Category Archives: Technical

Parsing JSON string into a JSON object using ParseJSON() function in Canvas App within Power Platform

A few months ago we published one of our blogs to parse the JSON string using regular expression. As per the blog, to parse the JSON string into JSON object we have to format the JSON string into regular expression format as shown below: “\{“”id””:””(?<id>[^””]*)””,””name””:””(?<name>[^””]*)” Now, we can directly parse JSON string using ParseJSON() function,… Read More: Parsing JSON string into a JSON object using ParseJSON() function… »

New Function Expressions in Power Automate Flow

Introduction Power Automate has been a game changer and a welcomed addition to the suite of tools available for Dynamics 365. This low-code tool has eased the lives of citizen developers and users, who can build and achieve their requirements themselves by simply creating a Power Automate Flow. However, there are still a few functionalities… Read More: New Function Expressions in Power Automate Flow »

Advanced Schedule Board Customizations in Dynamics 365 Field Service

In our previous blog, we looked into basic configurations for extending the Schedule Board functionalities by adding various types of Controls within the Filter Panel, which filters the Bookable Resources based on the filter conditions. There can be various complex scenarios where we have to customize the Dynamics 365 Field Service Schedule board, in this… Read More: Advanced Schedule Board Customizations in Dynamics 365 Field Service »

Steps to use OnOutputChange (Client API reference)

Microsoft recently introduced us to a new set of event handlers, which can be used to register or deregister a function when an output parameter of a PCF control is changed. By using the OnOutputChange method, seamless communication between PCF control & Client API can be established. It is quite interesting to know that this… Read More: Steps to use OnOutputChange (Client API reference) »

New Mobile “Offline-First” Setup within PowerApps

In the last blog, we saw How to enable model-driven apps for offline use. Refer to the following link to enable the model-driven app for offline use. After enabling the app for offline use, the following pop-up gets displayed on the screen. The user is prompted to download the offline data as shown in the… Read More: New Mobile “Offline-First” Setup within PowerApps »

Utilizing the Swarming feature in Teams (PREVIEW) for intelligent collaboration within Dynamics 365

Microsoft is continuously working on the Dynamics 365 feature which leverages the advantage of integration with Teams. In this blog, we will explore one such feature inside the D365 customer service named “Customer support swarming (preview)”. Note that this feature is still in PREVIEW mode. Need: To sustain any business in the long run “Customer… Read More: Utilizing the Swarming feature in Teams (PREVIEW) for intelligent collaboration… »

How to add and subtract date using subtractFromTime() and addToTime() functions within Power Automate

In this blog, let us see how we can add and subtract an ‘x’ time unit such as second, minute, hour, day, week, month, and year into and from the existing date. Requirement: We recently had a client requirement in which, the client wanted to calculate the next follow-up date for the current customer. This… Read More: How to add and subtract date using subtractFromTime() and addToTime()… »

How to overcome the issue of ‘clear fields value’ of Bulk Update command in Resco Mobile App

Resco Woodford has introduced a new feature in the latest release i.e., the Bulk Update option on the view which allows us to select multiple records and to perform Bulk Edit from the mobile app as well. Note: This feature is available in version 15.1 or later of the Woodford and Resco Mobile CRM App.… Read More: How to overcome the issue of ‘clear fields value’ of… »

‘Setting’ as a solution component in Power Apps

Introduction In this blog, we have explained the Setting component of a solution and how to configure or edit the settings using the same. Earlier, this feature was not present in Power Apps, but it has been made available in the 2021 Wave 1 release. The setting component allows administrators or customizers to enable or… Read More: ‘Setting’ as a solution component in Power Apps »