CRM 3.0 provided limited support for importing data from external files. We were only allowed to import data of few entities like Account, Contact, Lead etc. This feature has been greatly enhanced in version 4.0. The import tool now allows to import data into most of the entities. It also allows for Mapping of attribute… Read More »
In one of our earlier posts we had explained the Duplicate Detection Feature that is now available in Dynamics CRM 4.0. However suppose there was not Duplication detection rule setup and it resulted in you have duplicate records of Accounts in your CRM.For this CRM provides the option to Merge 2 records.This feature is available… Read More »
Execute: The execute event always gets fired when you open the views. Like from Main application view, lookup view, Advanced search view etc. (but not from associated views).While registering this event, no primary entity name is required.Input parameter: fetchxml – The fetchXML query sent.Output parameter: fetchxmlresult – The resultant records of the fetchXML query Retrieve:… Read More »
CRM 4.0 provides a facility to detect duplicate records with same attribute value. To enable the duplicate detection you have to create a duplicate rule. To create duplicate rule GoTo ->Settings->Data Management->Duplicate Detection Rule->New. Then you will get below window. In above screen shot The fields which are covered with red rectangle are as follows… Read More »
CRM supports various Deployment methods and unfortunately for the developers the method to connect to each of these differs. So here are the login functions for each of the Deployment methods supported by Dynamics CRM. On Premise CRM connection: On premise uses AD for authentication. CrmService service = new CrmService(); service.Url = “http://” + servername… Read More »
CRM 3.0 has limited event detection made available using scripting. However It is now possible to detect which user action was performed to Save the form using the event.Mode property in the OnSave event. You can gain more detailed information about the user actions in the OnSave event by referencing the event.Mode values. These values… Read More »
In course of implementation of Dynamics CRM, a number of clients have asked us to display reports designed using Sql Reporting Services (SRS) within CRM as a tab or may be as a option to the Main Menu. This helps the user to quickly check reporting. I have described a simple way to achieve this… Read More »
We can easily edit a record in crm. But what if we need to edit a field of all records with same value. So here, Instead of opening records one by one and editing it, we can also use Bulk edit feature which edits that field in one go for all records.For some records like… Read More »
If you need to show an external page within CRM, you need to provide the URL to the IFRAME in CRM. You will notice that it would not display scrollbars to scroll through the entire web page being displayed in the IFRAME. So it is advised that we create a custom page and add an… Read More »
Sometimes, there is a need to perform a particular task or action repetitively over a period of time. We were in a need to create a task activity after every 2 days against an account. This can be done by creating child workflow and call it from the parent workflow. The child workflow would peform… Read More »