Category Archives: Technical

Image Classification model by Microsoft Lobe in Power Apps – Part 1

Introduction: With the growth in technology we have seen an incline towards the technologies related to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in our day-to-day life. In recent few years Microsoft has been pushing Low-Code/ No-Code ideology and have been incorporating ML and AI technologies in their PCF control, AI Builder Models, etc. Evidence of this… Read More: Image Classification model by Microsoft Lobe in Power Apps –… »

Sequence Stats and Reshuffling of columns in Sales Accelerator

Introduction: Recently in Dynamics 365 CRM 2022 release wave1, I came across new capabilities that are added in the Sequence grid. There are two capabilities that were recently added to help you better understand the sequence and user interactions. The new capabilities introduced are as below: “Sequence Stats”: Used for comparing sequence performance statistics over… Read More: Sequence Stats and Reshuffling of columns in Sales Accelerator »

Validate FetchXml by using ValidateFetchXmlExpression WebAPI function in the script

Introduction: In a recent project, we retrieved Dynamics 365 CRM data using WebAPI and fetchXml expressions. In most cases, we create fetchXml expressions, where we add attributes and filter conditions dynamically in the fetchXml.  When we execute our dynamically created fetchXml expressions, it fails with  different error messages. Here we had come across a requirement… Read More: Validate FetchXml by using ValidateFetchXmlExpression WebAPI function in the script »

How to enable model-driven apps for offline use

Introduction: Recently, Microsoft has announced the availability of the “Mobile Offline” option for Dynamics 365 CRM. This feature allows the user to interact with Dynamics 365 CRM even when there’s an unavailability of internet connection. And once the network is back, the changes or updates made by the user gets synced with Dynamics 365 CRM.… Read More: How to enable model-driven apps for offline use »

File Picker in PowerApps Component Framework

Introduction: There are many methods in PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) that allows you to create more productive and less dependent components. In PCF, you may have created many components to pick something like Color, Date etc. from a third party UI framework. However, what if I tell you that you can now pick files in… Read More: File Picker in PowerApps Component Framework »

Add functionality on opening of a knowledge article using the addOnResultOpened API

Introduction: As we all know, Microsoft’s most recent release of the Client API References includes a slew of new features. Microsoft offers several Client APIs that allow developers to seamlessly interface with Dynamics 365 CRM. In this blog we’ll look at one of the Client APIs that uses Knowledge Base Search Control and call specific… Read More: Add functionality on opening of a knowledge article using the… »

Open the respective Knowledge Base search result using the openSearchResult API

Introduction: Microsoft presents a range of client APIs that enable developers to interact flawlessly with Dynamics 365 CRM. One of its recent addition is the openSearchResult, which opens one of the knowledge base article listed as per the search in the search control. Now whenever we search for any article in knowledge based search control,… Read More: Open the respective Knowledge Base search result using the openSearchResult… »

Execute Commands Programmatically in PCF Dataset Component

Introduction: Recently, we came across a new method in PCF – retrieveRecordCommand. This method will help us to retrieve the related commands for specific record(s). It also gives the flexibility to retrieve only specific commands that the user wants to see. So, let’s see a scenario in which this method would come handy. Let’s say… Read More: Execute Commands Programmatically in PCF Dataset Component »