Category Archives: Microsoft PowerApps

New activity dropdown to show only relevant activities in Dynamics 365 CRM

Introduction: In the new Microsoft 2022 release wave 1, many new features have been introduced. In this blog, we will walk through the features of ‘New Activity’ dropdown that shows only relevant activities in the model-driven app. Activity Dropdown to show only relevant activities: Initially, ‘All activities’ were being displayed in Dynamics 365 CRM irrespective… Read More »

Editable Grid feature in Model-driven apps with Power Apps grid control

Introduction: Microsoft has brought in some intuitive features in its 2022 Wave 1 release. In this blog, we will explore the new editable features in the Power Apps grid control in model-driven apps. There are two primary additions to the new Power Apps grid control (preview) for model-driven apps: Infinite scrolling: Users no longer need… Read More »

Execute Commands Programmatically in PCF Dataset Component

Introduction: Recently, we came across a new method in PCF – retrieveRecordCommand. This method will help us to retrieve the related commands for specific record(s). It also gives the flexibility to retrieve only specific commands that the user wants to see. So, let’s see a scenario in which this method would come handy. Let’s say… Read More »

How to Read the current Model-driven App details using client API references

Introduction: In a recent project while working on client-side scriptings, we had come across a requirement where we interact with Dynamics 365 CRM data using WebAPI and query expressions. In most cases, we needed the current Model-driven app AppId to build the WebAPI URLs. We had achieved this by using Dynamics CRM Client API references.… Read More »

Filtering Sequences in Sales Accelerator by using Tags in Dynamics 365 CRM

Introduction In Dynamics 365 2021 release wave2, you will notice there are many enhancements added under the Sales Accelerator. One of which I came across is the new filtering capability added to the sequence grid. Sequences feature in the Sales Accelerator helps the sales manager to define consecutive actions that sellers need to follow while… Read More »

Decide the views you want to see in Model driven apps in Dynamics 365 CRM / Dataverse

In our earlier blog we talked about the new modern advanced find experience. As a part of modernization exercise we lost the button. Here we discuss what they gave us – Ability to choose the views that you see in the View selector. And that’s a huge one. With the modern advanced find experience enabled,… Read More »

Easy Configuration of ‘Choices’ Column in Power Apps Portal

Introduction: In this blog, we have explained how to configure the Choices column in Power Apps Portal and how to retrieve the selected options from the same. This latest feature will help us to display the Choices column i.e. Multi-Select Option fields on Basic Forms. To configure this feature in Power Apps Portal, we need… Read More »

Check entity form design of different devices using Power Apps

Introduction: In this blog, we will see how we can test entity form (OOB, Custom) on different devices such as Desktops, Tablets, and Mobile Phones using Power Apps. When we use classic mode to customize entity form, we don’t get the ability to preview the designed entity from on different resolution. To test the form… Read More »

How to read the value from a Flip Switch Control in EasyRepro?

Introduction: Over time we have seen how by using EasyRepro we can perform UI Automation testing in Dynamics 365 CRM by getting and setting values in fields of different datatypes. In EasyRepro we do find predefined methods to get and set values of fields of different data types. However, recently while creating an automation project… Read More »