Author Archives: Inogic

Looking for more real estate on Dynamics CRM page

This articles shows various ways in which you can increase the space on Microsoft Dynamics CRM home page.  Hide the Get Started Pane from the home page We always see Get started pane above each view as shown below. If user wishes to disable/hide this pane by default then it can be done, follow below… Read More: Looking for more real estate on Dynamics CRM page »

Show different Header/Footer on different pages of SSRS report

Sometimes, there are requirements to show different Header/ Footer on different pages of the report. Like say, on the first page, header/ footer of report should be some text and on the second page it should be some different text. Please refer below screenshots. First Page Footer Second Page Footer This can be achieved using the… Read More: Show different Header/Footer on different pages of SSRS report »

Change the URL of Dynamics CRM provisioned under Office 365

One can now change the URL of Dynamics CRM provisioned under Office 365. This can be done from the login portal under “Admin” section where “manage” option was not previously available. As shown in the screen below, under Microsoft Dynamics → Click on Manage & a new window will open. Here you can change your… Read More: Change the URL of Dynamics CRM provisioned under Office 365 »

Aggregate and Grouping functions using LINQ in CRM

As you know, QueryExpression are built as an Object Model. They support all the features of FetchXML except for grouping & aggregates. FetchXML supports all the features of QueryExpression including grouping & aggregates. Queries here are built as XML statements. LINQ queries are built using standard language similar to SQL, but internally it uses QueryExpression… Read More: Aggregate and Grouping functions using LINQ in CRM »

Issue regarding service activities resolved in UR 12

A while ago, we had requirement of sending an email to the users to whom service activity is scheduled. We had created a workflow which would send an email to the resources whenever they have be scheduled in for a service activity. The workflow was supposed to be triggered on create of service activity and… Read More: Issue regarding service activities resolved in UR 12 »

Use ExecuteMultipleRequest for performance improvement in bulk data load and other operations

 A new request called ExecuteMultipleRequest has been added to the Update rollup 12 for the Bulk Data Load. Using this request, multiple request can be executed with the single server call. The main advantage of this request is that it will definitely improve the performance since in one round trip to the server, it actually… Read More: Use ExecuteMultipleRequest for performance improvement in bulk data load and… »

Supported ways of accessing URL addressable Forms/Reports Scripts.

While using CRM there may be conditions in which user wants to open forms and reports programmatically. For this we can write the scripts which will open the forms and reports. Open CRM forms using script: The form can be open using openEntityForm(); method.           Syntax :  Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm(name,id,parameter);   Parameters :   Ø  name: (Required… Read More: Supported ways of accessing URL addressable Forms/Reports Scripts. »

Custom Workflow Activities for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

With Polaris it is now possible to register Custom workflow assembly for CRM Online as well. In continuation of our earlier series here where we provided the steps to use the Developer Kit, we have now added the steps to create Workflow activities for CRM Online using the new version of the developer toolkit that… Read More: Custom Workflow Activities for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online »