Follow Debajit’s Power Apps & Dynamics 365 Blog on WordPress.com This is fairly simple one especially after my last blog. But I bet this may be more required than what I wrote for my previous blog. In this blog I am going to discuss the following How to remove HTML tags from a string in …
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Follow Debajit’s Power Apps & Dynamics 365 Blog on WordPress.com This one is a really cool requirement I came across today. I had this requirement, I implemented it and I can’t wait to share it with my readers. So what am I going to cover here? In this blog I am going to cover the …
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Do you know the following? Trim() function in canvas apps not only removes text from the end but also from within the text? There is a separate function TrimEnds() and how does it differ from Trim()? How do you trim spaces from the items inside a collection? If you are aware of all the three …
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I am back with another blog on PowerApps and this time it’s on Canvas apps. With canvas apps gaining popularity among customers by each day, more and more possibilities are explored and as a consultant I am exposed to a wide array of customer requirements. And here in this blog, I am going to discuss …
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This one is pretty interesting and also the one which took me by surprise. The requirement was very simple – I have a canvas app screen from where I needed to update back CDS account record. Apart from few other fields, I also needed to clear the Primary contact field on Account which is basically …
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Do you have the following requirements for your canvas apps? You are using the form control in your canvas app and you want to make a field mandatory/ non-mandatory depending on business logic You are not using a form. However you have some input controls which should be made required depending on business logic. If …
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Do you have the following requirements? You want to display dropdown items as checkbox inside a canvas app You want to display a Two option field of Common data service as checkbox inside a canvas app. If you have these requirements, then this blog might save your day. Well for anyone who is wondering what …
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Do you have the following requirements? You want to pass an array from a Canvas App to a Power Automate You want to pass an array from Model Driven apps to Power Automate. You have to parse JSON data in your canvas app and perform further processing. If your requirement is similar to this, this …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com I am back with another blog and this time it’s a blog on canvas apps. And quite an interesting requirement as well. It’s about creating accounts in bulk from a Canvas app. So …
I am back with another blog topic and this time it is about business rules in canvas apps. If you have been working on Dynamics 365 / CDS, you must be aware of business rules. In case you are no aware of business rules, I strongly recommend to go through the Microsoft documentation before proceeding. …
Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com This one will be real quick. A small and effective one I should say. But before we go into the solution, let’s understand the problem statement here. My customer have a canvas app …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com This one is pretty cool and it was delight to achieve this. The requirement here is pretty simple. Customer have Dynamics 365 instance and they have a canvas app with Dynamics 365 (CDS) …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com With every new release of Canvas apps, Microsoft add new features to it’s kitty. Today I will explain one of these features. And that is the ability to associate records in Canvas apps. …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com In this blog, I am going to walk you on how to manage version in Canvas app. Also I am going to discuss on how we can restore a canvas app to it’s …
Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com The introduction of Canvas Apps have completely changed the way of developing apps. App development was always a developer’s paradise. With canvas apps, it’s a level playing field for developer and Power Users …
Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com Working with date and time values are one of the most common requirements across implementations irrespective of the technology and the same applies to PowerApps canvas apps. And Canvas app have power functions …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.com Every now and then when you design a Canvas App, you may be required to accomplish the following requirements. Pass data from one screen to another while navigating to the new screen. Identity …
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Follow my blog for more interesting topics on Dynamics 365, Portals and Power Platform. For training and consulting, write to us at info@xrmforyou.comThis one is a really simple trick which is required in so many. How can I specify multiple JSONFormat values inside JSON() function in canvas app? Before I go ahead and provide an answer …
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Follow Debajit’s Power Apps & Dynamics 365 Blog on WordPress.com Canvas apps have really taken the art of developing pretty neat apps for mobile platforms from a niche set of developers to a wide platform of developers, consultants and business users. And with Microsoft adding features to the Power platform framework every now and then, I …
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I had this requirement lately and the first time I heard this I thought, is this even possible? But then I never doubt about the every increasing capability of canvas apps. So decided to do a search. And guess what! Found this wonderful documentation here with a complete solution. https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/using-business-process-flows-in-a-canvas-app/ I am simply falling in …
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