Olena's Dynamics Blog (post-AI)
Writing as a human
Author: Olena Grischenko (she/her)
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There are multiple ways to specify an entity type in PowerApps. Most of the time you would use something like an optionset field or reference to a list type via lookup. However, in those cases you need help from someone who’s got the power to customise the system for you or has the permissions to…
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Problem: Microsoft Labs AttachmentManagement solution doesn’t allow to download attachments via plugin for files,synced to Azure BLOB storage . Solution: download BLOB, using a custom plugin or custom WF activity. Mind mapping(please don’t try any of this, it doesn’t work): first, I found this link: https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/heralddyncrm/archive/2018/05/27/upload-and-download-files-in-azure-blob-using-c It worked perfectly while I was unit testing. Then I…
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We were working on the implementation of the dynamic portal Enquiry form, where form tabs and sections get displayed based on the trigger field value. First, we tried to share some fields among multiple tabs. This approach is supported in CRM but portal doesn’t like it, apparently. So we were getting the error on the…
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I have a list of emails, which are UPNs (user principal name), which I am using in a query filter to retrieve an information for Azure AD users. Honestly, I was exploring, trying to figure out the best way to query, knowing that IN {} statement is not supported for the filter. What is supported? Also,…
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Let’s say, you have a task to draw an elephant trunk. You are very excited about the elephant trunk project. It’s going to be cool, it’s going to be an Agile project, of course. To play it safe, we can always modify the trunk, change a color, a size, a style. We will present the…