Category Archives: Workflows

TIP: Setting Value for Option Set in OOB Workflow

Introduction: Recently we had a business requirement to maintain Opportunity Status change history. So, to achieve this, we created a custom entity and developed the OOB workflow to create a custom entity record and Send an email to the owner. First, we created a custom entity ‘Opportunity Status History’ with the below-mentioned fields; 1. Opportunity… Read More »

Using Entity Reference Output Parameter in Workflow Assembly

Introduction: Workflows in Dynamics CRM (now known as Process in Dynamics 365) allow users to create and manage automated business processes. It can be used to update entity records or related entity records. Using the OOB Workflow we can only update records which are accessible under the Workflow context. If you want to update any… Read More »

New Predefined Actions in Dynamics 365 Processes

Introduction With new releases, Microsoft always introduces new features to automate the process and minimize the code required. With this release as well, Microsoft has come up with few more Predefined Actions in the Perform Action step of Workflows. “Perform Action” was introduced in Dynamics CRM 2015 Update 1. For more information, you may refer… Read More »

Scenario where Impersonation in custom workflow can be used for Dynamics CRM

Requirement:  Recently we had a request where client wanted to have an automated process of assigning the case to a team member. To explain further, whenever any case is created in Dynamics CRM and when it is assigned to a team, that case should automatically get assigned to the first team member of that team. Once the… Read More »

Set Email Signature using Workflow in Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1

Introduction: Email signature is an integral part of every email that we exchange. It adds a professional touch to our Emails. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1 introduced Email Signature as an out of the box entity.  So that user can save time and be consistent in response. Previously, to add signatures in their emails user… Read More »

Effect of Various Date Fields on Waiting Workflow in Dynamics CRM

There is a common requirement to create a workflow which should wait until date specified for a field and perform remaining operation once it is elapsed. One of the familiar example of that is Birthday reminder. We came across a requirement where we needed to create waiting workflow till specified date in a field and… Read More »

Retrieve Updated Dynamics CRM Rollup Attribute Value in Plug-in/Workflow

Introduction: Rollup Feature is one of the interesting feature and we have already discussed about how we can make use of rollup attributes of CRM to ease our calculations in our previous blog. Retrieving rollup attribute values is not same as we do for the other attributes. Rollup attributes are used to minimize our efforts… Read More »

Set Process through Workflow in Dynamics CRM 2016

Introduction: Since the release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, the new feature of building and deploying a standard business process flow has become important to organizations. The prime objective was to make CRM users capable to visualize more than one process. Regardless of the nature of the record, building of process flows help towards understanding… Read More »

ExecuteMultiple & Workflow or Plugin Assemblies

Introduction: ExecuteMultipleRequest – Message that allows you to club multiple CRM operations and execute them at one go without having to send each of these as separate requests. The ExecuteMultiple provides you with the option to indicate whether you want to continue processing the remaining requests if one of them fails or to stop processing. But… Read More »