Themes in Power Apps maker portal

2020-11-212020-11-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 2 Comments

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When Microsoft introduced Themes in Microsoft Dynamics 365, they moved away from the old Ford approach:

Any customer can have a CRM painted
any color that he wants,
so long as it is black.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM branding department before themes

It was now possible to specify custom color schemes and even your own logo.

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Custom Translations – the Easy Way

2020-11-012020-11-01 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 1 Comment

In many customer projects and products, I have built solutions for managing translations in Microsoft Dynamics 365 / CDS / CRM.
Sure, the metadata can be translated to show labels etc in the language of the user, but having a custom solution for translations ensures localized content for texts that are shown to the user from code or automation.

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A Pro Code Escape in Power Automate

2020-09-102020-09-22 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 4 Comments

Microsoft Power Automate is a fantastic platform when it comes to low-code automation, with connectors to literally hundreds of data sources.
But what if you need to do something too complex for the existing flow actions?
**Take the Pro Code Escape with the Common Data Service.**

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Personal Branding according to Jonas

2020-08-202020-08-25 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 3 Comments

Microsoft MVP Megan Walker recently reached out to fellow MVPs to get their views and experiences around Personal Branding. She had eleven questions on the topic, and of course I wanted to give her and the world my thoughts.

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CDS Saturday – October 24

2020-08-172020-08-20 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 1 Comment

Welcome to Dataflex CDS Saturday Stockholm Online!

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FetchXML Builder July 2020 Release

2020-07-222020-09-10 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 1 Comment

With the July 2020 release of FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox the new Column Comparison feature of the FetchXML language is supported. Read more about all new features and fixes below.

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New website launched: fetchxmlbuilder.com

2020-07-202020-07-20 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 1 Comment

Any tool worth its salt deserves a dedicated website. Six years after initial release, FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox finally has its own home on the Internet.

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Querying date intervals in the Common Data Service

2020-06-012020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 10 Comments

Querying date intervals in Microsoft Common Data Service, Power Apps and Dynamics 365 is not always possible using Advanced Find nor is it as easy as working with plain SQL.

TL;DR – with FetchXML this is quite possible!

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Git Submodules in Visual Studio

2020-04-122020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 4 Comments

Ever since I started working with development, I have both created and consumed libraries, frameworks, utilities and snippets to simplify and streamline my code. The methods to include this code have varied a lot; from simply copy-pasting code to linked files to private NuGet servers with build automation, full CI/CD etc.

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Conditional Unique Auto Number Sequences in Microsoft Dynamics 365 / CRM

2020-03-052020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 8 Comments

A common request for Auto Numbers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CDS/CRM) is to have one number field with different formats and unique sequences based on data on the record or it’s parents.
I call this “Conditional Unique Auto Number Sequences”.

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Microsoft Power Automate is a fantastic platform when it comes to low-code automation, with connectors to literally hundreds of data sources.But what if you need to do something too complex for the existing flow actions?Take the Pro Code Escape with the Common Data Service.

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Microsoft MVP Megan Walker recently reached out to fellow MVPs to get their views and experiences around Personal Branding. She had eleven questions on the topic, and of course I wanted to give her and the world my thoughts.

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Welcome to Dataflex CDS Saturday Stockholm Online!

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With the July 2020 release of FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox the new Column Comparison feature of the FetchXML language is supported. Read more about all new features and fixes below.

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Any tool worth its salt deserves a dedicated website. Six years after initial release, FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox finally has its own home on the Internet.

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Querying date intervals in Microsoft Common Data Service, Power Apps and Dynamics 365 is not always possible using Advanced Find nor is it as easy as working with plain SQL.

TL;DR – with FetchXML this is quite possible!

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A common request for Auto Numbers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CDS/CRM) is to have one number field with different formats and unique sequences based on data on the record or it’s parents.I call this “Conditional Unique Auto Number Sequences”.

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Microsoft Power Automate is a fantastic platform when it comes to low-code automation, with connectors to literally hundreds of data sources.
But what if you need to do something too complex for the existing flow actions?
**Take the Pro Code Escape with the Common Data Service.**

A common request for Auto Numbers in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CDS/CRM) is to have one number field with different formats and unique sequences based on data on the record or it’s parents.
I call this “Conditional Unique Auto Number Sequences”.