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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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[Solved] Clear lookup field in Dataverse from Power Automate.

You can use below expression to clear lookup field. use null expression in Power Automate. In the power automate use null function in the update step. Now if you run the flow the account lookup gets cleared. Hope this helps.

How to clear lookup field in Dataverse/ Dynamics 365 using canvas app

Here we will see how we can make lookup field blank using Canvas App. I have taken a gallery to display Contacts and displaying the First name, last name and Account. here I have taken a button in every row and trying to make the Account field blank for the selected row from the gallery.…
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How to use Components in Canvas Apps Power Apps – Re-usable components

Components are reusable building blocks for canvas apps so that app makers can create custom controls to use inside an app, or across apps using a component library. Components can use advanced features such as custom properties and enable complex capabilities. This article introduces component concepts and some examples. Read the Microsoft article here. Watch…
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New look for Solution editing in full screen is upcoming for Dataverse

Solutions in Dataverse is the important feature to combine customization components target to be distributable. In last many months the solution editing is revamped with modern way of editings. Still adding more features which will remove the classic solutions. We are a upcoming full screen solution design experience. let us see how it works. Login…
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How to create a shared mailbox for Dynamics 365 Team

Normally when we create teams (Owner Teams/Access Teams/Queues) in Dynamics 365 we require a shared mailbox so that any communication done using the mailbox can be accessed by all members of the team. So in this post we will see how we can create a shared mailbox and use it in teams. Login Office 365…
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Create a Office 365 Group and Add users in the group

Microsoft Says “Microsoft 365 Groups is a service that works with the Microsoft 365 tools you use already so you can collaborate with your teammates when writing documents, creating spreadsheets, working on project plans, scheduling meetings, or sending email.” So the point here is by creating a group we can collaborate with each other that…
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How to add users in Office 365 online

For Dynamics 365 online the Users are added using office 365 online then it will be synched automatically to Dynamics 365. Follow the steps below to add users. Open https://www.office.com/apps and click on Admin icon. Now in the Admin screen Expand Users menu. if you don’t find users menu click on Show All Option to…
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