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Continue reading →: Bulk Updating or Inserting records from Excel using CRM Data Import
Hi, In CRM, you may come across scenarios where you need to Update/Insert a very large number of records very quickly. In these cases, opening each record’s form to make the change can be time-consuming. We can handle this better by using CRM Data Import feature by which we can make…
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Continue reading →: “The context is not currently tracking the entity” exception in CRM 2011
Hi, You may come across below exception when you are trying to Create/Update child record in the Parent record context of Plug-in using XRM Linq Scenario :- Imagine you have registered a “Post Update” Plug-in on ‘Account’ entity which Updates an associated ‘Contact’ entity Here the Plug-in runs under Parent Entity Context (i.e., Account)…
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Continue reading →: “Object of type can not be converted to type ‘IBusinessEntity’ ” exception with crm Early Binding
Hi, You may come across below exception in Plug-Ins, while performing Create/Update operation using CRM early binding Exception: Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Object of type ‘entity_name‘ can not be converted to type ‘IBusinessEntity’ Fix :- You need to add below line in your Plug-in project’s “AssemblyInfo.cs” file (Navigate to project folder and go…
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Continue reading →: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel’ exception on wrapper class generation in CRM 2011
Hi, You may come across the below exception while generating wrapper classes using “crmsvcutil.exe” tool which comes along with CRM SDK. Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find specified Reason :- The reason for this error could be the machine…
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Continue reading →: “Could not open a connection to SQL Server” error while installing CRM 2011 Server
Hi, You may come across below exception while installing CRM 2011 Server. “Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server “ Scenario :- You have a standalone machine “VM 1”, with SQL Server 2008 application You have another machine “VM 2”, where you are trying to install “CRM Server” by…
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Continue reading →: JScript validation on Activation/Deactivation of record in CRM 2011
Hi, We can perform JScript validation on Activation or Deactivation of a record in CRM 2011. We can achieve this by reading event save mode from CRM context (i.e.,CRM returns unique Codes or Numbers for different actions; Example 5 for Deactivation button click & 6 for Activation click). Note :- CRM 2011 JScript allows us to…
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Continue reading →: Types of services in CRM 2011
Hi, Below are 3 main services that developers can use to extend the Dynamics CRM 2011 platform Deployment Web Service Using this service we can Create or import organizations Enable and Disable organizations Add deployment administrators Configure IFD and Claims-based authentication 2.Discovery Web service Using this service we can Identify the…
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Continue reading →: Email format validation in CRM
Hi, The out of the box CRM Email field type does not validate whether the given email is ending with “.com”,”.in”,etc… (Refer below) rajeevpentyala@live (Its a valid email format as per out of the box CRM Email Type validation) We can validate all the metrics of Email format by using below steps. Step 1:-…
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