If you need to go to the instance selector to manage one of the Microsoft solutions but you are not an O365 admin, you can’t go through the O365 admin portal. No sweat, go to Power platform admin center and you can get to the Dynamics 365 instance managers from there. In fact, to paraphrase: […]
Tip #1226: Avoid Model-Driven Failure
When deploying model-driven apps, there are multiple potential points of failure that can affect users’ ability to access part or all of the app. The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the more common areas to check if the user can’t see the app or access certain parts of it: User is missing […]
Tip #1224: Prebuild your embedded canvas app
You want to embed a canvas app in a model driven app, but you want to start with one that you have already built, not create one from the embedded canvas app control. Go to powerapps.com and click the (…) by the app you wish to embed. Click Details, then find and copy the App […]
Tip #1212: Where are my apps?
I attended your webinar about model driven apps.Our sandbox has been upgraded to V 9.1 and our production environment will be upgraded tomorrow. In preparation for this, I have created and published an app . I have added the appropriate security roles to the app, but it is still not showing up for selection for […]
Tip #1209: Embedding canvas apps in model-driven forms
For those of us who were continuosly torn between canvas apps (on yer device, pixel-perfect, task-oriented) and model-driven apps (a.k.a. good ol’ forms, views, you know, all that Dynamics 365/CRM stuff), the wait is finally over. Embedding canvas apps in model-driven forms is now available as Public preview. First, the official part. Makers can now extend […]
Tip #1175: CDS and data object prefix
Recently we interviewed Evan Chaki, Principal Program Manager for PowerApp and D365 maker experience on CRM Audio. In the conversation, we discussed the dual maker experiences–configuring model-driven apps via web.powerapps.com or via D365 solutions and App Designer. To the question of which maker experience that D365 configurators should use, Evan said that there wasn’t a wrong […]
Tip #1162: Microsoft Flow Functions Reference
If you are looking for an ultimate reference for the expressions that you can use in Microsoft Flow, it helps to remember that Flow is based on Azure Logic Apps. The functions reference is the same for both, and can be found here. The original question was what functions are available in canvas PowerApps but […]
BAD Masterclass
What Why Where Agenda Tip of the Day and 365.Training present Business Application Developer (BAD) Masterclass What is it The Power Platform has a rapid release cadence and with that come the new features, new developments, and new challenges. In case you were not paying attention, the waves are coming every 6 months. This is your chance to get […]
Tip #1114: Check scalability of your canvas PowerApp
PowerApps are very expressive when it comes to data filtering, sorting, and other data manipulations. To maximize the application performance, PowerApps have a concept of delegation where PowerApps will delegate the processing of data to the backend instead of pumping data to the app for local processing. For your application to scale it’s important to […]
Tip #1008: Learn PowerApps
If you are a long time “CRM Person” like me, you may be interested in PowerApps, but if you try out PowerApps, you see that the process of building a PowerApp is significantly different than customizing Dynamics 365 forms. So I asked PowerApps MVP Daniel Laskewitz What are the best training materials for “CRM people” […]