Introduction: In this blog we will demonstrate how to call a workflow directly from a button without any custom JavaScript code. Implementation: Step 1: Create the required workflow. In this example i have created a  simple workflow on the opportunity and remember to select the  “As an on-demand process” option. Step 2: After the workflow … Continue reading Call Workflow directly from a button using Ribbon Workbench →

Introduction: In this blog, we will demonstrate a way to display the current active stage of a business process flow in views in D365 v9 as the out of box process stage name field does not show any value in the views. Implementation: Step 1: We have created a basic Business Process flow on contacts … Continue reading Business Process flows process stage name blank in D365 v9 Customer Engagement →

Introduction: In this blog we will be demonstrating how to call an unbound action using Xrm.WebApi which provides properties and methods to use Web API to create and manage records and execute Web API actions and functions in Customer Engagement The available methods are createRecord, deleteRecord, retrieveRecord, retrieveMultipleRecords,execute and executeMultiple.The execute method executes a single … Continue reading Calling unbound actions using Xrm.WebApi in D365 v9 →

Introduction: In the blog we will be discussing about the error while connecting to Dynamics 365 version 9 using console app. Implementation: In our example we will show how to connect to Dynamics 365 using a Console app in v 8.2 and when the same code is used to connect to version 9 we get … Continue reading Connecting to Dynamics 365 v9 “metadata reference cannot be resolved” issue fix →

Introduction: In this blog we will see how to create a marketing email in Dynamics 365 for marketing preview. Dynamics 365 for marketing provides an easy drag and drop tool to design marketing emails with dynamic personalized content. Implementation: Step 1: We navigate to Marketing Emails and Click on New. We can see there are a … Continue reading Design Marketing Emails in Dynamics 365 for Marketing →

Introduction: In this blog we will be discussing about marketing segments in Dynamics 365 for Marketing Preview.Marketing is basically promoting some products or services which an individual or organization has to offer. While marketing the main aim to decide a target audience. Once the audience is know,  the marketing content can be tailored to target … Continue reading Create a marketing segment in Dynamics 365 for Marketing →

Introduction: In this blog we will be discussing about the Business Rule validation issue in  Editable grids caused when the fields are not present in the views. Scenario: In our demonstration we will take the example of a contact form and design a business rule to lock the email field if the Job Title field … Continue reading Editable Grid Validation →

Introduction: Xrm.Navigation provides navigation related methods like openAlertDialog, openConfirmDialog, openErrorDialog, openFile etc. In this blog we will be discussing about openForm method which opens an entity form or a quick create form. There might be requirements to open a new form with certain fields pre-populated on certain conditions or to open a specific record. Implementation: … Continue reading Open new form with fields pre-populated using Xrm.Navigation in D365 →

Introduction: Package deployer is used to simplify the deployment process. It has the ability to automate the import of one or more solution.In this blog we will discuss about the error “Verify the state of the solution in CRM” which is shown while importing solution using package deployer.  Implementation: Step 1: In the ImportConfig.xml file … Continue reading Error while importing solutions using Package Deployer →

Introduction: In this blog we will demonstrate how to create and associate records using Xrm.WebApi which provides methods to use Web Api to create and manage records. Implementation: Step 1: The syntax to create a new entity record is as follows: Xrm.WebApi.createRecord(entityLogicalName,data).then(sucessCallback,errorCallback); Here entityLogicalName(string) and data(object) parameters are required. The “data” parameter is a JSON … Continue reading Create and Associate records using Xrm.WebApi →