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Category: Power Apps

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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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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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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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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How to call Power Automate from Business Process Flow (BPF) as a Flow Step

Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Data Verse provides a feature inside Business Process Flow that we can add Instant Flows or Power Automate flows as a Step in a Stage. So let us see how we can configure the Instant Flow from BPF. NOTE : Only a Solution-aware flow can be called from a BPF as…
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Check the History of Environments

Now you can see the history of Power Platform environments to see different operations performed in the environment. Administrators can see this history. Go to Power Platform Admin Center and click the Environment then click History. You can see the consolidated history. You can also see the full history using See Full History option.

Import Related Entity Records using Data Import in Dynamics 365 CE (Importing Lookup fields)

Data Import in Dynamics 365 is a very robust feature that we can use to import data from a .CSV file for any entity record such as Accounts, Contacts, Cases and many more. When it is single entity record with out lookup fields then its very straight forward process to import but when it requires…
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Restore old version of your Canvas app for users so that you can fix issues in current version

Microsoft canvas Apps are awesome to design no-code apps for real world. in the course of application design we save our app in different versions. When we save canvas apps it asks whether you want to override old version or not. When we save a Canvas App it actually not published for live for users…
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CRUD Operation from Power Portal using WEB API Methods

We can perform crud operation from power portals using web API check the below code and watch the video to understand more, FULL CODE HERE

Microsoft Power Platform & Dynamics 365 Training Syllabus, Cost, Jobs

Microsoft Power Platform Training with Softchief Learn: Empowering Your Digital Transformation. In today’s digital era, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their operations, enhance productivity, and drive innovation. Microsoft Power Platform has emerged as a robust suite of tools designed to empower businesses to achieve these goals through low-code/no-code solutions. At Softchief Learn, we…
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Mobile Push Notification in Model Driven APP in Dynamics 365 Power Apps

In Power Apps Canvas Apps we were able to configure Push Notification for mobile device so that we can get push notification in mobile whenever an action performed in Canvas App. But in Model Driven APP it was not available. Now as a part of 2021 Release Wave 1 Power Apps / Dynamics 365, we can…
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Create a Sample Canvas App using Gallery, Form in Dynamics 365 instance data

Power Platform is the Game changer in these days. Power Apps such as Model-driven apps and Canvas apps crossed all app development limits. So more learning on these Power Apps more will be your grip towards the Dynamics World. This post is not a new post but to refresh the practical concept of Canvas app…
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Create and Manage a Webpage, Add components, Change Navigation Menu for Portal in Dynamics 365 CE

In our last article we understand what is a Portal and how we can configure portals in Dynamics 365 instance. We can also create Portals in CDS environment by creating a new environment and provisioning the portal. In this post we will see how we can add new Webpage in our portal we have created…
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Dynamics 365 Portals, Its Configuration & Customization

Introduction Dynamics 365 Power Portals are external-facing websites that allow users outside their organizations to sign in with a wide variety of identities, create and view data in Common Data Service or Dynamics 365 Instance, or even browse content anonymously. The full capabilities of Dynamics 365 Portals, previously offered only as an add-on to model-driven…
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Build Logic App for Dynamics 365 CE to create a Task record when a Lead gets created

Azure Logic Apps is a cloud service that helps you schedule, automate, and orchestrate tasks, business processes, and workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems, and services across enterprises or organizations. Logic Apps simplifies how you design and build scalable solutions for app integration, data integration, system integration, enterprise application integration (EAI), and…
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Word Template in Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 provides a very powerful way of handling Word/ Excel Templates. Some repeated Document preparation can be automated by using Document Templates feature of Dynamics 365. Lets say your organization sends some customized template letters such as below screenshot (The screenshot is a random picture has no relation with the article. just showing to…
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Sample Model Driven APP in Dynamics 365 in Details – Book Store Management

This article explains how to create a Model Driven Power App to manage a Book Store extensively. In my previous article I have explained how to create UCI app you can read here. This article is a continuation part of the last article. Scenario : We will create a Model-Driven App to Manage a Book…
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