Category Archives: Power Automate

Option to change Data type to AutoNumber for existing Text fields now available with the new maker experience for Power Platform!

Back in the old days, we had to write custom plugins to auto-generate code values to automatically assign sequential numbers to records being created. To overcome this issue of having to generate unique values at all times through custom code and to support the auto generation of a codes based on a given seed and… Read More: Option to change Data type to AutoNumber for existing Text… »

Microsoft Power Automate Flow Trigger Conditions & CDS Filter Expressions Explained!

Microsoft Power Automate Flows are the recommended path forward for extending business logic that traditionally was extended using Plugins and Workflows. For code execution trigger we were only offered message as an option and in case of the update message a step forward to choose the fields that need to be updated for the plugin… Read More: Microsoft Power Automate Flow Trigger Conditions & CDS Filter Expressions… »

How to pass Power Apps Collection in Power Automate using Json Function

Introduction Earlier, we have seen how to pass parameter from Power Apps to Power Automate. In today’s blog, we will explore how to pass the Collection from Power Apps (Canvas App) to Power Automate. A collection in Power Apps is used to store data. You can explore more about Collection in Power Apps here. Now,… Read More: How to pass Power Apps Collection in Power Automate using… »

Advanced filtering options for home grid views now available – 2020 Release Wave 1 – Power Apps

And this week’s update includes a filter button on the home grid views! Yes, the familiar Advanced find icon! As you know, Advanced find UI still uses the classic web UI and has been waiting for an upgrade and looks like this is the beginning. Here is what the new UI looks like today: It… Read More: Advanced filtering options for home grid views now available –… »

Embedding Canvas Power Apps to Microsoft Teams

In our previous post, we saw various apps to which a canvas app can be added. In continuation to this, here is another application where the canvas app can be easily added – Microsoft Teams. Moreover, to ease the process of adding canvas apps to teams, you now have an option right there i.e. ‘Add… Read More: Embedding Canvas Power Apps to Microsoft Teams »

How to develop PCF control using Office UI Fabric

Introduction PCF stands for PowerApps Component Framework. PCF is used to build the full custom component to enrich user experience. On the other hand, Office UI Fabric is a responsive, mobile-first, front-end framework for developers which is designed to make it simple to create web experiences quickly using the Office Design Language. Recently, we had… Read More: How to develop PCF control using Office UI Fabric »

Embedding Canvas Apps within Model Driven Apps, Power Apps Portal, Power BI and Custom Websites

Canvas Apps is the new Citizen developer to quickly design pixel perfect mobile apps with very little to no pro-dev knowledge. While Model Driven apps allow for drag and drop interface for form design, they still do have a strict layout and you cannot really place controls wherever you want. This is where Canvas Apps… Read More: Embedding Canvas Apps within Model Driven Apps, Power Apps Portal,… »

Power Automate Flows now available from within Business Process Flows

Business Process Flow helps business visualize their process flow on the Dynamics 365 CRM records and see the progress and the current status of the record along the process. Business processes often require automation of certain actions upon achieving certain stages of the process. With this in mind Microsoft included the ability to invoke. 1.… Read More: Power Automate Flows now available from within Business Process Flows »

Associate / Disassociate two entities with 1: N and N: N relationship using Relate & Unrelate records in Power Automate

Introduction Power Automate has been introducing new features and one of them is ‘Relate/Unrelate Records’ feature. This is a step towards new common data service connector and it supports 1: N, N: N relationships. Now, let’s see with an example how it works. We have two entities ‘Contact’ and ‘Web Role’ and there is N:… Read More: Associate / Disassociate two entities with 1: N and N:… »

How to run PCF Control in Multilanguage using .resx (resource) files

Introduction In this blog, we will see how to run PCF Control in multiple languages. Let’s consider a scenario where we have one PCF field control, which contains some user interface part which we currently display in only one language i.e English. Now, we want to display PCF control UI part in more than one… Read More: How to run PCF Control in Multilanguage using .resx (resource)… »