Tag: PowerApps

I Wish I Would Have Known #16: Issue with “When a record is selected” trigger

Read more about the known issues of Dataverse (legacy) connector here.

I Wish I Would Have Known #15: Automatically Added Solution Components

It is good to keep this in mind when you create lookup fields (Columns) as, there is high chance for the system added components to go unnoticed by the developers.

I Wish I Would Have Known #14: Record Count in Editable Grids.

This is one of the limitation in editable grids. Currently, it supports only pagination, no record count or selected record count.

I Wish I Would Have Known #13: Canvas-App Date Picker Accepting Invalid Formats.

The IsEditable property of Canvas-App’s Date Picker control decides whether the date picker text can be edited. If false, the date can only be changed by using the calendar. Read about the date picker properties here.

I Wish I Would Have Known #12: Privilege Error while Converting an Existing Appointment into Recurring Appointment.

From my experience, it’s better not to give delete permission to end users, upvote here, if you agree.

I Wish I Would Have Known #11: Unable to add Licensed Users to Power Platform Environments.

Dynamics 365 Enterprise licenses does not include general purpose Power Apps capabilities. Dynamics 365 Enterprise users will continue to be able to run apps and portals that extend and customize the licensed Dynamics 365 application, as long as those apps and portals are located in the same environment as their licensed Dynamics 365 application. Custom apps or portals outside of the Dynamics 365 environment will require a standalone Power Apps license. In short, If a user A has only dynamics 365 license applied, then A can be added only to environments which has at least one Dynamics 365 App installed. Read more here.

I Wish I Would Have Known #10: PowerAutomate Flows Maximum Run Duration.

Flow steps including pending approvals, will bed timed-out after 30 days. It is always good to know the duration limits of the platform. You can find the platform duration limits here.

I Wish I Would Have Known #9: Delete Button not Available for Business Rules in PowerApps Maker Portal

Not sure if I am missing something but, I couldn’t find the delete button in the PowerApps maker portal whereas, it is available in the classic UI.

I Wish I Would Have Known #8: Changing Yes/No labels in new UI.

Knowing the limitations of each UI will help you to save some precious time .

I Wish I Would Have Known #7: Email Tracking in D365 using duplicate email address

If you are using email tracking and your system has records that share the same email address then, emails will be tracked to all records that uses the same email. You need to consider this when designing your solution…