Category Archives: Dynamics 365

Working with Translation for Managed Solution in Dynamics 365

Translation help users to understand the given details in their native language when user is unaware of that language. In CRM it is especially helpful when we are working on a packaged solution. Dynamics 365 CRM allow us to provide translation using Import/Export of translation as below. And also by adding XML tag for translation… Read More: Working with Translation for Managed Solution in Dynamics 365 »

Useful Tool for Copying Previous Time Entries Using “Copy From” Option in Dynamics 365 Project Service

Introduction: Recently, we had business requirement where client need to record time against a project. And once the time entries has been recorded against the resources for particular week, those recorded time need to be reviewed by project manager (project manager may or may not ask to correct any of the time entry), further once… Read More: Useful Tool for Copying Previous Time Entries Using “Copy From”… »

How to associate Knowledge Article with Incident (Case) Programmatically in Dynamics 365

Introduction: Microsoft has introduced a knowledge management system for Dynamics CRM 365. This enables users to create rich knowledge articles, which also supports embedding external multimedia content like images and videos in the form of links. It also allows translations and versioning for the articles. In this blog will discuss about how to associate Knowledge… Read More: How to associate Knowledge Article with Incident (Case) Programmatically in… »

Error while Qualifying Lead in Dynamics 365

Introduction: Recently while working we came across an issue while qualifying the lead as shown in the below screenshot. As we all know when a lead is qualified along with Opportunity and Account a Contact record also gets created with this lead as the Originating Lead. So there is 1:N relationship named “contact_originating_lead” between the… Read More: Error while Qualifying Lead in Dynamics 365 »

Enable Editing of Fields for Mobile Offline Usage in Dynamics 365

Introduction: If user access Dynamics 365 through a mobile app and it is in offline mode then the user gets an error message and unable to edit records as fields are locked in offline mode. In this blog, we will walk you through the steps to enable the editing of entity fields in offline mode.… Read More: Enable Editing of Fields for Mobile Offline Usage in Dynamics… »

Working with CRM View Query on Dynamics 365 App for Tablets

Sometimes we come across a scenario where we need to display sub grid depending upon some run time scenario or display details that are not possible to achieve using OOB condition like display Activities where regarding is contacts which are related to account on account form. This is not possible through options available with OOB… Read More: Working with CRM View Query on Dynamics 365 App for… »

Hide the Question Text of checkbox for Voice of Customer in Dynamics 365

Introduction: Voice of Customer in Dynamics 365 helps to capture feedback regarding your product or service from CRM. With Voice of the Customer, we can easily set up surveys, distribute them to contacts via workflows, and capture responses. Recently we had a business requirement where we only need to show the checkbox text and not… Read More: Hide the Question Text of checkbox for Voice of Customer… »

Fixed – Unable to Create or Update record after Upgrading Dynamics 365 CRM

Introduction: Whenever we upgrade Dynamics CRM we learn many things along with it. Recently we had a business requirement where we recently upgraded Dynamics CRM from CRM 2011 to CRM 2016. We completed upgrade smoothly but after upgrading to CRM 2016 we were not able to Create/Update the Service Activity record. While saving the record… Read More: Fixed – Unable to Create or Update record after Upgrading… »

Exploring the Unsubscribe Survey Option in Voice of Customer in Dynamics 365 CRM

Introduction: As we know, Voice of Customer is an easy and reliable way to gather feedback via Surveys from the customer for the products or services they are using directly in your Dynamics CRM. With Voice of the Customer, we can easily set up surveys, distribute them to contacts via workflows, and capture responses. This… Read More: Exploring the Unsubscribe Survey Option in Voice of Customer in… »

Fixed – Unable to import CSV file due to error The source data is not in the required format in Dynamics 365

We had a business requirement to “Create” entity records in bulk using OOB “Import Data” feature of Dynamics 365. While doing so, we were experiencing an issue while importing data in Dynamics 365, the error we were getting was “The source data is not in the required format” We were importing the data as CSV… Read More: Fixed – Unable to import CSV file due to error… »