Month: January 2015

{dynamics crm clone record} Using Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm to clone all fields of one record to another in Dynamics CRM.

Looking at the title of the topic, you must be wondering what’s new in here. I think many of us by this time already know that we can clone one record of an entity to create another record easily using the  Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm method. For e.g suppose we have an account record and we have a …

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Error Dialog – using Xrm.Internal.openErrorDialog

By this time many of you might have already explored the Xrm.Internal namespace and displayed your custom webresources in CRM 2013/ 2015 modal style. Well, if you have not, I suggest you check my blog post https://debajmecrm.com/exploring-the-xrm-internal-namespace-in-crm-2013/ to explore the Xrm.Internal namespace and i bet you would like it. Coming back to the topic, if …

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{Dynamics CRM} Create a view in Dynamics CRM that shows UNION of results

Recently we had a requirement where we needed to create a view in Dynamics CRM that shows a UNION of results. To explain it in a more detailed way, let me explain the scenario. We had a custom entity called Opportunity group and under Opportunity Group we had multiple opportunities. Opportunity entity had four custom …

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{Dynamics CRM Error} Error in Microsoft Dynamics CRM email router – Could not verify the version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.The requested organization service could not be activated.

Recently we started noticing this error in the event log  for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router. After a bit of research, we found that the issue was occurring because from the authentication providers, of Microsoft Dynamics CRM website, the Negotiate provider was removed. So we had to add the Negotiate provider back. The following are …

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Displaying On Demand Workflows in sorted order in Dynamics CRM 2013

Recently we had a requirement where we needed to display a specific set of on demand workflows in a specific order for a particular entity. Well is this possible? In a supported way? The answer is No. However if your customer is hell bent on this, you can try the below unsupported approach. This solution …

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{Dynamics CRM Fix} Idiosyncrasies while dealing with Business Process flows in CRM 2013/ 2015.

Looking at the title of the topic, you must be thinking that I am going to discuss any bug in Business process flows. Well not exactly. However there are some situations where using business process flows can lead to confusing errors. Lets see such an example. Let’s say you have a requirement where progression from …

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Reload an entity form in Dynamics CRM 2013/ 2015

From CRM 2013 onwards, many a times we need to reload an entity form since from CRM 2013 after saving of the record, the entire page does not refresh. And frequently to do this, I have come across use of window.location.reload method to do the same. Off course there are ways to asynchronously update the …

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