Category Archives: Dynamics CRM

Different Areas in Dynamics CRM Where Users Can Access External Pages

Introduction There could be different scenarios where client may want to view, access, or pass data to external pages from within Dynamics CRM. External pages refer to the pages that are not part of Dynamics CRM. It can be defined as pages that you can access via an internet (with an extension like .aspx, .html,… Read More »

Steps to integrate Dynamics CRM Online and Power BI

As we know, POWER BI is very robust application, which helps to analyze Business Data. It can be a powerful visualization tool for Dynamics CRM users for analyzing their Business. Hence, Microsoft has introduced integration of POWER BI with Dynamics CRM from this 2016 release. Here are the steps to integrate POWER BI with Dynamics CRM: There… Read More »

Roll-Up Field Enhancement for Related Activities in Dynamics CRM 2016

We all know about Microsoft Dynamics CRM Roll-up fields. Utilizing these Roll-up fields, we can previously create Date field in Contact entity and populate latest activity date or first activity date. But there was a limit to it and we could only find the activities which are related to the Contact via regarding field. Now… Read More »

Customize Color of Entity Icon in Dynamics CRM

With Microsoft Dynamics CRM, users have ability to change entity icon color as per their requirements. With this user can prioritize or personalize Dynamics CRM entities as per business requirements. For this user needs to follow below steps: Navigate to Settings–>Customizations Navigate to entity you want to adjust the background icon color for. In this… Read More »

Change Createdby/Modifiedby Field at Runtime in Dynamics CRM Plugin

Recently we came across a scenario where we were assigning CreatedBy and ModifiedBy field of the record that was created by plugin dynamically based on the data of the record that was getting created by plugin. Let us say, my Contact entity that has field “new_createdby”, ”new_modifiedby” and its records are getting created by plugin.… Read More »

How to Increase Label Width in Dynamics CRM?

Introduction When you are adding a new custom field which is having large display Name (Label of field), then Label of the field is not displayed properly. It is important to fix it, as part of it is hidden or not visible. This blog discusses about a method on how to increase label width in… Read More »

Automatically Create Folder in SharePoint Avoiding Pop-ups in Dynamics CRM 2016

Introduction: Sometimes you get frustrated seeing the below confirmation dialog which pops up when you navigate to the “Documents” section of a particular record of a SharePoint enabled entity for which you want to create a folder in SharePoint. It can be annoying to see the pop-up while SharePoint folder creation. With Dynamics CRM 2016,… Read More »

How to Delete Component from Managed Solution in Dynamics CRM 2016?

Introduction How can we remove unwanted component from managed solution, which is installed at client environment? This question can strike you when there is a requirement to delete component, which you think is either no longer usable or should not be part of managed solution. Suppose you provided your managed solution to client and there… Read More »

Tricks to Resolve Common Scripting Errors on Dynamics CRM Mobile Forms

Introduction: There are some common mistakes which we do while scripting which forms an error on Dynamics CRM mobile forms. For instance, while adding ribbon buttons on the form there are possibilities of mistakes made by us which does not form an error on Web form but we can get an error on Mobile form.… Read More »