FetchXML Builder and Friends at D365UG Virtual Summer Camp

2018-07-242020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 2 Comments

On August 7-9, the first ever Virtual Summer Camp for the Dynamics 365 platform will take place.

During this free event the D365UG offer some 30+ sessions with focus on Customer Service and Field/Project Service.

I will be doing one of a few cross vertical sessions, where I discuss and demonstrate some useful XrmToolBox tools that help customizers, administrators and users with information analysis and enhancing the capabilities of the system.

Below is a description of my session – enjoy and make sure you sign up! Click the link: D365UG Virtual Summer Camp

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FetchXML Builder for Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM got an extreme makeover

2018-01-052020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 7 Comments

The first release of FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox in 2018 contains a major face-lift.

New year – new design! After more than three years since first release, the time has come to use all the feedback from issues on GitHub, comments on Twitter, and collected statistics to improve the UI. This article describes some of the major changes introduced with the first release of 2018.

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Create advanced views with FetchXML Builder

2015-05-302020-08-21 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 4 Comments

My first article published on MSDynamicsWorld.com gives a detailed instruction on how to use FetchXML Builder to create advanced views in Microsoft Dynamics CRM – so advanced they are not possible to create using the CRM UI.

Read the full article here.

Integrating FetchXML Builder with other plugins

2015-04-132021-11-25 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ 1 Comment

With the next release of FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox it is possible for other tools to benefit from the UI FetchXML Builder offers to compose queries to be used for any purpose.

The MessageBus functionality introduced in pull request #101 of XrmToolBox makes it possible to communicate between plugins within the tool. Continue reading “Integrating FetchXML Builder with other plugins” →

Introduction to FetchXML Builder

2015-04-012021-11-25 ~ Jonas Rapp ~ Leave a comment

FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox is getting more and more attention and is now downloaded and used in most parts of the world. Current numbers indicate a total download count of about 1600, and top count for a single version is close to 400. So I figured it was probably time to write an introduction to the tool, though I have actually received very few questions about how to use it (is it really that intuitive and self-explanatory??) There is now a page on this blog dedicated to FetchXML Builder with brief information on how to use the tool and what features it offers. It begins like this: Continue reading “Introduction to FetchXML Builder” →