Are you as impatient as I am and gets annoyed when you create or reset a Dataverse environment in the admin portal and can't see it in the maker portal? Well with a couple of clicks I can show you how you go to open your environment and start building solutions in no time. The... Continue Reading →
Build Deployable Power Automate Flows for Dynamics Customer Voice with Environment Variables
Dynamics Customer Voice is the survey tool that stores all its data in Dataverse. Dataverse have quite the process to maintain a healthy ALM and deployment process, but if you plan to include Customer Voice in your solution it can complicate things. This is how I solved this challenge, with help and inspiration from my... Continue Reading →
A Double Expand Query and Some Missing Dynamic Content in Power Automate
Just earlier this week I had to do a double expand (getting data from a table that are two relationships away) and realized that when I did that, I didn't get any dynamic content. Bleh. Well. Not too difficult to solve with an expression, continue to read to find out how. An example scenario So... Continue Reading →
Help! I Need a Code Component!
Have you browsed the PCF Gallery and thought: WOW, this is exactly what I need! Do you know how to actually incorporate an open source PCF/Code Component in your solution and maintain high quality? These are some of the things you need to consider. What is a Code Component/PCF? So let's start with some background.... Continue Reading →
How to create in-app Notifications with Navigation in Model-driven Apps with Power Automate
Isn't that title a mouthful? The thing is when you read the microsoft documentation on this feature it's mostly code instructions apart from how to create a really basic notifications. But what if I don't want to use JavaScript and still want those fancy pancy navigation links in my notifications? Here is how. Background As... Continue Reading →
Get App ID with List Records in Power Automate
The new UCI and the ability to have several model driven apps changed the playground a lot for us ol' dynamics folks. It brought shiny new capabilities and flexibility but it also brought a tiny bit of more complexity to the game. Suddenly when you want to send an e-mail with a record URL you... Continue Reading →
Compare Classic Workflows to Power Automate Flows
This past weekend I was in Amsterdam and presented on the differences between classic workflows and flows in Power Automate. It was such a great event, and a subject dear to my heart. I'm sharing my slides from the session if you would like to get an overview of my conclusions. Ask away if you... Continue Reading →
Deploy Your CDS Flows Without Updating the Connection
Have you tried to deploy Solutions containing Flows? Do you always spend time on updating the connections in your target environment? You might not have to. Updating Connections The ALM story of Flows still have quite a journey to go. If you've ever deployed a solution with Flows you've noticed that they are generally turned... Continue Reading →
Be Lazy: Filter List Records in Power Automate with FetchXML Builder
If you navigate to the classic workflow designer you've probably seen the recommendation to use Microsoft Flow for background workflows. Although we're not completely there yet with parity between the two - Power Automate is the way forward. Without mentioning all the differences between Flows and Classic Workflows, Power Automate has one HUGE advantage: List... Continue Reading →
Retrieve Records in N:N relationships with FetchXML and the New CDS Connector in Microsoft Flow
Have you tried to retrieve a list of records in Flow and had to go trough a many to many relationship condition? If you have I can relate to the frustration and complication that task brought. Earlier this week I found a solution - and it was easy, really easy. Let me show you what... Continue Reading →
Sara Lagerquist 