Category Archives: Technical

Outlook style preview panes now possible using Side Panes with Power Platform Wave 2 2021 Release

Introduction The release of Power Platform Wave 2 2021 has brought in some amazing features and functionalities. One of which is the Side Panes and the ability to incorporate multiple panels in it. In the earlier article we discussed how the panels are now capable of displaying entity forms, lists and even web resources and… Read More: Outlook style preview panes now possible using Side Panes with… »

Exclusive sneak peek at the new multi-tab Panel (Side Panes)

Introduction The release of Power Platform Wave 2 2021 has brought in some amazing features and functionalities. One of which is the Side Panes and the ability to incorporate multiple panels in it. Earlier we had the provision to open a single panel using the method below Xrm.Panel.loadPanel(URL, title) Although this was an intuitive addition… Read More: Exclusive sneak peek at the new multi-tab Panel (Side Panes) »

Consuming REST API using HTTP connector of Power Automate Flow from Power Virtual Agents

Power Virtual Agents are the no-code/low-code Chatbot offering within its Power Platform offering. An intuitive drag and drop interface helps to get started quickly with building your first interactive bot that can assist your users with common queries with the ability to handover to human agent when it is beyond the bot to respond to… Read More: Consuming REST API using HTTP connector of Power Automate Flow… »

Programmatically know the Time control Status using the GetState method

Introduction Often we use Dynamic 365 Time Control when we want to keep track of time based on a certain date. E.g. Whether a Lead has been qualified before the estimated close date etc. In this blog, we will see how we can programmatically get the status of the Time Control using form scripting. To… Read More: Programmatically know the Time control Status using the GetState method »

Multiselect Lookup control PCF now available in Dynamics 365 CRM

Introduction: With the release of the Power Apps Component Framework, the focus has now drastically shifted to designing a UI that is intuitive to use especially one that requires minimal clicks to get going. N: N relationships have long been a touchy topic, here, where if you would like to associate more than one record… Read More: Multiselect Lookup control PCF now available in Dynamics 365 CRM »

Use of Custom API in Power Automate Flow

Introduction As seen in our previous blog, we can create a custom API that can be triggered in Dynamics 365 CRM Workflows. But since Microsoft is moving away from Dynamics 365 CRM Workflows to Power Automate Flows, we should too. So, in this blog, we will see how to use the same Custom API in… Read More: Use of Custom API in Power Automate Flow »

Enhanced user experience with new Modern Control on Subject Field

Introduction As we already know the Subject table is used to create a hierarchy of topics to organize and maintain information and categorize service Cases, Knowledge Base Articles, and Products in Dynamics 365 CRM. In recent 2021 Wave 2 release, new user experience on Subject table has been introduced i.e. a new subject control –… Read More: Enhanced user experience with new Modern Control on Subject Field »

How to use a custom API as a step in Dynamics 365 CRM Workflows

Introduction: Microsoft recently introduced us to the Custom API feature which is a new way of creating custom actions in Dynamics 365 CRM as seen in our previous blog. However, while writing the previous blog, there wasn’t any way of using this custom API in workflows. But recently, we did see an approach to make… Read More: How to use a custom API as a step in… »