Tip #1298: Quickest way to filter views and forms in an app

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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 #1222: View is not available error in App for Outlook

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Update: this can also be caused by system views being deactivated. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4338690/the-view-is-not-available-error-message-appears-when-opening-an-email ————————————— You open Dynamics 365 App for Outlook and you see an error in the Outlook app pane saying “View is not available. Contact your administrator.” This part of the pane is a form in the contact or lead entity called the […]

Tip #751: When only some views fail

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Symptom Users can freely access entity records in some views but not the others – instead they receive the following error: You do not have permission to access these records. Contact your Microsoft Dynamics CRM administrator. Solution Check that the views that generate “access denied” error do not include fields from the parent entity users […]

Tip #480: Mobile App Troubleshooting

Recently we ran into a vexing issue with the use of the Dynamics CRM (for phone) app. The error was occurring on all three platforms we tested – Windows Phone, Windows Desktop and Android phone. We connected the application to another organization and didn’t see the error. So we concluded it must have been something with the […]

Tip #283: Create a limited customizer role

In most deployments, users who need to manage customizations in an environment are granted the System Administrator or System Customizer role. This gives them the ability to create or edit entities, relationships, fields, views, charts, dashboards, the whole enchilada. But what if you want a nibble of the enchilada? Not all customizations carry the same […]