Author: Carl

Using Xrm.Navigation.openForm to Open Quick Create in Dynamics 365

We can use Xrm.Navigation.openForm to open a Quick Create using JavaScript. Let’s say we want to open the Account quick create form on a Contact record in the Unified Client Interface / Unified Interface. Let’s go to a contact record: To simply open the quick create without setting any field values, we can use the code: [sourcecode language=”JavaScript”] var entityFormOptions = {}; entityFormOptions["entityName"] = "account"; entityFormOptions["useQuickCreateForm"] = true; Xrm.Navigation.openForm(entityFormOptions, null).then( function … Continue reading Using Xrm.Navigation.openForm to Open Quick Create in Dynamics 365

Using the GENERATESERIES DAX Function in Power BI

GENERATESERIES is a useful DAX function when you need to create a table with a series of values. Let’s go through how to use it. In Power BI Desktop, go to the Modeling tab and select New Table: Enter GENERATESERIES, and we can see the parameters it takes is: StartValue. This is the first row value of our new table. EndValue. This is the last row value of our new … Continue reading Using the GENERATESERIES DAX Function in Power BI

How to Install the Power Apps CLI

The Power Apps CLI is the command-line interface that is used to build Power Apps Component Framework controls. To install it, go to the link https://aka.ms/PowerAppsCLI which will download the PCF file. Click to open the powerapps-cli-1.0.msi file: Click Install: And finish: If we go into Windows Add/Remove Programs, we can see the Microsoft PowerApps CLI has been installed: If we go to a Command Prompt and type pac, we see the CLI … Continue reading How to Install the Power Apps CLI

Installing the React DevTools Extension

The React DevTools are useful browser extensions for when developing React. To install the React DevTools extension, for Chrome go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/react-developer-tools/fmkadmapgofadopljbjfkapdkoienihi?hl=en and click on Add to Chrome: Click Add Extension: For Firefox, go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/react-devtools/ and click Add to Firefox: And Add: For Edge, go to https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/react-developer-tools/gpphkfbcpidddadnkolkpfckpihlkkil: And click Add extension:  

Classify Your Data with Power BI Dashboard Data Classification

Power BI has a feature that helps users understand the sensitivity of the data they are dealing with. This is referred to as Data Classification and can be useful when implementing data governance. Let’s go through how to set this up. First, Data Classification will need to be enabled by a Power BI Administrator under Tenant Settings. To do this, go to Settings and Admin portal, then select Tenant Settings, … Continue reading Classify Your Data with Power BI Dashboard Data Classification

Hiding the Navigation Bar and Command Bar in Unified Service Desk

In Unified Service Desk, we may like to hide the Dynamics 365 navigation bar and/or command bar. Let’s look at how to do this. We will do this with Unified Interface pages. First, we can hide the Command bar and Navigation bar in Dynamics 365 through a URL (see link). In USD, we could do something similar, or we could use the built-in functionality to do this. Let’s say when … Continue reading Hiding the Navigation Bar and Command Bar in Unified Service Desk

Hiding the Command Bar and Navigation Bar in Dynamics 365

In Dynamics 365, we can hide the command bar and navigation bar through the Dynamics 365 browser URL. Let’s look at how to do this. The navigation bar, or nav bar, is the top bar that has Dynamics 365 in the title. The command bar, or cmd bar, is the bar that has the New button etc: Let’s look at a typical URL that displays an account. We see the … Continue reading Hiding the Command Bar and Navigation Bar in Dynamics 365

How to Find Solution Layers in the Microsoft Power Platform

To find which layer a component belongs to in the Power Platform, open the component and select it, then go to See solution layers: We see the order of each later, starting with the System layer at number 1. Then each solution has a layer number, and at the top we have the active layer, in this case at number 18: For more information on layering of solutions, see this … Continue reading How to Find Solution Layers in the Microsoft Power Platform

URL Shortcut to your Dynamics 365 Apps

To get to your Dynamics 365 Apps, from your web browser enter the URL of your Dynamics 365 org and add /apps to the URL. For example: https://yourorg.crm.dynamics.com/apps