I really like mini truck stops when two or more MVPs brainstorm a random problem, usually because they are bored 😈. Help me understand scenarios where one would use a guid() expression in flow when creating new rows. Antti Pajunen What Antti left out was (reasonably) common wisdom that explicitly setting identifiers for new records […]
Tip #1366: Make file type field required
We recently got a great new field type in CDS called the file type field. This allows creation of fields that contain files, and it is very useful for scenarios like the following: Order needs to have a copy of the purchase order before the order can proceed application must include a copy of applicant’s […]
Tip #1356: Handle mandatory autonumber fields in automation
The usual workaround for dealing with business required fields when creating records in automation is to make them non-required, deal with the automation and then switch the required option back on. Now, add an autonumber on top of that. That’s right, you want the mandatory field to be blank so that the generator kicks in. […]
Tip #391: Mandatory fields in dialogs
Mini truck stop. Straight after visiting the CRM facebook group. Ankit Shah: CRM 2013 SP1 – is there a way that we can set the dialogue fields as required? Joel Lindström: Not exactly, but you can trick it with conditional logic. Have a check condition that checks if the field is populated, and if it […]