In Dynamics 365 you are able to create a 1 to N, N to 1 or N to N relationship between two Entities. With this you also have the option to create a self-referential relationship. The screenshot below is an example of an N to N self-referential relationship created on the Account entity with the rel
Read the full article hereRecently one of our clients ran into issues with the Dynamic 365 Portal. As we were attempting to find a solution to the issues they were receiving we came across the error message shown in the below screenshot. As you can see, this is a very generic error and doesn’t provide us with much informati
Read the full article hereWith recent upgrades to the Dynamics 365 Portal there are a few new options available on the Portal Configuration page. These options can be seen on the left side navigation in the screenshot below. To get to this configuration page you need to navigate to the Dynamics 365 Administration Center, cli
Read the full article hereWith Dynamics 365 v9 Views and Subgrids you can now make each row editable without having to open the record itself. This can be activated for specific Views and Subgrids or at an Entity Level so all Views for a certain Entity become editable. Separate to this, the ability to filter Associated Views
Read the full article hereIn Dynamics 365 you can select the default view that a Lookup field will display when selecting an existing Lookup value. Along with this you are also able to select which views, if any, a User can select. In D365 v9 however there is an issue that can occur when defaulting the view, which will be de
Read the full article hereRecently one of our clients ran into an issue with the Dynamics 365 Portals create record functionality. After completing and submitting an insert entity form, a generic error was returned, and the record was not created. This blog shows an example of the issue and how to resolve it. The screenshots
Read the full article hereIn Dynamics 365 v9 both views and subgrids now have the option to become editable. When the option for editable grids has been enabled, the fields of the records can be edited from the view itself, so Users no longer have to enter each record individually. Views can be made editable from the view cu
Read the full article hereWhen creating an Azure Web Job, you have the option to create a ‘continuous’ web job or a ‘triggered’ web job. With triggered jobs you can decide whether this should only be triggered manually or be triggered on a schedule. The screenshot above shows a web job which is set to be triggered every 30
Read the full article hereWithin Dynamics 365 fields can be set as business required, which helps to ensure these fields need to be populated for the record to be saved. Fields can also be set as read-only, preventing Users from entering data manually. Prior to v9, the business required validation was always enforced, even i
Read the full article hereWith each Dynamics 365 subscription you have the option to create a Dynamics Web Portal which is integrated with CRM. This Web Portal can be configured from the Office 365 Admin Portal by navigating to the Dynamics 365 area, selecting the applications tab and selecting to configure the Portal Add-On
Read the full article hereQuick View Forms in Dynamics 365 are a nice way to display data from a related record without having to write any kind of code to retrieve it. The screenshot below shows part of an Account form, which has a lookup to a Parent Account. The Customer Details section in the bottom part of the screenshot
Read the full article hereMicrosoft’s Bot Framework allows developers to easily create and deploy bots to many different channels, one of which being a Cortana channel. Once your bot has been developed and is ready to publish, you can make this available for use by Cortana as a ‘Cortana Skill’. You can find more information
Read the full article hereWith Dynamics 365 v9 being available there have been a few noticeable changes to the User Interface as you can see in the screenshot below. One of the more noticeable differences can be seen when comparing the ‘Account Name’ field and the ‘Phone’ field below. Both fields are set as business required
Read the full article hereIf you have Windows 10 then chances are that you also have Cortana, which is an Artificial Intelligence Personal Assistant. Cortana can perform many tasks like creating reminders, searching online with Bing, tracking flights, etc. This can all be done from the start menu using either your voice or i
Read the full article hereAdaptive Cards are a great way to display an interactive card-like interface within applications like Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Bots and many more. The screenshot below shows a simple adaptive card which can be shown in different web chat channels and has a variety of text, an image and two buttons.
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