Notes on code and the things I build.
Nov 13, 2021
Today we will learn how to set up Virtual Entity in Dynamics CRM using Azure Cosmos DB SQL API Data Provider from this link. For those who don't know what is Virtual Entity is, the purpose of the Virtual Entity is to show data from the external data sources into Dynamics CRM. But...
Nov 6, 2021
Microsoft Graph is a collection of APIs that enable us to access data in the Microsoft Cloud platform. There are lots of useful APIs that we can play with to connect the dot from 1 application through another. For example, we can get data for Users, manage Calendars, etc. Today,...
Oct 28, 2021
In this blog post, I will share a bit of my experience in implementing CI/CD in the Dataverse Environment. Even now is not perfect and still has lots of room to improve, I hope you guys can learn something from it. Creating The Exe I currently not using any features on official...
Oct 16, 2021
When creating a Dataverse Plugin, we always encounter a scenario where we need to retrieve attribute values of the main entity. But we want to take either from Target's attribute or PreImage/PostImage/Database's attribute. For example, if we have an entity (table) that contains...
Oct 8, 2021
Today, I learned how to use MSAL.js 2.0 to do authentication (login) and authorization (checking if the person can access the target resource) to display Dynamics CRM Accounts data in Vue.js. The idea is we want to create a SPA (Single Page Application) that uses Vue.js. The user...
Oct 2, 2021
The last time I explained about DevOps, we can create an exe tool that can be used to automatically deployed Plugin and WebResources. Today, we will learn how to create business logic to export the Solutions (Managed/Unmanaged) based on the Solution description (If the developer...
Sep 25, 2021
Today we will learn how to create Swagger API > deploy it to Azure (App Service) > make a custom connector > and use it in Canvas Apps. Without further ado, let's make it! Create API First, we need to open your CMD line, then set the CMD (using the CD command) to the directory...
Sep 17, 2021
I have quite a long journey to hands-on Dynamics CRM (around six years and still counting), and I have a confession to make. I never use OrganizationServiceContext! This class will allow you to retrieve Dynamics CRM data using the infamous LINQ (Language-Integrated Query) which...
Sep 8, 2021
After I examined the potentials of Custom API to redefine how we design the system, I was curious if Custom API will also apply database transactions following the plugin event execution pipeline (Pre Operation - Post Operation will be in the transaction. Meaning if during the...
Sep 2, 2021
Last week, we learned about File DataType and created Custom API to get the FileName and the Base64String Content. Which I thought is already good enough based on the last knowledge that I knew. But then I saw a post from Daryl Labar about his XrmToolbox EarlyBound Generator...