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OOTB Auto-Numbering on Dynamics 365 fields

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 13:17 By Stéphan Drouard
In some case, it could be useful to have an auto-increment number in order to easily identify and find a record into a big amount of data. To create a auto-increment field, you can use different ways like using a plugin or even a real-time workflow but this means that you will have to create one workflow per field you want to be auto-incremented. But with the new dynamics 365 interface, you have the possibility to easily create as many as auto-increment field you need without creating workflow or plugin.

Relevance Search, a powerful search feature based on Azure

Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:45 By Danny Rodrigue…
The Relevance Search is similar to the Categorized Search, because it can also search for trough multiple entities. Categorized search displays result per entity, with one list for each entity. With Relevance Search, there is only one list, with all entities mixed. But results are sorted by their relevance with the search and matches are highlighted in the list

D365 Charts, capabilities overview of this standard component

Thu, 05/14/2020 - 13:37 By Danny Rodrigue…
Charts in Dynamics 365 are a graphic representation of data from multiple records of an entity. The data comes from a view – meaning it can be filtered data – and enables users to understand key performance metrics of their business in real-time

Editable Grids, a usefull PCF control offered by Microsoft

Wed, 05/13/2020 - 13:24 By Danny Rodrigue…
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In previous releases of Dynamics 365 or Dynamics CRM, users couldn’t enter data directly in lists/views or subgrids. They had to click the record to open it in a form, edit the data, and then save, which required multiple clicks. Editable Grids give users the ability to perform in-line editing directly from a list or sub-grid