Dollars are dollars are dollars. Until they’re not. I’ve been working on the portal implementation where pricing can look like this: Forms seem to be fine but any custom layout, uhm, is suddenly very challenging. I can get values without any issues but can’t format them for display. Before long, an SOS is sent: Folks, […]
Tip #1298: Quickest way to filter views and forms in an app
Today’s tip from Linda Connolly – thanks! You can send your tip to jar@crmtipoftheday.com too! I spotted this one when doing some work earlier in the week. If you’re building a business unit specific solution for a customer and want to quickly and easily only show them the views/forms designed for them, add the Site […]
Tip #1181: Filtered lookups on editable grids
Today’s tip is from Nick “Benchpress” Doelman. Technically it’s from his wife which proves that all of us, MVPs, are mere mortals and the real knowledge still belongs to the users. She only wanted to see contacts that belonged to an account on the record but the lookup view was showing all the contacts. Turns […]
Tip #883: Exporting filtered lists to Excel from subgrids
In CRM 2013 – Dynamics 365, subgrids do not have the “Export to Excel” button, but you can click the “pop out” button on the subgrid to open the full associated view, from where you can export to Excel. However, what if your subgrid is filtered by a different view? Let’s say you have 20 […]
Tip #494: Outlook Sync Filters where are they?
Finding the spot where you can set the filters to determine the CRM records that are synched to Outlook or your Exchange folders isn’t as intuitive as it could or should be. When in Outlook and you go to File, CRM, you are presented with a screen which gives you the options to set the offline […]
Tip #477: Exporting marketing list members to dynamic spreadsheets
One thing you may notice when on a marketing list record, the Export to Excel button doesn’t give you as many options as you are used to when you click it from the marketing list members view. No Excel Online option or Dynamic Worksheet. Does this mean that it can’t be done? Not necessarily, just not in […]
Tip #191: Update system view filters the quick way
Dynamics CRM 2013 includes a very quick way to update filters of system views. Navigate to the view you wish to update Click the filter button in the upper right hand corner and filter the view as desired. . 3. Click the more options (…) button 4. Click “Save Filters to Current System View” After […]
Tip #148: Simplify the customer lookup
In Dynamics CRM 2013 when you create a record such as a contact or opportunity that include the “Customer” lookup field that can resolve to an Account or Contact, and you type a company name in the customer field, you may get more results than expected. This is because when you type in the customer lookup […]