Tip #1192: Quick Create for custom entities in Unified Interface

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Remember the problems with viewing custom activity in Timeline? The unified monster Do I need to sell my left or my right kidney to make the feature X work in Unified Interface? is back. This time, Quick Create was not showing up for custom entities neither for me nor for Guido “Future Olive Farmer” Preite. […]

Tip #1189: Fill SVG files for all occasions

Woman filling in the cupcakes

I thought we chewed SVG to death and even showed how to create SVG images for a Minecraft Dynamics deployment but Tom-Richard “Another CRM Viking” Follegg proved me wrong. (Would you like to earn a “George is wrong” sticker? Send your tip to jar@crmtipoftheday.com!) By default, when we create modern .SVG files for Dynamics, these […]

Tip #1185: Customize the document grid

Magnifying glass and color grid

I upgraded to server side SharePoint integration and now I don’t see enough detail from the document grid. It doesn’t show me who checked out the file, and I have to open the SharePoint location to see who checked it out. Reader Good news–with server-side SharePoint integration you can customize the grid more than you […]

Tip #1184: Custom activity in Timeline

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Under the rapid release cadence one of the challenges is to keep track of what’s changed when and how the features, both old and new, are exposed to end users. It’s like being on Masterchef when today’s challenge is cooking with open fire, tomorrow – flame thrower, and the day after we’re supposed to cook […]

Tip #1164: All your forms are belong to us

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Even some of the battle-forged Business Applications MVPs are not immune and descent into sheer panic when their forms go missing after the upgrade. DON’T PANIC Dynamics 365 upgrades do not delete any forms and while some things may not go as planned, nuking your hard earned customizations is not on the todo list of […]