Tricks

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

PCF are a very useful tool to create a perfect experience for the users. One of the limitations at the beginning of the PCF era in PowerApps was the lack of lookup controls support. That's why we will take a look into Shivakumar Paragi's PCF control named Generic Lookup Control.

Dataverse Relevance Search and Quick Actions : Let's see how to add and customize button for this search feature. This article will give you all you need to know. Enjoy !

Dynamics PCF : Bing Map 

Presentation

In this article, we discuss the Geo Code button and the Interactive Map feature that can be used together to display a specific location on a map.

But what if we want to display multiple locations on a single map? That was a requirement we've received for a project and to solve it, we've come across the Bing Maps Grid PCF.

When building SSRS reports you might wan to run it only for the contextual record. Let's discover this trick : Dynamics 365 Enable pre-filtering for SSRS report and enjoy it !

We all are well aware about the importance of customer service in business. And the only way to master it is to provide customers with the latest tools, technologies and of course quality services. Strategizing your business according to customers' requirements and comfort can be a challenge that can be resolved with the help of a Dynamics customer portal.

This topic is about Dynamics 365 Calendar View Presentation, it will show you how to use this nice feature to display data in a nice way !