Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
+91-8328865778
support@softchief.com

Blog

Bind Choice field to combo box in canvas app power apps

To bind combo box control with choice field from Dataverse, you need to use below PowerFX in the items property of the control. Now all the items will display as items of the combo box. But by default combo box allows to select multiple items at a time. if you want to restrict users to…
Read more

With function in PowerFX Canvas App

In Canvas App PowerFX, you can use with function to define variables with a limited scope. Without using Local or Global variable or Collection Variable, you can scoped variables using WITH function. Here sample PowerFX mentioned using variables and corresponding with function. Scenario : Extract all accounts with name MS and update all records with…
Read more

Download File using PowerFX in Power Apps Canvas App

You can download online Files to your local machine using PowerFX. Follow below steps. Step 1 : Create a Canvas App with components In Power Apps maker, create a canvas app and add a button component on screen and add below PowerFX in OnSelect property. Download(“https://grad.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/cvsamples.pdf”) Hope this helps.

Send Email using Email Templates with Power Automate Flow

You can send emails using Email Templates with Power Automate. Follow the below steps to use email templates with Power Automate. Step 1 – Configure the Email Template Navigate to Advanced Settings in Power Apps and choose Templates -> Email Templates. Create New Email Template with Template Type as Contact and Specify Subject and Body…
Read more

Custom Page CRUD operation with Dataverse

Custom pages are very useful in use cases where you need custom designs and controls. In this post you will come to know how to RETRIEVE, CREATE, UPDATE and DELETE records of Dataverse from Custom Page. Use below PowerFX to Create Record. You can update using below PowerFX using For loop. Hope this helps.

Patch Function in Custom Pages Power Apps

In Power Apps, you can create a Custom Page to leverage the Canvas App capabilities inside Model Driven App. In this post you will learn how to CREATE or UPDATE Dataverse records from custom page. Create a custom page inside your solution with a gallery connected to Contact table, another gallery to display Rate Of…
Read more

Get set Combo-Box value with choice column in canvas app Power Apps

In Canvas App, Combo Box can be used to display choice columns to select one item at a time or multi-item at a time. Here in this post you will learn how to connect Choice columns to a combo-box and dynamically get and set value using PowerFX. Watch the video below. Hope this helps.

Creating Reports in Dynamics 365 Dataverse

You can create a report in Dataverse Power Apps inside a solution. Follow below steps to create a Report for Power Apps. Step:1 – Create Report Create a Power Apps Solution and choose New Report. This will open the report designer where you can choose for which table the report to be designed and what…
Read more

Status and Status Reason fields in Dataverse Power Apps and Dynamics 365 and its usage

To understand more about status fields, why status and status reason both fields are there in dataverse and power apps watch the below video. hope this helps.

How to debug JavaScript in model-driven power apps and Dataverse

To Debug JavaScript code, you need to enable Developer mode in browser as scripts are client side codes and runs only on browsers. watch the below video to learn more. Hope this helps.

Update all changes of a collection into Data Source from Canvas App Power Apps

Collection is a better way to store local data without connecting data source directly. This makes apps faster. But if you forget to update to actual data source, the changes done to the collection data, you will loose all updates once you close the app. So its very important to send collection updates back to…
Read more

Azure integration with Dynamics 365 CE and Third Party using Azure Service Bus, Logic App and Power Automate

In this post you will learn how to achieve Azure integration with Dynamics 365 CE and Third Party using Azure Service Bus, Logic App and Power Automate. Watch the video. Hope this helps.

Azure Integration with Logic App and Azure Function with Dynamics 365

In this post you will come to know about how to integration azure logic app with azure function. What you will learn : Hope this helps.

Retain Audit logs in 30 days or configure as per business need in Dataverse

You can enable auditing to track data changes. But when you keep the auditing enabled, it will keep the log table increasing with audit logs which will take the database size. So to cleanup audit data every 30 days follow below step. Navigate to https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/home and select correct environment from environment list. Click Settings and…
Read more

Perform unbound action power automate using Dataverse connector

When you want to call a custom Action (which are created specifically as Global/None) from power automate then you can use Perform unbound action step of Dataverse connector in Power Automate. If you want to call an entity specific custom action you can read this blog. To Call global action from Power Automate follow below…
Read more

Perform bound action in Power Automate and Calling Custom Action from power automate

For some business needs if you want to call a Custom Action process from power automate, you can use Perform Bound Action or Perform Unbound action of Dataverse connector. Read the below post steps to know how to call a custom action from power automate. NOTE You can call Entity Specific Custom Actions from Power…
Read more

Filter records from Dataverse using CreatedOn field using Power Automate

You can use filter criteria to narrow down the set of rows that Dataverse returns using List Rows action using Power automate. Business Scenario: There is a requirement that you only want to retrieve the Loan records where createdon is greater than equal to Aug 1,2022. Solution For the solution, you can leverage the Filter…
Read more

Selected limited columns in List Rows Action of Dataverse Connector using Power Automate

You can use the List rows action to retrieve multiple rows/records at once from Microsoft Dataverse with a structured query either using Fetch XML or OData queries. In the List Rows by default all columns are retrieved if you do not mention the columns you want to retrieve explicitly. if the flow returns all the columns then…
Read more

Clear server cache of Power Portal or Power Pages

To clear server cache follow below steps. Step 1 : Login power portal or Power page using Azure AD login option and provide global administrator credential and login. Step 2: open another Tab in browser and use your portal URL and append /_services/about and hit enter. For example if your portal URL is https://softchiefsupport.powerappsportals.com, then…
Read more

Clear CDN Cache files from Power Pages Portal settings

You can clear the CDN Cached file of your power pages using following method so that fresh resource from original server will be cached. navigate to power platform admin center and select Resources and select your power pages website. Now you will find an option called Purge Cache. It will take some time to clear.…
Read more

Enable WAF for Power Pages for Protection against malicious attacks

In Power Pages now you can enable Web Application Firewall (WAF) to defend against exploits and vulnerabilities to protect against malicious attacks to power portals or power pages. To enable WAF navigate to Power Platform Admin Center using the URL https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/home and select Resources from left panel to choose Power Pages sites. Select a power…
Read more

Restrict un-authorized users to access your power pages website using site visibility feature

In this post you will learn that how you can set the power pages visibility so that you can enable public access for your website and also when there is a requirement you can restrict access for your power pages. You can use Site Visibility feature in Power Pages to setup this. Follow below steps.…
Read more

List Flows as Admin action using Flow management in Power Automate

You can use Flow Management connector to get the history of all flows from an environment for analysis and troubleshooting purposes. Follow below steps to use this connector and specific actions. STEP 1 – Create Instant/ Automated Flow Create an instant flow as trigger manual button click. Step 2 – Add a Connector called as…
Read more

Event Pipeline execution model in Dataverse plugins – pre-validation, pre-operation, core-operation, post-operation

Learn about Event Pipeline execution model in Dataverse plugins – pre-validation, pre-operation, core-operation, post-operation. Hope this helps.

Filter dependent lookups/combo boxes in Canvas App or Custom Page with Dataverse

Most of the times in business requirements, you might need to implement Dependent Option sets/lookups in Canvas Apps power apps or custom pages to display related set of records depending on parent record selection. Take a business scenario below. Business Scenario There are 3 tables Contacts, Bank Accounts and Transactions. One contact may have multiple…
Read more

[Resolved] Attachment file size is too big in Notes file attachments using Power automate

While creating a new annotation record or attaching a file in notes section of Timeline control in Dynamics 365, you can face the below error. Attachment file size is too big Resolution Normally by default the maximum size allowed as an attachment file is 5120 KB/ 5MB. Any file larger than this size will throw…
Read more