Category: Power Apps / Custom Pages / Dataverse / Power Fx

In this post, we will look at how to use the Dynamics 365 Power Apps Web API to retrieve data. Find the Web API URL First, find the Web Api URL. You can get this by going to your org and going to Settings->Customizations->Developer Resources. It is under Service Root URL: Note you will have a different URL, which you can swap with my URL below. Now if we go … Continue reading Dynamics 365 Web API Retrieve, Select, Filter, Order By and Top

In this post, we will look at how to get and set field values using FormContext and JavaScript. Let’s say we want to get and set the Website field of the Account form: Let’s do this on Save of the form. Edit the form and go to Form Properties: Create a new JScript web resource: Add the following code: function GetSet(executionContext) { var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); // Get value var … Continue reading Get and Set Field Values using FormContext and JavaScript with Dynamics 365 and PowerApps

In this post, we will look at how to set lookup and option set values when creating records in the Web API. Let’s create an Account record. Account have fields such as the following: Parent account – lookup Industry code – Option Set Do not email – boolean Credit hold – boolean Shipping method code – option set Currency Id – lookup Let’s create some JavaScript to create a new … Continue reading Setting Lookups and Option Sets when Creating Records in Web API

As part of the transition to Unified Interface, we can use the Unified Interface Transition Portal to help us. Go to https://runone.powerappsportals.com/. You will be prompted to log in and accept the permissions: Then confirm your details: Select My Environments: From here, you can see the current transition status, and the target date: Selecting an org will show details on the Rescheduling Requests: And you can also click on My Requests … Continue reading Unified Interface Transition Portal Helps with Move to UCI

In this post, we will look at how Managed Properties in manged solutions in the Power Platform work. These can be useful if you want control over how much a user can customize a managed solution component once it has been deployed in a target environment. First, let’s create a new solution: And add a new entity called People: We see the entity is part of our solution: Let’s go … Continue reading How Managed Properties in Power Platform Solutions Work