Found below interesting articles, do check out-
Can we create child records in Pre-Operation Plugin?https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=1e757e7a-60b2-4fc6-9a94-acea44b18f8c
What happens when we use ExecuteMultiple within Plugin?https://www.inogic.com/blog/2015/11/executemultiple-workflow-or-plugin-assemblies/
Recently while trying to import one of the solutions we got the below error
Missing dependencies. You’ll need to import the following items to this environment.
It was referring to one of the Managed Solutions – DynamicsMKT_PushNotification, managed by Microsoft, for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing.
We realized that the source environment had a higher version installed than the destination environment.
Source – 1.1.25335.61 and destination environment – 1.1.22667.44
Initially, we thought the error is because the Dev had full marketing app configured i.e. both Solution and Services app configured and the destination had only Dynamics 365 Marketing Solution Only app.
The marketing apps –
After raising the Microsoft Support, we got guidance/advice from the Microsoft Support / Product team that the Dynamics 365 Marketing Solution Only app was not installed in the destination environment and it was a copy of some other environment that had marketing installed. They suggested installing the Dynamics 365 Marketing Solution Only app in the destination environment. After installing the app, we could see the version of the DynamicsMKT_PushNotification solution increased and were able to install our custom solution successfully.
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Recently we had to disable plugin steps as part of data migration, below is the sample code we can use, either specify the name of the assembly, plugin, or plugin step as we are using the “begins with” condition or make changes as required.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
const string ConnectionString = "AuthType = OAuth; " +
"Username = Nishant.Rana@xyz.com; " +
"Password = testxyz; " +
"Url = https://orgname.crm6.dynamics.com;" +
"AppId=51f81489-12ee-4a9e-aaae-a2591f45987d;" +
"RedirectUri=app://58145B91-0C36-4500-8554-080854F2AC97;" +
"LoginPrompt=Auto";
CrmServiceClient svc = new CrmServiceClient(ConnectionString);
if (svc.IsReady)
{
try
{
// we can specify step / plugin / assembly name
var pluginStepAssemblyName = "MyD365.Plugins.Core.Plugin.AssignOwner";
// 0 for active and 1 for inactive
var pluginStateCode = 0;
var query = new QueryExpression("sdkmessageprocessingstep");
query.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("name", "sdkmessageprocessingstepid");
query.Criteria.AddCondition(new ConditionExpression("name", ConditionOperator.BeginsWith, pluginStepAssemblyName));
var sdkMsgProcessStepCollection = svc.RetrieveMultiple(query);
foreach (var sdkMsgProcessStep in sdkMsgProcessStepCollection.Entities)
{
var setStateRequest = new SetStateRequest();
setStateRequest.EntityMoniker = new EntityReference("sdkmessageprocessingstep", sdkMsgProcessStep.Id);
setStateRequest.State = new OptionSetValue(pluginStateCode);
setStateRequest.Status = new OptionSetValue(-1);
svc.Execute(setStateRequest);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception Messainge : {0} ", ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
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By default, if the calendar view is starting on Sunday for the week as shown below, we can update the system settings, to start it on Monday or any other day
From Administration >> System Settings > > Formats >> Customize (Current Format)
Specify the First Day of Week
On update, we can see the view updated to show the week starting from Monday.
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To set up the Omnichannel –
To setup Facebook Channel,
Login to https://developers.facebook.com/, create a new account or use an existing developer account
Create a new Facebook App
Select the app type as Business
Provide an appropriate name and create the app.
Select Messenger as the Product for the app.
Next either add an existing page or create a new one and then add the newly created page in the Messenger >> Settings
Here we created a new page and have added that page.
We can also Generate token for the page, which we will use while configuring Facebook Channel in Dynamics 365.
Click on Generate token and copy the token. Also, save the Page Id below the name of the page.
We will also need App ID and App Secret, which we can get from – Settings >> Basic
Next, we add a few test accounts to the app for testing/using the app. (we are not making the app publicly available or live, which would require and approval process)
Navigate to App Roles >> Roles >> Testers (Add Testers)
Back in Customer Service Admin Center, navigate to Customer Support >> Channels >> Messaging Accounts (Manage)
Add a New Account
Click Next and provide the App ID and Application Secret
Add Facebook Page to the account
Provide the Page name, Page ID, and the Page access token.
With the page successfully added, click on Next
Copy the Callback URL and the Token.
Paste this information in the Messenger product added.
Click on Add Callback URL.
Click on Verify and save
This adds the Webhooks details, click on Add Subscriptions for the Page added.
Select messages
We can see the account added.
Open the record, and navigate to the Facebook Pages tab, there we can see the Provisioning state as Running.
Next, we will create a Channel for this Facebook Account.
Navigate to Customer Support >> Channels >> Messaging (Manage) >> Add Channel
Select Channel as Facebook.
Add an existing workstream or create a new workstream.
Next, select the Facebook Page configured in the previous steps.
Language as English.
We can specify custom automated messages and Post Conversation survey settings here.
Specify the File attachments setting and message tag.
Review and if required edit the details and finally click on Create channel to create the Facebook channel
Next open the workstream created, to specify routing rules, work distribution, bot, etc. to route the customers to the queues/agents.
Here we can create a Route to Queue ruleset to route the messages on the Facebook page to a specific Queue.
Create the ruleset record.
Next, Create a rule. We can define the conditions here (right now we are keeping it blank) and routing to the Default messaging Queue (we can create a specific queue and add only the required users).
Make sure you have added users to the Queue and assigned Omnichannel Agent security roles.
We can update the default Work distribution properties.
Now sending the message from the Facebook Messenger, will pop up the notification for the agent logged into Customer Service Workspace.
Accept the notification to start the conversation.
Refer to the below articles-
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Recently while trying to import the solution, we got the below error – 
The tab tag was missing the labelid property. Adding it back to the FormXml using FormXml
Manager XrmToolBox plugin fixed it.
Also check – https://nishantrana.me/2022/11/11/adding-contact-insights-account-insights-to-the-form-dynamics-365-marketing/
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