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• Export canvas app charts in a printable format – Part 1

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on June 13, 2020 • ( 3 )

  In this post, I will discuss how we can download a printable HTML file with canvas apps charts. I will continue to use the sample solution. You can easily download this, import it to your PowerApps environment and follow the… Read More ›

• How to trigger buttons as automated actions during realtime field updates

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on June 7, 2020 • ( 1 )

  This post is an extension of my previous posts. I suggest that you read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series to get a better understanding. Furthermore, you can directly download the sample app for training and do this… Read More ›

• Populating canvas app pie charts using collections

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on June 7, 2020 • ( 2 )

  Earlier we discussed how we can use collections to pass field values to canvas app charts in realtime. Before moving on, I recommend that you read my previous post to understand the scenario and steps. So far, we were able… Read More ›

• Real time chart updates in PowerApps using collections

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on June 3, 2020 • ( 3 )

  There are number of business cases where your customers request to view canvas app data as charts . However, when they make changes to fields inside the canvas app, it is a bit tricky to show these changes in real… Read More ›

• Flow is not passing integer values to PowerApps? This might help..

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on May 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I got this question from one of the powerapps developers who had issues trying to pass a sharepoint list itemid(int) back to a canvas app using “Respond to a powerapp” action in flow. He was getting an empty value instead… Read More ›

• Use business rules in dynamics to populate fields

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on May 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In my last post – how to use calculated fields to get related record attributes, we were able to get the primary phone number of an account in the opportunity form using calculated fields. Now let’s look at a more… Read More ›

• Quick tip – Get lookup record attributes using calculated fields

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on May 16, 2020 • ( 3 )

  Let’s look at an example. In my opportunity form, there is an account lookup field. Sales manager requests that he needs to see the primary contact number of the account so that he can make the call from opportunity form…. Read More ›

• Build user friendly drop-down fields in powerapps

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on April 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Native drop-down fields in canvas apps only support scrolling. They do not allow users to manually type in text in the drop down field to easily get to the relevant option instead of scrolling through the whole list. Take a… Read More ›

• Access files stored in Dynamics 365 records via PowerAutomate

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on April 7, 2020 • ( 4 )

  Dynamics gives the ability to save files within a record. These files are stored in SharePoint. Let’s see how we can create a flow to access a document just by using the dynamics record ID. Prerequisites SharePoint Integration should be… Read More ›

• Dynamics CRM auto populate lookup values from custom field – Part 2

  By Kaushal Kodagoda on March 26, 2020 • ( 1 )

  This is second part of this series. If you are not familiar with the business case, I highly recommend that you read part 1 where I explain the business case and QuickView creation. Ok, now that we know the background,… Read More ›