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In this post we will look at how to create a branch in GitHub. In previous posts, we: Installed Git on Windows using SCM Signed up for GitHub Installed GitHub Desktop for Windows Cloned a Repository from GitHub. We now have a local repo in Windows Made changes and committed to our local Master Published our changes to GitHub In this post, we will create a new Branch, Commit and … Continue reading Creating a New Branch in GitHub
In Dynamics 365, the formContext provides a reference to a form or form item through JavaScript. The formContext is part of executionContext, and replaces Xrm.Page which is deprecated in version 9+ of Dynamics 365. The form context object model looks like: Let’s go through an example of using the formContext. Let’s add a script to a form when the form loads, for example, a Contact entity form. Let’s add a … Continue reading Using formContext in Dynamics 365
Quick link to the Common Data Model poster on the CDM GitHub Repository. A nice one to print out. “Integrate and Disambiguate Data with the Common Data Model” –Â Â https://github.com/Microsoft/CDM/blob/master/docs/CDMPoster_a3.pdf
In this post, we will look at how to add a SharePoint site to Teams. Sign into Teams, and go to a team. In the right you will see a +: Here we can select the type of tab we want to add: Search for SharePoint. The first one is “View pages and collaborate with lists”, the second is “Add a tab for a SharePoint news article or page”: We … Continue reading Add a SharePoint Site to Teams
In this post we will install Unified Service Desk 4.1 as an upgrade from USD 4.0. First, download Unified Service Desk 4.1 here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58204 Select the files to download. We will download the USD 4.1 Server (PackageDeployer) and the USD 4.1 Client for 64-bit systems: First the Server upgrade. Open the file Dynamics365-USD-4.1.1.1246-PackageDeployer.exe: Click Continue: Choose an extract location. Click Continue: Log in to Dynamics 365: Select Unified Service Desk – … Continue reading Upgrading to Unified Service Desk 4.1
Power BI Report Builder is a downloadable Windows application that allows you to build paginated reports. In this post we will show how to download and install it. First download Power BI Report Builder at:Â https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58158Â and click Download: Note you can also download it from the Power BI Service: Open the downloaded PowerBiReportBuilder.msi file: Click Next: Click Next: Click Next: Click Install: Click Finish: Open Power BI Report Builder: Report Builder … Continue reading Downloading and Installing Power BI Report Builder
To add a database to an existing PowerApps environment, do the following. Log into https://admin.powerapps.com/ and go to Environments, then select the environment. You will see a Create my Database button. Click it: You will see below: Select a Currency and Language, then click Create my Database: You will see “provisioning database”: Once complete, it will look like below: Go to https://make.powerapps.com/. Select the environment, and you will see the entities installed:
To convert a PowerApps environment from a Trial to Production, log into https://admin.powerapps.com/ and go to Environments. Select the environment: On the right, click the Convert button: You will be prompted, click Confirm: Once complete, you will see the message “This environment was converted to production”: On the Environments page, the type will now show as Production:
The install Visual Studio 2019, go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ and click Download: Select the edition. We will install Enterprise: Open the file. Click Continue: You will see: Now select the components to install, then click Install: The installer will run: And finally, the reboot: After restarting, select Visual Studio 2019: Select an option, e.g. Create a new project. You can now start using Visual Studio 2019:
In this post, we will look at when happens when you get the error “An unexpected error occurred. —> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.”. You may have created a plugin using Visual Studio, and signed and compiled it. You then import it into the Plugin Registration Tool and you get this error (you can copy it into Notepad if you can’t see it in this UI): … Continue reading Dynamics 365 Plugin Registration Input string Was Not in a Correct Format Error