Have you ever asked yourself, “how can I increase the performance and reliability of my customizations and extensions?” and you just didn’t know where to start. Or the pressure to meet those new…
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For those who work with primary and foreign keys on CDS and SQL Server, we have added GUID as a first class data type. Although not common, you may want to beat the rush and start updating any formulas that use literal GUID strings.
» Read more Have you noticed that when you create a custom field in the Common Data Service for Apps that all the fields are all prefixed with cr5ca_ or some other random string and spaces are stripped? …
» Read more Over the summer we made it easy to walk Many-to-One relationships. With a single dot you can walk across a relationship from one entity to another. First(Orders).Customer.Name is all that…
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Starting today you can transport canvas apps and Flows in a Common Data Service solution file! This was a major ask from the maker community and now you can package multiple canvas apps and flows into…
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On CDS database being provisioned, we used to install a CDS Management package on the database (instance). With much deeper integration between PowerApps and Dynamics 365, we now don’t need this additional package and everything comes out of the box.
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Hi everyone, today we are excited to announce that the attachments feature (including both notes and attachments) is available for PowerApps users with CDS. As we do with SharePoint, you can now use…
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Common Data Service for Apps has a powerful enterprise grade security model that allows you to group users in security roles and give those roles varying levels of access to entities that some…
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Working with data in the Common Data Service for Apps (Import, Export and the Excel Add-in)
» Read more In the May update of Power BI desktop, we are excited to see the release of the new Power BI connector for the Common Data Service for Apps. The CDS for Apps Power BI connector allows you to connect directly to your entities and build compelling reports and dashboards, and share them with users on Power BI online and mobile apps.
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