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    [Beginners] Power Fx: ShowColumns, AddColumns, RenameColumns and DropColumns

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    April 25, 2024

    ShowColumns, AddColumns, RenameColumns and DropColumns are Power Fx functions which helps you to shape your collection. In this article, I will try to explain these functions with a simple scenario. Scenario: Let’s get started and execute our scenario by building a simple Canvas App. Steps to create the canvas App:…

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    [Tip] Stick a control to the right side of the Parent

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    April 23, 2024

    I have a button added to a Gallery control, and I want it to always be positioned to the right side of the gallery. So, as shown below, I set the X property of the button control to a specific number, which positioned the button to appear on the right…

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    [Tip] Dataverse | Quickly copy column’s Logical and Schema names

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    April 22, 2024

    Did you know that you can quickly copy the columns Logical and Schema names from the column’s context menu? 🙂

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  • CRM

    Power Automate | Insert a new option for a global or local option set (Choice) field

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    April 22, 2024

    In this article, let’s learn how to insert a new option for a global or local option set using the InsertOptionValue unbound action in Power Automate. Create new option in global choices field: Now lets see how to create new option in local choice field. Create new choice in local…

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  • CRM, Power Platform

    Microsoft Adoption | Sample solution gallery

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    April 19, 2024

    Imagine you’re new to Power Platform and eager to learn from others’ experiences in app development. Did you know that you can explore and download amazing apps/solutions of others from a sample gallery? Go to Microsoft Adoption portal and navigate to Solutions > Sample Solution Gallery. Let’s discover how to…

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    Power Automate | Achieve transaction and rollbacks using Changeset request

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    April 16, 2024

    Imagine a scenario where you need to perform the following actions as a transaction: if any operation fails, all completed operations should be rolled back. To achieve this scenario in Power Automate, we can utilize the Perform a changeset request action. However, it’s not straightforward, and I’ll explain why. Lets…

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  • CRM

    Power Automate | Dataverse | Create row by setting lookup column with ‘Key’

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    April 14, 2024

    Imagine you’re in the midst of creating a Contact record in Cloud Flow using Dataverse > Add a new row action. You can easily set the ‘Company Name’ field, which is a lookup, with the syntax: accounts({account_guid}), as shown below. Did you know that instead of parent record’s GUID, you…

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    [Tip] Useful Free Web APIs to Use in Your Apps

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    April 13, 2024

    I stumbled upon these two fantastic free web APIs that you can use to test your applications/flows. Bored API: httpstat.us API: 🙂

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  • CRM, Power Platform

    Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) | Create React (virtual) code component.

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    April 11, 2024

    In 2020, I created the PCF Beginner Guide post, which explains the basics of Power Apps component framework. Since then, there have been numerous changes to the framework, prompting me to write another blog post on React based virtual code components. Please note that if you are familiar with the term…

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  • Canvas Apps, CRM

    [Beginner’s Guide] Canvas App: Building Scrollable Screens

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    April 10, 2024

    Let’s say you have a canvas app screen with two containers as shown below. Initially, both containers’ heights were set to 500 px, so they both fit into the screen. Now lets make the ‘Container1’ height to 1000 px. As you notice, ‘Container 1’ has taken up the entire screen,…

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