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Use IDEAS in Power Apps to query data using a natural query language (NQL) with machine learning capability

Microsoft Power Apps Canvas App now supports IDEAS by using which we can use a general natural query language to fetch data from tables such as instead of adding a Data Source we can directly use ideas which pull data. Let us see how we can use IDEAS in Canvas Apps. Login to Power Apps…
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Working with HTML Text Controls inside Power Apps in Canvas Apps

Placing text controls to display or input texts is ok. But when you are ready to use HTML Text control then you have more power to use HTML tags with the text as per your choice. Let us see how we can add this HTML Text in Canvas Apps. Login to Power Apps and create…
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Capture Image using Camera control, Save the image in SharePoint and Send email with attachment in Canvas APP with Power Automate

Using canvas apps we create portable business applications for users. Now in this post I will explain how we can create a canvas app with camera control and on clicking save button how we can call power automate to save the camera captured image in SharePoint and Send an email with the picture as attachment.…
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Configure run after feature for Action Steps in Power Automate

“Configure run after” is an important feature in Microsoft flow. The ability to invoke actions after a successful or failed action is critical when you are implementing your Flows in Microsoft Power Automate. There is a feature of Power Automate that not everyone is aware of yet a very useful one, and that is configuring…
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Do not forget to Add Comments or Notes in Every Action Step in Power Automate or Flow

As a best practice we add comments to our code while developing so that any other user or developer can understand what our code snippet is all about. To have this commenting and note functionality Microsoft Power Automate has a Add Note feature that developers and power users can use for a better visibility and…
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Read More than 5000 records in console app using paging and cookies in Dynamics 365

Normally when we read records from Dynamics 365 using console application it returns 5000 records but if you want to read more records then you have to use paging concept. you can use FetchXML or Query Expression to fetch data. use the below code to do it.

How to track emails and activities from outlook to Dynamics 365

Learn how to track emails and activities from outlook to Dynamics 365.

Connect Dynamics 365 from Console C# Application in MFA Enabled Access using Client Secret and Azure Client ID

We can connect Dynamics 365 using User Name, Password and Dynamics 365 URL and Client ID if Multi factor Authentication (MFA) is not used. When Multi-Factor Authentication is enabled this connection will not work. So for this we have to use Client Secrets for connection. Follow the steps below to connect MFA Enabled Dynamics 365…
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AdalServiceException: AADSTS7000218: The request body must contain the following parameter: ‘client_assertion’ or ‘client_secret’.

While trying to connect Dynamics 365 online from console app sometimes you get the exception. The solution is you have to enables Allow Public client Flow option for the App you registered. Go to Azure Active Directory and open the App Registration then choose Authentication and enable the Allow Public Client Flow then save. Now…
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Disable MFA in Dynamics 365 using Azure Active Directory

Sometimes it requires to Disable the Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA) in Dynamics 365. SO follow the steps below. Step-1: Open office.com and use your credential. Click on Admin icon. Next click on All Admin Center and Azure Active Directory. Click on Azure Active Directory Link. Now click on Properties then click on Manage Security Defaults the Switch…
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Open Custom page from Model driven app using new command editing in Power apps

This is really exciting that now we can edit command bar using model driven app modern designer which is in public preview. So I cant wait to tell you how we can use that feature. In this post I will tell you how you can create a CUSTOM PAGE in Model driven app to converge…
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Now you can analyze the Performance of Model driven apps in Power apps

Performance is the key in enterprise applications. Microsoft has introduced Performance analyzer in Power Apps. You can navigate to your Power apps and check the Performance which is in preview currently at the time of blog writing. When you click the Performance option you can see the list of performance related facts like Warnings and…
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Azure Synapse Link Configuration in Data verse

Read the articles to understand how Azure Synapse Link Configuration in Data verse Also read other related topics on this.

Extract Tabular Data from PDF using AI Builder Form Processing Power Apps | Extract Field, Tabular Data

AI Builder plays an important role to have AI enables processes in our real business scenarios. In this post I will explain the steps how we can extract field information and also tabular data from PDF forms into power apps using AI Builder Form Processing Model. watch the video or scroll to read the complete…
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How to Send Email with Attachments using Gmail Connector from Canvas Apps | Power Apps

Canvas Apps Power Apps is a powerful no-code less-code platform to develop applications for enterprises targeting mobile and TAB devices. The Power FX is used as a less-code to make the Canvas App more dynamics. If you want to read and watch all canvas app related videos you can check out my YouTube channel here.…
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How to create Polymorphic or multi-entity lookup field in Microsoft DataVerse and Dynamics 365

Previously Lookup fields are only connected to one entity and Customer data type points to either Contact or Account entity but there was no provision to create custom polymorphic lookup. Now Microsoft introduced polymorphic lookup for custom fields. Using user Interface we cannot create this type of field we have to use code or XRMToolBox…
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Modern App Designer for Model-driven Apps very efficient to design (bye bye classic designer)

Model driven apps are game changers in Power Apps revolution. But still the app designer was not very robust so Microsoft has releases new App designer. Now lets see how we can leverage the New Modern app designer to create model driven apps in no-code fashion. Login to Power Apps and select +Create. Choose Model-driven…
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Add custom form field client validation for Advanced Forms in Power Portal

Client validations are very important to alert users if some field value is not supplied when a user clicks Submit button or do some change in a form field. We can add custom JavaScript and jQuery to have our own custom field validations. Lets us see how we can do that. I have an Advanced…
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My Top Best features from 2021 Wave 2 releases of Microsoft Power Platform

Really excited to tell you a lot of features has been added in this Wave 2 release of 2021 in Microsoft Power Platform. Sometimes people have no much time go through all the features so I have compiled all best features of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agent & power BI and AI Builder…
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Get Selected item texts from a multi select choice field | choices in power automate

In Microsoft DataVerse we can use Choices data type to allow multiple selections for a specific field for example below I have a Choices field called as Degree where you can select multiple items. Now if you will read the Degree values it will give you the under lying values so to get the selected…
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Get text or name value of lookup field in power automate in power apps

In Power automate sometimes we need to pick the Name Text of the lookup field. When we assign directly it will give you the GUID so we have to do some tweaks. If you get the output body you can see for every look up control we have five tags in the output. For example…
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Get Text value of a Boolean field in power automate

I have written a post to get Choice or optionset text in Power automate if you have not read check now. in the below link to understand more. in the same process if you want to get the text value of a Boolean field use the below formatted syntax in your power automate or power…
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Get Choice field Text in Power Automate from Microsoft DataVerse/CDS

Working with Power Automate is not new but sometimes the out-of-the-box value assignment is not sufficient to get correct data items so we need to tweak the expression to get the correct result. In this post I will explain how you can get the choice field text value in power automate. let us say I…
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HTTP Requests and Responses in a Flow Demo using Power Automate

Let’s say you want to configure an HTTP service, do some task and then return a response. So how we can build this without any code ? Luckily Power Automate gives a no-code platform to configure this. An HTTP Request Trigger can be used to receive an HTTP request, process it, and return a response…
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How to call Power Automate (Flow) from Power Portal using HTTP Request Trigger

Power Portal is very popular and robust Power Apps in Microsoft Power Platform designed for public facing websites. Microsoft already stacked excellent features like Table List, Basic Forms, Table Permissions, Web Roles to seamlessly manage power portal. But sometimes it requires to have more complex integration business scenarios that cannot be achieved using out-of-the-box configuration…
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