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In this post we will look at sending input variables and getting output variable responses from an Action in Dynamics 365 Power Apps called through the Web API using Postman. If you haven’t already, set up the Postman client and connect to Dynamics 365 / Power Apps. This can be useful in troubleshooting Web API calls. Under Processes, let’s create a new Action called OutputTest, of entity None (global): In … Continue reading Sending an Input Variable and Getting an Output Variable from a Web API Action Call using Postman

There may be cases where you need to set a lookup field on a Dynamics 365 / Power Apps form, where you want to default the value to another lookup on the form using JavaScript to default the field value. For example, on the Account form, we have the owner of the account (field OwnerId), and we have a custom field called My System User Field (new_mysystemuserfield) which is a … Continue reading How to Set a Lookup Field to Another Lookup Field on a Dynamics 365 Power Apps Form using JavaScript

This post comes from a great find courtesy of an elite dev I work with who goes by “PV”. We had a requirement to reload / refresh an HTML web resource on a page when a user clicked into a tab to view it. This used to be reasonably straight forward in previous D365 versions and JavaScript – get the Web Resource using getSrc, set the Web Resource to null … Continue reading Refreshing a Web Resource in Unified Interface with JavaScript (The New Way)

In Dynamics 365 / Power App, we may want to “do something” when a user clicks on a form tab. Let’s look at how we can write a handler to invoke custom code. In our example, let’s look at the Account form. This form has multiple tabs – Summary, Project Price Lists, General etc. Let’s write code so when a user clicks in and out of the General tab, our … Continue reading Run JavaScript When User Clicks On Unified Interface Tab

In this post, we will look at how to add a button to a Dynamics 365 Power Apps Form that receives parameter data. First, let’s look at passing context. Create a new JavaScript web resource and add it to the Account form. We will add the sample code below, which takes PrimaryControl as the first parameter, and if the name of the account is Contoso, sets the website field: You … Continue reading How to Pass Parameters to a Button in Power Apps Dynamics 365

In this post, we will look at how to use the Calendar Control in Dynamics 365 Power Apps Dashboard Components. Let’s start with a dashboard we created earlier, which shows an editable grid of accounts: Now, this view has one field, Last Date Included In Campaign, which is a date field. If we click on it, it displays a calendar for the user to select a date: But what if we … Continue reading Using Calendar Control in Dynamics 365 Power Apps Dashboard Components

To create a system dashboard, go to the Power Apps Maker and create a new solution: Then select New->Dashboard and select the type of dashboard: We will select 2-column overview: Give the dashboard a name: And we will add a list to the first component: It will be a list of all Accounts: Click Save: If I don’t publish, we can see the Dashboard under Dashboards, however we see the … Continue reading Creating a System Dashboard in Dynamics 365

In this post, we will look at using editable subgrids in a Dynamics 365 Power Apps dashboard. Let’s say you have a dashboard called System Accounts Dashboard. In this dashboard you have a list of Accounts: Go to the Power Apps maker and edit the dashboard to take a look at it: Select the list component and click Edit: This opens the Properties tab. Click on the Controls tab: We … Continue reading Using Editable Subgrids in Dynamics 365 Dashboards