Year: 2018
Execute a plugin in the context of the logged in user or calling user or SYSTEM user in Microsoft Dynamics 365
Inkey, March 21, 201823219 Views
Many a times, in Microsoft dynamics CRM, we may want to execute some part of the plugin as logged in user or calling user(As mentioned in plugin step registration) or SYSTEM user. Today, in this blog, I will explain the UserId and InitiatingUserID properties of the iPuginExecutionContext, which are used for getting the user id, […]
Read moreSwagger in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Web API
Inkey, March 12, 201811703 Views
The Swagger UI is one of the most popular tools for generating an interactive documentation from your OpenAPI document. It makes the process of viewing the results of the Web API much easier. There are situations, where, we need to make use of the Web API, for connecting the external website/resource with the dynamics CRM […]
Read moreMicrosoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 – Xrm.WebApi methods for CRUD operations
Inkey, February 12, 20186538 Views
Microsoft Dynamics 365 V9 is provided with the new library to implement the Web API methods. The basic CRUD operations can be performed easily using these methods. Previously, developers used Web API requests to perform CRUD operations in JavaScript. But now, the Xrm.WebApi has eased the process. In this blog, I will explain how to […]
Read morePower BI > Plotting Dynamic Values
Inkey, February 12, 20184507 Views
Hello DAX-sters! Have you ever wanted to show data as per your choice in a visual, i.e. you get the freedom to choose whether you want to plot the data of Order/Sales, or Profit/Loss. There is no custom visual which gives you an option to choose what value you want to show. There is a […]
Read moreConcurrency Control – Prevent multiple users from modifying the same record at the same time.
Inkey, January 31, 20186479 Views
The Dynamics CRM is used by multiple users. So, the possibility of multiple users trying to update the same record at a time is very high. In such situation, changes made by the latest user will be saved. This results into inconsistent data, when the same fields are updated by the users at the same […]
Read moreMicrosoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 – Xrm.Navigation Namespace
Inkey, January 18, 20186107 Views
The Xrm.Navigation Namespace is a new namespace, a new feature of Dynamics 365 V9. This namespace consists of previously known functions such as:- openAlertDialog, openConfirmDialog, openWebResource, & openForm And it is also having two new functions:- openErrorDialog & openUrl Here in this blog, I will explain you how to use the openErrorDialog & openUrl functions […]
Read moreSSRS – Delete specific RDL files from Report Server in one go
Inkey, January 11, 20188198 Views
Introduction Earlier, we wrote a blog to download the multiple report files (.rdl files) at one go. You can find it here. Today, following readers’ requests, I will share a simple handy script which will help you to delete specific report files at once. Implementation SSRS uses SQL Server to store it’s details and the Catalog and DataSource tables are […]
Read moreMicrosoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 – Show Progress Indicator
Inkey, January 11, 20188668 Views
With the release of Dynamics 365 v9.0, lots of new features & updates has come which will increase the ease and efficiency of the work of CRM Developers. Today, I will share some knowledge on how to use the showProgressIndicator function of the Xrm.Utility namespace. Many a times, CRM takes some more time to execute […]
Read moreMicrosoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 – lookupObjects
Inkey, January 4, 201823274 Views
Microsoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 was announced in July 2017. It is a major release, which has enhanced many existing features in CRM online and has also introduced new features. The Xrm.Utility namespace, is one of the namespaces that has been enhanced with many new functions in Dynamics 365 version 9.0. In this post, I will […]
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