Category Archives: Dynamics CRM

Error Upgrading CRM 2011 On-Premises to CRM 2013 On-Premises

We were upgrading Dynamics CRM 2011 On-Premises to CRM 2013 On-Premises. As every CRM developer would be aware that CRM upgrades are never a smooth sailing ride. We stumbled upon an error while importing organization in Deployment Manager. The error we came across was, Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint ‘UQ_LocalizedLabelCheck’. Cannot insert duplicate key in… Read More: Error Upgrading CRM 2011 On-Premises to CRM 2013 On-Premises »

Scheduling multiple appointments for the same time and same person

Introduction Often you would come across scenarios where you would want to schedule more than one appointment for a user for the same time. In Microsoft Dynamics CRM, if you try to do this most often you would come across the following warning. Being a warning you can always click on continue and go ahead… Read More: Scheduling multiple appointments for the same time and same person »

Identify the trigger for an On-load event for Sub-grid in Dynamics CRM

Introduction: With CRM 2015 SP1, the Client API was extended to allow attaching events to sub-grid to manage the sub-grid data/operations. The OnLoad event however executes on all of the following operations Load of parent form. Save of parent form. Add a new record in sub-grid Remove a record from sub-grid Navigating to prev/next page… Read More: Identify the trigger for an On-load event for Sub-grid in… »

Use RetrieveDuplicateRequest in Dynamics CRM

Introduction: Recently we had a requirement where we had to create Contact records from data received from other System and if Duplicate record found then avoid creation of records based on Duplicate Detection rules specified in the System and get the List of the Duplicate Records found in the system. The Duplicate Detection rules might… Read More: Use RetrieveDuplicateRequest in Dynamics CRM »

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: ExecuteMultiple & Workflow or Plugin Assemblies »

Creating Calendar rules with Breaks in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015

Introduction: Microsoft Dynamics CRM has comprehensive Calendar management capabilities to manage work schedules. You are allowed to not only specify the work hours but also the break times when the resource would be unavailable. Here we are demonstrating how to add breaks to daily work schedule programmatically. Calendar and Calendar rules entities in CRM are… Read More: Creating Calendar rules with Breaks in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 »

API functions to control Subgrid behavior starting Dynamics CRM 2015 Update 1

Introduction: Prior to CRM2015 update 1 the only available function for interacting with the subgrids on the form was refresh(). This function is used to refresh the sub-grid records. With the release of CRM 2015 update 1, more functions were introduced to interact with the sub-grid using JavaScript. Function list: 1. addOnLoad 2. removeOnLoad Use… Read More: API functions to control Subgrid behavior starting Dynamics CRM 2015… »

Custom Actions in Dynamics CRM 2015 – Most Clicked Post

While the team has been working on new innovations and cracking new tips and tricks for Dynamics CRM 2015 (we love doing that), our marketing team has been watching closely on the impression rate and clicks on posts. There were quite a many but we picked some posts which have been most helpful to our… Read More: Custom Actions in Dynamics CRM 2015 – Most Clicked Post »

Load Data from Web Service to Dynamics CRM using SSIS

Introduction: Sometimes there are cases where we need to make a call to web service, from where we get data and save that data to Dynamics CRM entity. The response which we get from web service is in xml form. In one of our recent post we explained about Iterating and Processing Records in Dynamics CRM… Read More: Load Data from Web Service to Dynamics CRM using SSIS »