Category: Notes

A collection of thoughts and findings when working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. Includes tips, quirks and annoyances.

September 1, 2024
"When a record is selected" Dataverse trigger returns to Power Automate

Previously only available in the Dataverse Legacy Connector, the "When a record is selected" trigger is now available for the standard Dataverse connector.

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August 3, 2024
Using Duration Columns in Formula Columns

If you've ever tried to create a Formula column using a Duration column, you will have noticed that it's currently not possible. So how do you work around it?

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July 30, 2024
Sorting quirks of Combo Boxes and Drop Downs in Canvas Apps and Custom Pages

Although Custom Pages generally have most of the functionality of traditional Canvas Apps, they're not without their limitations and quirks.

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June 2, 2024
Switching to the classic Power Automate Flow Designer

Although the new Flow designer in Power Automate promises some great functionality, it also brings with it some flaws, so I wanted to find an easy way to switch editors.

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May 26, 2024
Patching blank values into mandatory fields in a Canvas App

Although it's possible to create a record in Power Automate that bypasses mandatory fields by sending a null value, how is the same achieved in a Canvas App?

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May 21, 2024
Could not find a property named '_opportunityid_value' on type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.opportunity'.

In the past couple of weeks, a new bug seems to have cropped up when trying to reference related fields from Dynamics 365 Sales tables.

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May 9, 2024
Error "This won't work because it would move cells in a table on your worksheet" when populating an Excel table with Microsoft Graph

Although populating an Excel table with Microsoft Graph is great in theory, it's not without its foibles. After being asked to customise a Power Automate process that I'd already built, I started getting "This won't work because it would move cells in a table on your worksheet".

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