Tip #1400: Excluding inactive records from duplicate detection

Duplicate stamp

It’s good to be reminded every now and then about the features that have been around for a long time and are documented but somehow any question from the business about them draws a blank and ubiquitous “I have to get back to you”. Today’s reminder is from Ankita Chavan. (Do you use a feature […]

Tip #1164: All your forms are belong to us

Hidden figure

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 […]

Tip #897: Alternate key, duplicate data, and solutions: part 2

Alternate key

The alternate key saga did attract some attention and we received the definite say from Brandon Simons, who’s probably as close to the proverbial Dynamics 365 metal as it gets. tl;dr Alternate keys can be in an inactive state when the definition is created but the unique index is not. These pending keys can be […]