When scheduling an appointment in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, you may see a warning that the time of the appointment is outside of a user’s work hours. Some users have reported seeing this every time they schedule an appointment. This can happen if the user’s work hours are set to 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM […]
Tip #68: Do you know this woman?
I have nothing personal against this woman but the dialog started to annoy me to no extent. The problem is that visibility of the dialog is controlled via cookie so even if you check the box “Don’t show me this again”, you will see it again if you clear your cookies, use another device, or use […]
Tip #67: Get To Advanced Find From Any View
One question I have been asked by several people upgrading to CRM 2013 is “where is Advanced Find.” In the simplified command bar of 2013, the Advanced Find button is not available from as many places as it was in CRM 2011. You can always find it by going to your “home” area, but there […]
Tip #66: Error running Transition wizard
If you have CRM Online orgnanization that still uses Live ID authentication, by now you would have received an email reminder that opens with: Our records show you have not completed the Transition wizard. Completion of the Transition wizard is necessary to move your Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online subscription to the Microsoft online services environment. […]
Tip #65: Read the ReadMe
We all love Microsoft Dynamics CRM, but we admit it is not perfect. That’s why it is very helpful that Microsoft maintains a list of known issues in CRM On Premise and CRM Online in the release ReadMe file. Reading this will save you time when deploying CRM, as you will be aware of current […]
Tip #64: Add PBL Rules to Quick Create Forms
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, the PBL (Portable Business Logic) rules are an easy way to add business logic to forms without having to write code. But what if you want to add a PBL rule to a Quick Create form? At first glance, when you set up a quick create form, it appears that […]
Tip #63: Execute javascript code during debug session
There are times when you want to quickly test out a piece of form Javascript code in the Developer Tools console. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 renders form content in frames and you have to prefix frames[0] or frames[1] to “Xrm.” to get the code running. In Chrome you can choose the target frame that you […]
Tip #62: Where to find CRM product info
Today’s handy tip comes from none other than Amy “Deity of CRM Documentation” Langlois: We know we have more work to do to inform our customers where to go to get product information and we are working on some ideas to help alleviate that problem. In the meantime, in your communications with customers, please point […]
Tip #61: Change Marketing List View Layouts
When you create a marketing list in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the list created will contain the typical fields required for a marketing list, such as name, address, city, state, and postal code. But what if you want to change the fields that appear in the view? What if you use a custom lookup field for […]
Tip #60: Remove Decimals From Charts
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 or 2013, when you have a chart summarizing a decimal or currency field, by default your chart values will contain decimals. What if you want to round to whole numbers? To do this, you will need to export the chart XML. For a system chart, navigate to your solution to […]