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    Canvas App Import Failure | CanvasAppEnvironmentMismatch error

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    February 9, 2021

    We configured a new Dynamics Instance copied from another Instance using ‘Customizations and schema only’ option. While importing a solution with a Canvas App, the solution import failed with CanvasAppEnvironmentMismatch error CanvasApp import: FAILURE: Code: CanvasAppEnvironmentMismatch Message: The specified app ‘xxx-xx-xxxx-xx’ belongs to the environment ‘xxx-xx-xxxx-xx’ and not ‘xxx-xx-xxxx-xx’ which…

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    Power Automate Flows | ‘Callback Registration Expander’ System Jobs stuck at ‘Waiting For Resources’

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    January 30, 2021

    We set up a new Dynamics Instance by copying from another Instance using ‘Copy environment’ option from Power Platform Admin Center. We opted ‘Copy over’ as ‘Customization and schema only’, as we don’t need the data to be copied over to the Target instance. On the Target instance we’ve started…

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    [Step by Step] Debug Model Driven and Canvas Apps using ‘Monitor’ tool

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    January 26, 2021

    Monitor tool overview Using Monitor tool, Makers of canvas apps can view events while building a new app or to monitor published apps. Makers of model-driven apps can monitor page navigation, command executions, form-related issues, and other major actions. Using Monitor with Model Driven App Lets see step by step to…

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    Canvas App | Dataverse | Distribute columns to multiple forms and Patch

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    January 18, 2021

    When working with large tables in Canvas App’s Phone layout Forms, it would be counterintuitive to place all the fields in a single form. In below screen, user has to scroll a lot to fill all the details. In this article, lets see how we can simplify above screen by…

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    [Step by Step] Canvas App | Dataverse | Filter, Patch, For All, Lookup

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    January 3, 2021

    In this article, lets understand the Filter, Patch, For All and more functions and formulas using following ‘Car and Customer’ scenario. I will be using Dataverse formerly CDS as Data Source. Create a ‘Manufacturer’ table to store Car manufactures. Use OOB ‘Contact’ table to store Customers. Create a ‘Cars’ table…

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    Power Apps | Microsoft Dataverse

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    November 17, 2020

    Microsoft Dataverse Common Data Service (CDS), the sophisticated and secure backbone that powers Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse Some terminology in Microsoft Dataverse has been updated. For example, entity is now ‘Table’ and field is now ‘Column’. Learn more. Microsoft Dataverse for Teams Microsoft Dataverse…

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    Canvas Apps | Useful formulas and functions

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    November 15, 2020

    In this article, I am collating the useful formulas which are frequently used in Canvas Apps. For all functions, I am going to use a Textbox control ‘txtInput’ as reference. Match Validates User inputs based on predefined or custom patterns. For example, you can confirm whether the user has entered…

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    [Code Snippet] Set Business process flow (BPF) stage using C#

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    October 15, 2020

    Assume you have a BPF with 3 Stages on an Entity ‘Employer’. When you create a new ‘Employer’ record, by default ‘Stage-1’ gets set. What if you have to create the ‘Employer’ record with a different stage. Lets see how to create a record and set the desired BPF stage…

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    Power Apps | Unable to query Canvas App using CDS WebAPI

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    September 27, 2020

    In my Power Apps Environment I have the following ‘Hello World’ Canvas App. When I query ‘Canvas App’ entity using Web API from same Environment, there were no Canvas App records returned. Reason: If you create a Canvas App from ‘Apps’ tab outside of solutions or imported any App to…

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    Power Platform Admin Analytics

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    September 27, 2020

    In previous Dynamics versions, with the help of Organization Insights, available as a preferred solution from AppSource, we can get the organization level insights such as No of Active Users, API Calls, etc. Now  these analytics can be viewed right from the Power Platform Admin Center with no need of…

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