What will happen on changing the password of the user account used as the Owner of Cloud Flow and for Connection – Power Automate
Apr 16, 2024
Recently we had to change the password of the user account being used as an owner of the cloud flows as well as the used for connection/connection reference. So we tried it on a trial environment first, below is our flow that runs every 5 minutes and creates a contact record (Dataverse), sends an email … Continue reading "What will happen on changing the password of the user account used as the Owner of Cloud Flow and for Connection – Power Automate"
Using Focused view in Dynamics 365
Apr 15, 2024
Focused view in Dynamics 365 that allows users to view and manage all their records in one place, allowing them to be more productive, as they can stay on track and avoid getting sidetracked by switching between multiple screens to find the information they need. We can enable and disable it for all the records … Continue reading "Using Focused view in Dynamics 365"
Associate activities (Email) with multiple related records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Apr 9, 2024
This new feature allows associating an activity record with multiple related records or related parties. For E.g. we might want to associate an email with multiple cases, or with case as well as account and contact records. It is still in the public preview (April 24) and is only available for Email Activity. To see … Continue reading "Associate activities (Email) with multiple related records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365"
New Attachment features for Email – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Apr 8, 2024
We can see a few new features added to attachments for email activity as part of 2024 Release Wave 1. Get all the details here Hope it helps..
Fixed – The plug-in execution failed because no Sandbox Hosts are currently available. Please check that you have a Sandbox server configured and th
Apr 2, 2024
Recently we were bulk updating our records, which would trigger an asynchronous plugin registered on its update. We were using the wonderful Bulk Data Updater (XrmToolBox) plugin for it. We realized if we are updating too many records at once say e.g. 100 Batch Size (total 5K records to be processed), we are getting below … Continue reading "Fixed – The plug-in execution failed because no Sandbox Hosts are currently available. Please check that you have a Sandbox server configured an
Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id: ” cannot be removed – Dynamics 365 Field Service
Apr 1, 2024
While trying to delete the Unit records related to the “Distance Units of Measure for Resource and Asset Location Management” unit group, we will get the below error Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id: ‘<GUID>’ cannot be removed Below is the out of the box plugin that restricts the deletion of the unit The code for … Continue reading "Geofencing unit ‘Mile’ with id: ” cannot be removed – Dynamics 365 Field Service"
Fixed – Web resource method does not exist: OnLoad error in Work Order, Work Order Service task, and other forms in Dynamics 365 Field Service
Mar 28, 2024
Recently we started getting the below error on the form load of the Work Order Service Task record, that also only in specific environments, and there was no changes made there. Error Details: Event Name: onload Function Name: OnLoad Web Resource Name: msdyn_/WorkOrderServiceTask/WorkOrderServiceTask.js Solution Name: msdyn_FieldService_patch_update Publisher Name: microsoftdynamics From the error message also it … Continue reading "Fixed – Web resource method does not exist: OnLoad erro
Fixed – VS402356: You do not have the permissions required to perform the attempted operation on this process (Azure DevOps)
Mar 26, 2024
We would get the below error while trying to modify states in the Azure DevOps process. VS402356: You do not have the permissions required to perform the attempted operation on this process To fix this we can add the user to the Project Collection Administrators group. Or better give Process specific permission to the user … Continue reading "Fixed – VS402356: You do not have the permissions required to perform the attempted operation on this process (Azure DevOps)"
Using Union function to remove duplicates – Power Automate / Dataverse
Mar 25, 2024
We recently got the below error in one of our cloud flows, the requirement was to fetch the distinct work orders that have notes with attachments associated with them. A resource of type ‘Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.annotation’ was found in a resource set that otherwise has entries of type Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.msdyn_workorder’. In OData, all entries in a resource set … Continue reading "Using Union function to remove duplicates – Power Automate / Dataverse"
Fixed- The XRM workflow table row could not be found error (Power Automate)
Mar 19, 2024
Recently while trying to open one of our cloud flows we got the below error. Error: The XRM workflow table row could not be found. Inside the Power Automate maker portal for the new designer, we got the below error We could see our flows were in the OFF status. We switched ON the flows, … Continue reading "Fixed- The XRM workflow table row could not be found error (Power Automate)"
How to – use booking rules for validation checks in Dynamics 365 Field Service
Mar 18, 2024
Through booking rules, we can specify custom JavaScript methods, that can be used to run validation checks, before creation or update of a bookable resource booking record. Based on the result of the validation checks we can either warn the user or cancel the booking create or update event. Booking rules are triggered when a … Continue reading "How to – use booking rules for validation checks in Dynamics 365 Field Service"
Fixed – The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character am
Mar 12, 2024
Recently for one of our plugins, that moves attachments to the Azure Blob Storage, we got the below exception. BlobFileName: WFU000069107_Inside Install – CFC__2024_03_03_12_24_05_179_temp.jpgCaught Exception: The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character among the padding characters.System.FormatException: The input … Continue reading "Fixed – The input is not a valid Base-64 string as
The ‘operationOptions’ property is not allowed on the trigger when the workflow contains actions of type ‘OpenApiConnection- Power Automate
Mar 11, 2024
Recently while trying to save one of our cloud flows having a “When a HTTP request is received” trigger, we got the below error message after adding the “List Rows” (Dataverse) action Request to XRM API failed with error: ‘Message: Flow client error returned with status code “BadRequest” and details “{“error”:{“code”:”InvalidOpenApiFlow”,”message”:”Flow save failed with code … Continue rea
Force Sync users from Azure AD Security Group / Microsoft 365 Group to Dataverse environment – Power Automate
Mar 6, 2024
For Microsoft 365 Group we can use – List Group members action of Office 365 Group connector. Also check – https://nishantrana.me/2022/06/23/how-to-force-user-sync-power-platform-dynamics-365/ Hope it helps..
ILMerge / Dependent Assemblies in Plugin – System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Memory.Data’ – Dynamics 36
Mar 5, 2024
Recently in one of our Plugins, which was using Azure.Storage.Blobs and Azure.Storage.Common libraries to move attachments from notes to Azure Blob Storage suddenly started throwing the below exception. The Plugin had been working fine and had been deployed long back to the production environment. System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Azure.Response’ threw an exception. —> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: … Continue reading "ILMerge / Dependent
The plug-in execution failed because the Sandbox Worker process crashed. This is typically due to an error in the plug-in code – Dataverse / Dynamic
Mar 4, 2024
Recently we got the below exception for one of our plugins. Message: The plug-in execution failed because the Sandbox Worker process crashed. This is typically due to an error in the plug-in code. Please refer to this document: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2189390Microsoft.Xrm.RemotePlugin.Grpc.ExceptionHandlers.SandboxFabricWorkerCommunicationException: Error communicating with SandboxFabric Worker —> Grpc.Core.RpcException: Status(StatusCode=”DeadlineExceeded”,
Only notes are available in Offline mode. Please check your internet connection to view other timeline records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Mar 1, 2024
We were recently exploring the Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile app, we saw that for the users with a mobile offline profile configured – Add the user to an offline profile, when they go offline they will see the below message – “Only Notes are available in offline mode. If you would like to view … Continue reading "Only notes are available in Offline mode. Please check your internet connection to view other timeline records – Dataverse / Dynamics 365"
Fixed – Duplicate records in Azure Synapse Link (Dataverse)
Feb 29, 2024
Recently for some of our Dataverse environments, we found duplicate records getting created (same GUID) for Notes and Work Order Incident tables in the corresponding CSV files. Here we were using In place update – In-place updates vs. append-only writes This was causing the Power BI reports built on top of it to fail. On … Continue reading "Fixed – Duplicate records in Azure Synapse Link (Dataverse)"
Fixed – System.InvalidOperationException: Message size exceeded when attempting to send response to sandbox. Message Size 123 Mb. Max Allowed 128974
Feb 28, 2024
Recently we got the below exception for one of our plugins Message: System.InvalidOperationException: Message size exceeded when attempting to send response to sandbox. Message Size 123 Mb. Max Allowed 128974848 Mb. Below is the code where we were getting the error. We were retrieving the notes records associated with the inspection response/inspection attachments. (Dynamics 365 … Continue reading "Fixed – System.InvalidOperationException: Message size exceeded when attempting to sen
Block unmanaged customizations (preview) – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
Feb 26, 2024
We were recently trying out the new block unmanaged customizations feature introduced. Now with more and more adoption of Managed Solutions, having this feature could help the administrators to manage and control the environment. It is still in preview, with its sets of known limitations. To see it in action, enable it from Environment >> … Continue reading "Block unmanaged customizations (preview) – Dataverse / Dynamics 365"