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Category: Power Apps

Automatically open lookup search screen using Xrm.Utility.lookupobject and assign selected value to lookup field in Power Apps

Automatically open lookup search screen using Xrm.Utility.lookupobject and assign selected value to lookup field in Power Apps hope it helps.

Set Lookup field using Xrm.WebAPI Javascript in dataverse power apps

When you call Create or Update methods using Xrm.WebAPI client objects, you need to take special care while setting value of lookup fields. Follow below method to do this. Step 1 – Identify Navigation Property Name of the Lookup Column Open the METADATA url and search the column. The metadata url is like this https://devboxsoftchief.crm8.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.2/$metadata…
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Parallel wait in workflow for dynamics 365 power apps

you can use parallel wait for multiple business use cases. below video explains in details.

Use Record URL in Email using Workflow Dynamics 365/ Power Apps

You can Use Record URL in Email using Workflow Dynamics 365/ Power Apps so that User can click the link to open the record directly. In workflow, open send email property and in the body select a location and click Insert Hyperlink. In pop up window mention the link title and in URL add dynamic…
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How users can own records from multiple business units in Dataverse

In the below video, I will demonstrate how you can assign security roles to an user from multiple business units.

Business Rule vs JavaScript in Power Apps

Here are the differences between Business Rule and JavaScript.

Launch external URL and pass parameter in command button powerfx

use the below code. hope this helps.

Confirm Dialog Box with Custom Button uses PowerFX in Model Driven App

Confirm Dialog Box with Custom Button uses PowerFX in Model Driven App. Watch the video below. Hope this helps.

Command Button to use multiple related tables in Model Driven app powerfx

Here is the code to act on related table records from command button on model driven app. Watch the video below or scroll for powerfx. Conditional Visibility Code Action Code Hope this helps.

Handle Error in Canvas App While calling Power Automate from Canvas App

Handle Error in Canvas App While calling Power Automate from Canvas App. Hope this helps.

Power Apps Error Handling in PowerFX with Patch function

Here is the code. Hope this helps.

Custom API in Power Apps / Dynamics 365 Tutorial step by step using Plugin registration tool

Watch the video below to learn developing custom API in Dataverse. Hope this helps.

Model Driven Apps v/s Canvas Apps

Features Model Driven Apps Canvas Apps Data Source Dataverse Can connect multiple data sources such as SharePoint, SQL Server etc. User Interface UI is restricted as per Form Design. Full control on Layout Design. No restrictions on Page designs. Responsive By default Responsive Need to configure the Responsiveness using special components. Search Functionality Out-of-the-box search…
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Hide Columns in Quick View conditionally with child form field value

Using Quick View form you can display parent table record info on child table form. But if there is a business need to hide some fields on child form conditionally by checking child record data then you have to write below script. Update above code as per your business need. hope this helps.

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…
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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.

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…
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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.

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…
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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…
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Add CSS Styles to Canvas App Power Apps Use Box border shadow for button look and feel

This post will explain how you can add CSS using HTML coding inside Canvas App. You will see how the normal rectangle can be converted to a 3D division given in below screenshot. Follow the steps below. Step 1: Create a Canvas App and select a Screen to add HTML Text component Inside your canvas…
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Barcode scanner app using canvas app power apps and capture customer signature using pen component

For every delivery business, you must need to capture the delivery information and its status. When a delivery boy delivers the product, the delivery need to scan the barcode of the physical product and capture signature of the customer so that the data will be saved in Dataverse. if you want to know how to…
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Debug a Published canvas App using Monitor Feature inside Power Apps

If you have published a canvas app and it throws some error and you want to debug, you can do it. First you have to enable the Debug published feature for your power apps using power apps settings. Open the Power Apps studio and go to settings and enable the feature given the below screenshot.…
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Working with Monitor features in Canvas Apps Power Apps

Monitor feature inside canvas app studio helps tracing events as they occur in a canvas app during the authoring in Power Apps Studio, or you can use Monitor to debug the published version of a canvas app. Follow the steps to monitor a scenario to know how to Monitor a canvas app while authoring. Step…
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