Category Archives: Microsoft PowerApps

How to use the SetValue and Save Methods in PCF Dataset Component

Introduction: As new features and functionalities are being introduced in PowerApps Component Framework, we have observed many new methods in the PCF Dataset Component. In this blog, we will discuss about the new entity record methods which are going to replace the WebApi update methods and custom requests to update the records in the dataset… 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 »

Exploring Automation Recommendation in Power Automate Process Advisor

Introduction Power Automate has released many new things one of which is Process Advisor which instantly collects precise stages for each process in your company, allowing you to better identify where workflows could be optimized. Some more benefits of Process Advisors are as follows, Determine which tasks take the most time Find out which activities… Read More »

Create Multi Select Optionset using PCF Control

Introduction: Recently in one of our project, we had come acorss a requirement where we needed to create a PCF control for multi select optionset field  with which user can visualize the values in a list form. In the new updates of PowerApps Component Framework, with the help of MultiSelectOptionSet type property, now we can… Read More »

How to convert an editable Basic Form (Entity Form) to read mode programmatically in Power Apps Portal

Introduction: We recently had a requirement in Power Apps Partner Portal where client wanted the basic form (entity form) of quote to be editable for quotes with most of the status reasons under status “Draft”. But client also wanted to restrict users making any change to the quote from Portal for some status reasons even… Read More »

Controlling Typeahead Search Trigger in the Advanced Lookup

Introduction: We are already aware of the Advanced Lookup feature that Microsoft has added in the Release 2021 Wave 1. And along with it some additional features have been introduced to trigger a typeahead search in Advanced Lookup behavior i.e., “Minimum number of characters to trigger typeahead search” and “Delay between character inputs that will… Read More »

Get 360 degrees view of your Customer using Dynamics Customer Insights

A recent addition to the suite of “insights” applications has been the Dynamics Customer Insights. This is a standalone application that can be subscribed to and is part of their Customer Data Platform offering. The idea behind this app being the ability to collate customer information including transaction history or behavioral actions across multiple systems… Read More »