Olena's Dynamics Blog (post-AI)
Writing as a human
Author: Olena Grischenko (she/her)
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This article is using a test data because using customer data is wrong. The rest is very practical stuff. If you don’t use Dataflow for Power Apps still I think you should. I am trying to solve a typical problem. We’ve got a Choice column Business Type for Account (for example). We need to remove…
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Recently I posted about the same issue: https://wordpress.com/post/msolenacrm.blog/1580 . Yesterday I discovered a new way. It looks like OData connector is more friendly than the Web API one. Use FetchXmlBuilder to help you to build the query. Start creating you Dataflow: For the data source on the tab Other pick up the OData connector. For…
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In the morning i tried to bring back some stuff from UAT. When I tried to import my solution back to DEV I was getting errors. My solution contained Flows. Why do I use the classic admin interface to import solutions? Read this article: https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/msolenacrm.blog/1608 I went the classic interface to import the solution. I’ve…
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I was importing my unmanaged solution then the error has occurred. I was using a new UI. After spending some unpleasant time researching and trying different things I came across this post in the Hosk’s blog: https://crmbusiness.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/dynamics-365-solution-error%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8acomponents-are-missing-import-the-managed-solution-with-these-components-active/ Thank you very much, Hosk, you are truly marvelous! I realized that I have to switch to the…
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In my Dataflow you would like to query CDS data. This is how I you it. Click on New dataflow and enter the name. On the next screen on the tab Other select Web API. Go to your model-driven app Advanced Settings. Select Customizations -> Developer Resources. Copy Instance Web API Service Root URL. Paste…