Category Archives: Dynamics CRM 2016

How to show Filtered Lookup Dialog in Dynamics CRM through Script

We had a requirement where in we were supposed to show a Filtered Custom Lookup on form load. By Filtered Custom Lookup, it meant that we were supposed to create a Lookup dialog similar to CRM Filtered lookup (Filtered Lookup value changes on the basis of other Lookup on which it is dependent) dialog. The… Read More »

How Security Role Privileges are Inherited from Team to User

If there are multiple users, business units and teams in any CRM system, then it is not necessary that every user has maximum rights/ privileges/ roles. There are situations where a minimum permission user should be able to create an entity record for which individually it does not have rights but his/ her team has… Read More »

Using Indicators in SSRS Reports

It’s always a great pleasure for us to innovate and discover something which is very new but can be used at a large extent. This article is also based on a very interesting topic which can be used in SSRS reports to enhance the quality and overview of the reports and i.e. “Indicators”. Indicators are… Read More »

Prayers Answered – Calculated Fields Introduced in Dynamics CRM 2015

Introduction: It was one feature that other competing CRM systems had for a while and has been an “ask” of many for many years now. Calculated field means a field that has its value calculated automatically based on the formula provided. Till date, this used to be achieved through scripting or may be a plugin… Read More »

Enhanced Business Process Flow in CRM 2015 – VEGA release

As you may be aware, Microsoft has come up with Business process flow feature in CRM 2013 which provides assistance to users in CRM using stages to be followed in order to complete the whole process. Earlier Limitations: Strictly Linear Process: Business processes are designed to work only in linear manner, no branching is allowed.… Read More »

Issue with the Lookup View selected during Customizations not being honored in Tablet

Issue: Usually when placing a lookup field on the form, we also select the view based on which the records should be displayed in the lookup window. The same behavior is expected for the Tablet application as well. But we came across a scenario where the lookup displayed all records irrespective of the view selected… Read More »

Accessing Composite Controls Programmatically using Script

You might have disabled normal controls programmatically many times but while disabling Composite Controls programmatically we get stuck. We don’t know how to access the control and going through the conventional method doesn’t yield us the expected result. In that case, what should we do? How to achieve the expected result? Like this, we face many… Read More »