It looks like the rights of the SQL Admin user in the database created by Synapse Link for Database have recently been changed. Prior to 2023, the SQL Admin user account has able to query all the external tables created by Synapse Link for Dataverse. Now if you query a Dataverse external table using the SQL Admin account you will get an error "Cannot find the CREDENTIAL … [Read more...] about Synapse – SQL Admin
Power Platform
Power Platform combines the power of PowerBI, PowerApps and Power Automate into one business application platform and is fully integrable with the Microsoft business suite. There are many advantages to using Microsoft Power Platform such as improved control over processes and broad systems integration. Check out all the latest Power Platform posts below from troubleshooting to creating custom applications.
Synapse Link for Dataverse Security
Once you have configured Synapse Link for Dataverse you are likely to want to give your data consumers access to read the Dataverse data from Synapse. This post covers how to provide users and service principals access to read your data using an Azure AD group. Synapse supports both SQL and Azure AD authentication however Microsoft recommends using Azure AD credentials. … [Read more...] about Synapse Link for Dataverse Security
Power Fx -Power Virtual Agents
Power Fx the low code macro language of the Power Platform is starting to become an omnipresent feature across the Power Platform family. The Nov 2022 Preview release of Power Virtual Agents includes the ability to use Power Fx in the authoring canvas. The addition of Power Fx greatly enhances the ability to add capabilities like data validation and manipulation directly in … [Read more...] about Power Fx -Power Virtual Agents
Synapse Link for Dataverse – Append-Only
By default Synapse for Dataverse exports records as in-place updates so if the record already exists it gets updated and if not it gets created. This can be configured so that record changes are appended as new records rather than updated. This can be done from the advanced options under Manage tables by selecting show advanced configuration settings and selecting the … [Read more...] about Synapse Link for Dataverse – Append-Only
Power Fx Formula Columns in Dataverse
The preview of Power Fx formula columns in Dataverse has just been announced. Up until now, I ignored formula columns as they were only available in Dataverse for Teams. So I wanted to check out a little bugbear of mine with calculated fields and how they handle nulls. Strictly speaking, calculated fields handle nulls correctly and if you perform an arithmetic operation on a … [Read more...] about Power Fx Formula Columns in Dataverse
