The Spring 2018 version of PowerApps saw the introduction of Dynamics 365 as the new CDS platform on which to build Model-Driven apps. As it is early days in the CDS journey the integration between PowerApps and CDS (aka Dynamics) may not be as smooth as you might hope. Here are a few observations that may be of interest in relation to PowerApps Environments and CDS solutions. … [Read more...] about PowerApps and CDS 2.0 (Dynamics 365)
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Validate Web API calls using Custom Actions
I previously blogged here about how you can configure S2S, Server-to-Server, authentication to allow third party applications to query and update data in Dynamics 365 using the Web API. As the Dynamics 365 Web API is built on open http standards with libraries for a variety of languages the integration possibilities are endless. You can use Web API calls to integrate Dynamics … [Read more...] about Validate Web API calls using Custom Actions
Data Import Update
The out of the box data import In Dynamics 365 does not support updating records unless you do an export to Excel and and then re import it. This does not work where you are given a CSV file and need to use that to update records in Dynamics. Here is a quick NoCode way to do a data import and update records in Dynamics. What you need to do is to create an import entity … [Read more...] about Data Import Update
Dynamics Web Chat with PowerChat
If you are interested in adding Web Chat to your web site that integrates with Dynamics it is worth considering PowerObject's PowerChat. This probably takes in the region of 30 minutes to get up and running. Install the PowerChat solution in your Dynamics instance and once installed you have a number of options to configure your chat. … [Read more...] about Dynamics Web Chat with PowerChat
How to Configure Dynamics 365 S2S Authentication
The combination of the Dynamics 365 Web API and Azure Active Directory allows a variety of applications to integrate easily with Dynamics 365 to retrieve and update data. This can be any type of application such as a web site or a data integration process and is commonly referred to as S2S, server-to-server, authentication. Calling the Web API using S2S is a two step … [Read more...] about How to Configure Dynamics 365 S2S Authentication
Search Attachment Content with Relevance Search
Relevance Search was added to Dynamics 365 in the December 2016 release and it utilizes Azure search to index the data in Dynamics and to sort it based on relevance. What you may not be aware of is that it will also search the content of attachments. It will search all your common document types including Word, Excel and PDFs. The nice thing about it is that it shows a snippet … [Read more...] about Search Attachment Content with Relevance Search
PSA Contractor Time Entry
A shortcoming in the current release of Dynamics PSA, Project Service Automation, is that it only allows you to book time against a project for resources that are users. Resources in PSA can also be created for contacts and this is a typically how you handle sub contractors. You create them as a contact and then create a bookable resource records linked to this contact. You can … [Read more...] about PSA Contractor Time Entry
Dynamics and Service Bus Queues
Usually message queuing requires software development however in this blog post I am going to show you how events, such has creating an account, in Dynamics 365 can put messages on a queue without the need for any code. On top of that you can provide a third party with access to read messages from the queue from anywhere without configuring any firewalls or ports. This can be … [Read more...] about Dynamics and Service Bus Queues
Project Service Automation – Validate Hours for Time Entry
This blog post covers how you can validate time entry in PSA, Project Service Automation, using a custom real time workflow to limit the amount of time a user can enter for any day. The functionality of PSA is is pretty comprehensive however many users find it frustrating you cannot limit the total duration a user can book for a single day. To accomplish this I wrote a … [Read more...] about Project Service Automation – Validate Hours for Time Entry
Dynamics 365 User Group Ireland – Launch 1st June 2017
The Dynamics 365 User Group Ireland is launching on the 1st of June with an afternoon of interesting talks which is being hosted by Microsoft at their offices in Sandyford. The intention of the user group is to hold regular talks on Dynamics 365 and related topics including best practise for implementing Dynamics, business apps such as Project Service Automation and third … [Read more...] about Dynamics 365 User Group Ireland – Launch 1st June 2017
