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    Dataverse | Edit table data in Excel and publish it back to Dataverse

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    December 6, 2023

    In my previous article (Use Dataflows to import data from Excel file to Dataverse) I explained the steps to load data from an Excel sheet to Dataverse using the Dataflows. This approach provides the flexibility to transform the data before loading it into Dataverse, along with other rich features of…

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    [Step by Step] Use Dataflows to import data from Excel file to Dataverse | Map lookups

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    November 29, 2023

    In this article, let’s learn how to load data from an Excel sheet into multiple Dataverse tables using Dataflows. Lets first understand what dataflows are. What are dataflows? Now that we know the basics, let’s learn about dataflows using the following scenario. Scenario: Let’s begin the execution of scenarios. Create…

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  • Canvas Apps

    [Quick Tip] Canvas App | Gallery Control | Clear default record selection

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    November 29, 2023

    By default, the first record in the Gallery control is selected. In the example below, ‘Microsoft’ is the first record and is selected by default.. Clear record selection: To prevent any record from being selected by default, use the ‘Default‘ property of the Gallery control and set it to {}.…

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  • Misc

    Pac cli | Update Environment settings

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    November 15, 2023

    Imagine you need to enable the ‘Power Apps component framework for canvas apps‘ setting in your Power Platform environment. The process is straightforward: connect to the Power Platform Admin Center and go to environment settings and enable it as shown below. Alternatively, you can use the following code block to…

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  • Canvas Apps

    [Step by Step] Power Apps | Using ‘Tabs or tab list’ modern control

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    November 14, 2023

    In this article, I will explain how to use Tabs or tab list modern control by building a simple Canvas App. Before we begin, let’s first understand what Modern controls are in canvas apps. Modern controls in Canvas Apps: Enable modern controls and themes for your app: At the time…

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  • Power BI

    Power BI | ‘Datasets’ renamed to ‘Semantic models’

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    November 13, 2023

    Power BI datasets represent enterprise-grade semantic models providing the authoritative source of truth for reports in the largest organizations, promoting consistent, data-driven decisions. The announcement of Microsoft Fabric earlier this year marks the dawn of a new era for the product. In the age of Fabric, the term “dataset” is too generic, and doesn’t…

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  • DevOps

    git checkout | fatal: ‘origin/main’ is not a commit and a branch ‘main’ cannot be created from it

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    November 7, 2023

    We have an Azure DevOps pipeline, and in one of the steps (see below), we trigger the git checkout command. We began encountering the following fatal error. Reason and Fix: 🙂

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  • CRM

    Power Platform Developer Environments | Create on behalf

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    October 27, 2023

    If you’re not familiar, please read this post to understand Power Apps Developer Plan and Developer Environment. Did you know that as an admin you can create a Developer Environment for another User?. You can use ‘Create on behalf‘ toggle and provide the User Id to whom you would want…

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  • Power Platform

    Cloud Flow | Dataverse connector | Connect to other environments (Preview)

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    October 26, 2023

    Ability to connect to a different environment using Dataverse connector has been the most awaited feature. Previously, the available methods to connect to Dataverse in other environments from cloud flows were through the The Dynamic 365 (deprecated) and Microsoft Dataverse (legacy). With this new preview feature, Dataverse connector gains the…

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  • Canvas Apps

    Power Fx Named Formulas | ‘Unrecognized formula’ error

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    October 22, 2023

    You might have encountered an error while referring a named formula in a control. Let me show you an example of the error and how to fix it. Reason and Fix: Refer previous post on Named Formulas, if you are a beginner. 🙂

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