a new Choice…
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Filter Gallery by Dropdown list in Canvas Apps Power Apps

In this blog we will see how we can filter gallery control by connecting Dataverse/ Dynamics 365 tables using Dropdown list control. Also we will see how we can connect the dropdown with Choice field of Dataverse table. Lets start. Step:1 – Create a Canvas App Add Gallery, Dropdown, Connect Table Login to office.com and…
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Canvas App Free complete basic to advanced video course

Recently Rory Neary has created a full free course for community to learn Power FX in canvas apps zero to hero. Go and enroll. https://powerplatformlearn.newzenler.com/courses/power-apps Course Curriculum Getting Started18 Lessons 01-0100-00020-Welcome 🟣⏱2PREVIEW Course UpdatesPREVIEW 01-100-25_Course Navigation and Orientation 🟣🕒6PREVIEW 01-0100-00040-CourseOverview 🟣⏱7PREVIEW 01-0100-00045 GettingStarted🟣⏱2PREVIEW 01-0100-00050-Beginnings🟣⏱4PREVIEW 01-0100-00100-WhatareCanvasPowerApps🟣⏱3PREVIEW 01-0100-00110-WhatMakesUpACanvasApp 🟣⏱5PREVIEW 1-100-115_The Power Apps Universe 🟣⏱9PREVIEW 01-0100-00120-CommonMisconceptions 🟣⏱4PREVIEW 01-0100-00150-CoolStuff…
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Integrate Customer Voice with Dataverse/Dynamics 365 using Power Automate

Customer Voice is a robust enterprise application to capture customer and employee feedbacks directly from enterprise surveys using ready-made templates and workflows. Now we can leverage the survey sending process from Dataverse or Dynamics 365 using Power Automate ensuring no-code concept. So let us start how we can achieve this. STEP-1 : Configure Customer Voice…
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Enable the experimental feature for Power Automate for new features

Microsoft Power Automate is the most powerful application pillar of Power Platform ecosystem. Microsoft is constantly improving the working experience with the application for easiness. Microsoft has introduced Experimental feature for Power Automate by which you can use the latest features in Power Automate. But a word of caution that as Experimental feature are not…
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How to create Transparent objects on canvas apps

Canvas app provides a lot of feature by which we can design elegant application for our business. One of the application UI design is to create some semi -transparent objects like circles, rectangles etc. on screen of canvas app. So let us see how we can design this. Step 1 – Open canvas app and…
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Set focus on a control of a canvas app screen when the screen loads

This is a very common requirement of customers and its quite obvious that the system should automatically focus on first control so that without clicking on the control we can start typing the value directly. Microsoft Power Apps Canvas provides a PowerFX by using which we can achieve this functionality. Let us see how we…
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Use of Date & Time Expressions Guide for Power Automate – Complete Tutorial

Date and Time field manipulations are very common in business applications. In Power Automate we can use a list of Data & Time related expressions to manage data time fields. In this post we will discuss all expressions about data and time field expressions. The below is the list of data & time expressions available…
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Convert Word to PDF from OneDrive and Send Email using Power Automate

Here in this blog we will see how we can create a word file in OneDrive and use Power Automate to read the word file and convert it to PDF and send the PDF to email as an attachment. Step-1: Create a Word File in OneDrive Open OneDrive and create a Folder “MyFiles” and inside…
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Know about Power Platform Tools | Developer Toolkit for Visual Studio 2019

In this blog we will see how we can use Power Platform Toolkit for our projects in Visual Studio 2019. Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio supports the rapid creation, debugging, and deployment of plug-ins and other customizations. Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio is similar in appearance and function to the Developer Toolkit we were…
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Steps to get a free Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription​ for 90 days renewable

Now developers can get a free, renewable 90-day Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription. As per the subscription you can get below benefits. You can be your own administrator and can prototype apps and solutions on your sandbox subscription. This includes 25 user licenses for development purposes. Access core Microsoft 365 workloads and capabilities (Windows not included), including:…
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15 Important facts of Solution Patch in Dynamics 365

Solution Patch is a great way to create and publish solutions that contain subcomponents of entities rather than publishing the entire entity and all of its assets. Although its a best way to migrate small changes or hot fixes to target environment for a parent solution we have to remember some important facts. Important Notes…
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How to clear PL-900 with Free of Cost

Certification fives more credibility to your Resume and also will give more chance in getting jobs of your choice in market. But sometimes its difficult to identify which certification is suitable for you. As because the Certification enrollment are cost associated so you need to understand which certification is Best. let me tell you the…
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