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Headshot of article author Greg Lindhorst

Nobody wants to lose unsaved changed.  And yet there are many ways to exit a canvas app while still in a dirty state, from closing the browser tab to swiping back to the list of apps on the phone. Now there is a way to prevent losing unsaved changes.  The App object has two new […]

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Headshot of article author Robert Emma

Make your plan and embrace what’s next for your business. Don’t miss Microsoft Business Applications Summit, coming to Atlanta, Georgia, June 10 – 11, 2019. We’re gearing up for an amazing 2+ days filled fresh approaches, the latest technologies, and new ways to power digital transformation at every level. Save your seat today – they […]

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Headshot of article author Adrian Orth

Canvas apps now support changing the environment within the Common Data Service connector. The default behavior hasn’t changed and existing Common Data Service connections will continue to use the canvas app’s current environment. When adding a new data source, we now display the environment at the top of the list of entities. The default appears […]

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Headshot of article author Casey Burke

Today, we’re announcing the ability to add your Canvas apps and Flows to solutions (Preview) in the Common Data Service for Apps – even if they weren’t originally created from a solution! This means that you can now package all related apps, Flows, logic, schema, and other components and move them together across environments. As an added […]

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Headshot of article author Anees Ansari

We had recently announced the public preview of our new view designer. Since then many of you have actively used it and given us great feedback to help make it even better. Today we are happy to announce that the new view designer is out of preview and available for general use. The latest update includes additional features, added based on your feedback, to help makers quickly and productively author views.

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Headshot of article author Robert Emma

We can’t wait for Microsoft Business Applications Summit this year – and it’s almost here! Coming to Atlanta, Georgia June 10 – 11, this is your chance to get hands-on with your favorite tools, go one-on-one with experts and engineers, and collaborate with our vibrant community of data drivers. Why Attend? Top 10 reasons to […]

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Headshot of article author Greg Lindhorst

Canvas apps now fully support CDS time zone independent fields.  In the CDS preview connector we had blocked them until they were working properly.  All the work required has now been completed and fully deployed. Our mission was simple: Canvas and Model-driven apps should show and edit date/time values in the same manner.  Entering a […]

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Headshot of article author Sabin Nair

Dual-write provides a tightly coupled near-real time and bi-directional integration between the Finance and Operations apps and Common Data Service. Once an entity is enabled for dual-write, any create, update, delete change in Finance and Operations apps results in writes, in near-real time, to Common Data Service and vice versa.

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Headshot of article author Charles Sterling

Microsoft Business Applications Summit June 10 – 11  in Atlanta, Georgia is almost here and you have one more reason to attend year…A chance to meet the community super stars.  We know, one of the primary reasons people go to conferences is to meet the presenters.  And at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit (MBAS), we have an entire “Ask […]

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Headshot of article author Yifei Wang

Importing components from a local file is no longer the only way to share! With this update, you can share components using cloud apps.  This feature is currently rolling out and it will become available this week. Here are the details. Clicking on Import components as shown below now opens a dialog instead of a local […]

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