Tricks

Let's see how to deal with Dynamics 365 2 minutes plugin time out workaround. This article describe the possibilities for both on premise and online version.

Let's see two tips on Power Automate. One is for an Auto Expand function and the second one is a tip for reconnecting flows connections after import. Good to know !

Great new feature in API of Dataverse : How to change format of existing columns ! It will allow you to change the type of fields after creation ! Thx MS !

Maybe you encontered issue with D365 Word Template not supported within Sharepoint ? This article gives you the details on how to solve it by using a nice trick.

Nice tip if you need to implement a quick search in option set feature. Searchable optionset: the PCF for your PickList fields

Take a look at this trick about XrmToolBox : Slim Solution overview. A nice tool that can save a lot of time.

Dataverse : How to make the right choices for Plugins Development

Plugins is an important part of development in Dynamics 365 and I would like to share a basic knowledge about choosing plugin in various case.

Which stage should we choose?

Here I have examples of scenario:

When a Contact is created, perform the following actions (using plugins)

Intellisense is very usefull for developpers, it's possible to work with it also with JS files. This article explains how to deal with it : Overview on D365 client API with DefinitelyTyped

Sometime when you are building some optionset you would like to add some nice icons to illustrate your label. Discover how to do it by reading this quick trick : Dynamics 365 Use icon in option set label

When you are creating Custom Action you often need to run and test them... This article will give you three different ways to do that. Please read it : Dynamics 365 Different ways to test Custom Actions