¡Ay, caramba! Do we have a guest or what! Pablo “CRMGamified” Peralta takes the stage today with his awesome tip translated from the fuente española Looking for ways to have the Search options always visible in Outlook as it happens in web interface, I found a way that while is far from ideal, is close […]
Tip #355: Retrieve only metadata you need
Le jeu. 26 févr. 2015 à 17:08, Tanguy “XRM Toolbox Wizard” Touzard a écrit : Are Metadata Query Expressions faster that using RetrieveEntityRequest? I mean, you can retrieve less data but the query might be more complicated than just a RetrieveEntity. Few people responded and some even took a stab at it guessing that it’ll […]
Tip #353: Notes and activities – where did they go
If you follow our advice and do not do anything prematurely, the default form for your entity will look nice and lean, mostly due to the absence of the middle pane which is default home for activity feeds, activities and notes. If you decide that you do need activities and notes, after all, you will […]
Tip #346: Scheduling daily bulk delete jobs
I noticed that my CRM Online storage was getting low, so I created a scheduled bulk delete job to remove system jobs. My environment has many workflows, and since upgrading to CRM 2015 and creating a bunch of rollup fields, I have noticed a slight increase in the number of system job records being created. I […]
Tip #336: Choose your name wisely
A common mistake when setting up your on-premises CRM organization is choosing the wrong name. Name not display name. Frequently when seeing the field to enter the organization name, the novice CRM implementer will think they should enter the name of their company/organization. This is generally a bad idea. The organization name will form part […]
Tip #335: CRM upgrades and dead reports
Evan “Doc” Watson sends a tip to remember to clear out old/unused reports prior to upgrading to CRM 2013/2015. The dependency check in the upgrade process will kill your upgrade if any entities referenced in a report no longer exist in the environment. If you have any reports that reference an entity that has been […]
Tip #331: What kind of Bing Map license do I need?
Donna “Not Congresswoman Donna F” Edwards sent a helpful tip about how to determine what type of Bing Maps license you need for an on premises deployment of Dynamics CRM. If you go to http://www.microsoft.com/maps/Licensing/licensing.aspx, it will ask you questions to choose which type of license you need: This page also discusses the scenarios for each […]
Tip #330: When should you use CRM as a development platform?
Time for another mini truck stop, folks. In a recent discussion, Donna “I’m on a boat” Edwards asked When does it make sense to use Dynamics CRM as a development platform vs. building your own application from scratch? Shan “Grillmaster” McArthur had a great response: The best way to estimate the strategic value and/or ROI of […]
Tip #325: Sometimes metadata is not telling the truth
Another mini truck stop. Subject is somewhat eye-glazing – metadata – but, hey, what do you expect when you put some of the bestest CRM development minds together. Today’s Roles The Questioner: Daniel “King of soft” Cai The Answerer: Jim “Mr SDK” Daly The Story T.Q. The issue is, when using SDK to retrieve the […]
Tip #317: Once upon a time this rollup field was recalculated
Mitch “Snapshot” Milam is on a roll. This is just another way to say that his next tip is all about rollup fields. Rollup fields are one of the best new features of Dynamics CRM 2015. Here are some facts to help you better understand how they work: They are automatically calculated asynchronously, once per […]