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Continue reading →: There is no active transaction – Error on Case Resolution
I have an on demand workflow which Resolve the Case’s. I got below exception when I run the workflow against a Case. Reason & Fix – There is no active transaction Error – message usually denotes the failure in any other Plug-in steps already registered on the same event. In…
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Continue reading →: Both ‘amount’ and ‘percentage’ cannot be set – CRM Data Import Error
I got below error when I tried to import OOB ‘ContractDetail’ record using Data Import. Reason: My Data Import template had ‘Discount’ and ‘Discount (%)’ fields and I gave 0 in both fields Since ‘Discount (%)’ is computational field which would auto calculated by system, it given error while…
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Continue reading →: Instance is inactive and unavailable for sign in – CRM online
Recently i signed up for 30 days trail version of CRM online. After provisioning, I was unable to access the Organization as it was inactive and not allowing me to log-in. I did not find resolution myself for this issue, however contacting CRM support team solved the issue. You can also create a Service…
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Continue reading →: Duplicate record execution with System.Timer Elapsed event
We have a windows service with System.Timer control which periodically polls the records from Data Base and processes in its Elapsed event as below. protected void Timer1_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e) { // Business logic goes here } Everything seems working fine until we noticed few records executing twice causing…
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Continue reading →: 2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 170,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 7 days for…
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Continue reading →: Hierarchy Visualization – CRM 2015
With CRM 2015, you can represent self-referenced records in Chart format, this feature called as ‘Hierarchy Visualization’. If the Entity is configured for ‘Hierarchy Visualization’, a symbol as below will appear for Self referenced records. By clicking the chart symbol you will be redirected to below Chart. Every rectangle, contain…
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Continue reading →: Custom Help Pages – CRM 2015
Before CRM 2015 to get custom help pages, the only way is running unsupported PowerShell commands. With CRM 2015, CRM administrators can configure Custom help pages for entire organization or for specific customizable entities. Organization Level Custom Help Go Settings -> Administration -> System Settings Provide URL of the web…
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Continue reading →: Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number – SQL Error
I was getting the below exception when I execute a stored procedure from my C# console application. My Stored procedure executes in Transaction mode and wrapped in Try/Catch block (Refer below) CREATE PROCEDURE [Name] BEGIN TRY BEGIN TRANSACTION; — My SQL Script COMMIT TRANSACTION; END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF XACT_STATE()…
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Continue reading →: Different ways of referencing web resources – CRM
If you have a HTML file added as a Web resource in CRM and it need to refer below web resources new_jquery new_dummy Below are 2 ways to achieve the same Standard Way One way is to follow below convention to refer the web resource files in your HTML file <script src=”../webresources/{webresourcename}”></script> Referencing by folders Assume…
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Continue reading →: CRM 2015 Enhancements and new features
CRM 2015 is the latest advent of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and its previously code named as “Vega”. As you get lot of resources about CRM 2015 over internet, this article briefs you about major enhancements and new features. Calculated and Roll-up Fields Prior to Dynamics CRM 2015, to perform calculations or…


