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Replacement Keys in Unified Service Desk are used to provide specific logic to Replacement Parameters. Here we will go through each of the replacement keys: + is used to replace a null with an empty string. E.g. if your replacement parameter [[contact.firstname]] is null, it may cause an issue if used in an action. We can change this to [[contact.firstname]+] to replace the null with an empty string $ is used … Continue reading USD Replacement Keys

In USD, we have the ability to display a dashboard from CRM. Let’s go through an example of how to do this. Firstly, determine the URL of the Dynamics CRM dashboard you want to use. You can do this here. In our case, we will be showing the Customer Service Representative Social Dashboard: Let’s access this through a Toolbar in USD. Go to Toolbars and open the existing Main toolbar. We … Continue reading Unified Service Desk – Add CRM Dashboard or Webpage

The CRM Global Manager hosted control (called the Global Manager in earlier USD versions) is a specific type of hosted control in USD. The control is required (single instance). It: loads all USD configuration at startup handles window navigation rules handles toolbar handles agent scripts handles data management The global manager provides pre-defined UII actions including: Audit CallDoAction ClearAppBar ClearEntityList Close CloseActive CopyToClipboard CopyToContext CopyLogicalEntityToContext CloseActivity CreateEntity CreateSession DeleteEntity DoRoute DoSearch … Continue reading CRM Global Manager Hosted Control Actions and Events

Windows navigation rules in Unified Service Desk tell the application what to do when a user performs an action. Here we will go through an example. Let’s say when USD loads, it loads a Dynamics 365 dashboard. On that dashboard, the user has the ability to select an Account. Without any navigation rules set up, on selecting an account, the interface will open the account’s Dynamics 365 page within the … Continue reading Windows Navigation Rules in USD