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Check if records exist or don’t exist with Power Automate

One of the most common scenarios for businesses is to check if a record exists and if it exists do something, if not, do something else....

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I previously wrote about my solution to log into the XrmToolBox using an Azure App due to Multi Factor Authentication being enabled in an...

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Update Multiselect Option sets by label values dynamically in Power Automate

Option sets are tricky fields to work with, both with Power Automate, reporting and 3rd party integration tools. I’ve done by fair share...

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Learn from both Sides - What is CDS?

At work recently, I’ve been put on a project which is a big custom calculator built in a Canvas App, storing data in CDS. As I've been...

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Create Records from Business Cards Power Automate

In the digital era, it still strikes me as slightly odd that people still pass business cards. While LinkedIn and Twitter are my...

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Call a Power Automate Flow from Custom button in Dataverse/CDS/D365

Power Automate has a lot of advantages over Classic Workflows. I’ve given presentations on this topic and it’s an ongoing conversation...

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Connect XrmToolBox with MFA Step-by-Step guide

There is no denying that the XrmToolBox is one of the best collections of tools for any developer, consultant, business analyst or...

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Calculate Age as Whole Number using Power Automate

This problem has annoyed me for a couple of years. I’ve used several methods over the years to calculate age in D365 from Business Rules,...

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Flow - Item not in Dynamic content but returned in JSON?

I’ve been doing some work with Flow recently, specifically around approvals which I’ve written about here. I’m creating an approval...