Category: Dataverse

Using DataSourceInfo and RecordInfo function for checking permissions for a Dataverse table or record in Canvas App


DataSourceInfo function can be used to check the Table / Entity level permission.

We can check for Create, Read, Edit, and Delete Permission and can disable, hide and show the corresponding create, edit and delete buttons for the users.

  • DataSourceInfo.CreatePermission
  • DataSourceInfo. DeletePermission
  • DataSourceInfo. EditPermission
  • DataSourceInfo. ReadPermission

DataSourceInfo function can also be used to obtain information about a particular column of the data source like Display Name, Max Length, Max Value, Min Length, Required.

https://www.inogic.com/blog/2020/11/how-to-use-datasourceinfo-in-canvas-app/

  • DataSourceInfo.DisplayName
  • DataSourceInfo.MaxLength
  • DataSourceInfo.MaxValue
  • DataSourceInfo.MinValue
  • DataSourceInfo.Required

     

Similarly, the RecordInfo function can be used to get the information about the record of a Dataverse data source.

We can check for the Read, Edit, and Delete Permission.

  • RecordInfo. ReadPermission
  • RecordInfo. EditPermission
  • RecordInfo.DeletePermission

Hide Show control based on Security Role in Canvas App

Here for our sample Canvas App we have a button and a Gallery  having Data source as Cases

1 

Visible    

Button

If(DataSourceInfo(Cases,DataSourceInfo.ReadPermission), true, false)

2 

Visible   

Edit

If(RecordInfo(Gallery1.Selected, RecordInfo.EditPermission),true, false)

3 

Visible    

Delete

If(RecordInfo(Gallery1.Selected, RecordInfo.DeletePermission),true, false)

Now to test it, we have assigned the below custom security role/rights to another user – Test User 1 (along with Basic User security role)

i.e. Read, Write and Delete permission at the User Level on Case.

We have also shared the Average order shipment time record with Test User 1 assigning him the Write Permission.

Now when Test User 1 will open the Canvas App, the first button will be visible as he has the Read permission on the Case table.

In the gallery only the one record shared will be visible along with the Edit button on the same.

Let us just share one more case record with only Read permission to Test User 1.

We can see the record displayed for Test User 1.

It shows the Edit button for the new record, although we shared the record with the Read permission.

We have the following formula for the Edit button’s OnSelect

Patch(Cases, LookUp(Cases,’Case Number’ = lblCaseNumber.Text), {‘Case Title’:”Sample Title”})

So clicking on Edit for the new record shared ‘Complete overhaul required‘ gives the below Permission error

Now pressing the same edit button for the ‘Average order shipment time’ record will update the record (set title as Sample Title) as it was shared with Write permission with Test User 1.

Get all the details here –

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-datasourceinfo

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-recordinfo

Hope it helps..

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Updated Solution Explorer (Preview) experience in Dynamics 365


Microsoft recently announced the public preview of the new solution explorer which will eventually be the default experience going forward.

Earlier we could access it by visiting the – https://make.preview.powerapps.com/

In the new experience, we can Enable / Disable the new Solution Explorer by toggling the Solution preview on

The is how the existing solution experience looks like – here we have opened the Default solution.

With the new experience, the solution selected opens up and takes the whole page, with the new left navigation added.

Also, it adds a new Tree style of navigation for Objects.

+New button experience has been updated.

Left is the old experience listing each component and new experience in the right with the options grouped.

The overview section gives the details of the solution like display name, name, package type, etc. with the option to edit the details.

  • The option to run the Solution Checker.
  • Manage Search Index.
  • Recent activities performed.

The history page gives the details of the operations performed on the solution.

If we still need we can switch to classic

Performance improvements through parallel loading (Tree View) and caching (Solution objects, authentication while switching to classic, etc.

Get all the details here

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/managing-solutions-has-a-new-look-public-preview/

Hope it helps..

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Using File and Image Data Type in Dataverse (Dynamics 365)


File Data Type was introduced somewhere around late 2019. At that time, it was only available for Canvas App and Power Automate / Flow, and with subsequent updates, it was then added for Model Driven App as well.

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-improvements-to-data-storage-in-common-data-services/

The File Data type while creating the column à

By default, the file size is 32,768 KB.

  • Min – 1 KB
  • Maximum – 131072 KB

Let us keep it as 2000 KB and save it.

Here we have added the field in the form.

We need to save the record before the field is enabled.

On trying to upload a file more than 2000 KB size, the max size, we specified while creating the column, will give the below error.

“The upload failed for File Column 1. Please try again or contact your admin.”

The Maximum file size property cannot be updated after the column is created.

Similarly, we have the Image data type.

The default size is 10240 KB.

  • Min – 1 KB
  • Max – 30720 KB

If the image size is more than specified, we will get the below error message

The upload failed for Image Column 2. Please try again or contact your admin.

Below we have added a new file type column named File Column 2 with a maximum size of 100 MB.

With 2020 Release Wave 2, there is no need to specify file chunking while uploading a file of 16 MB or more, by dividing file data blocks of 4 MB or less through API.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/power-platform-release-plan/2020wave2/data-platform/improvements-microsoft-dataverse-file-image-upload-download

Earlier à

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/data-platform/file-attributes#retrieve-file-data

Below is the sample code we have used to upload a file of size 86 MB.

The file uploaded à

Now let us look at downloading part.

The URL that can be used are

Byte Array formatà
https://%5Borganization%5D/api/data/v9.1/entitySetName(entityID)/fileTypeAttributeName/$value?size=full

Base64 String formatà

https://[organization]/api/data/v9.1/entitySetName(entityID)/fileTypeAttributeName/?size=full

Let us try the URL in the browser for both below File column 1 and 2.

https://pmaurya105.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.1/crad3_sampletables(2d15b66a-a8b4-eb11-8236-000d3a1d5bf4)/crad3_filecolumn1/$value?size=full

It downloads the file for File Column 1à

In case of File Column 2, we get the below error message as its size exceeds 16 MB à

{“error”:{“code”:”0x80090001″,”message”:”Maximum file size supported for download is [16] MB. File of [84 MB] size may only be downloaded using staged chunk download.”}}

Base 64 Format ->

Below is the sample C# code to download the file if the size is less than 16 MB

If it is more than 16 MB we will get the below error à Request Entity Too Large

For Image Data Type, for uploading the full image > 16 MB (without dividing into a smaller chunk of less than 4 MB), we can use the below source code. It is the same as for the file data type.

For download, we can download either the thumbnail or full image (<= 16 MB) using the same source code used for file download.

For thumbnail –

GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.1/entity(recordGuid)/myentityimage/$value

For full image –

GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.1/entity(recordGuid)/myentityimage/$value?size=full

For more than 16 MB we need to use chunking.

Get all the details below à

https://jukkaniiranen.com/2019/12/why-would-you-store-images-and-files-in-cds/

https://debajmecrm.com/new-data-type-filein-cds-all-you-may-need-to-know-about-it/

https://debajmecrm.com/retrieve-contents-of-file-data-type-field-in-dynamics-365-cds-using-javascript-client-code/

Hope it helps..

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Delete the current (active) partition in Audit – Dynamics 365


We recently exceeded log storage capacity for our Power Platform environment

We can check the same at Resources >> Capacity inside the Power Platform admin center.

One of the sandbox environments had the most Log Usage

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/power-platform/admin/legacy-capacity-storage#capacity-page-details

We deleted the plugin trace logs and all the audit partitions (except the active/current one, which the system doesn’t allow)

If we try deleting the current active partition, we will get the below error –

Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: You cannot delete audit data in the partitions that are currently in use, or delete the partitions that are created for storing future audit data.

The partitions are created on quarterly basis each year –

1 Jan – April, 1 April – July, 1 July – October, 1 Oct – January

Even after deleting the plugin trace logs and the partitions, we didn’t see any change in the storage capacity usage. So we raised a Microsoft Support Ticket and were informed by the team that they can delete the active partition for us, and it could take around 3 days. As that was a sandbox environment and we had no use of Audit data we went ahead and the Support Team deleted the active partition for us. (Also there was some issue in our data center with regards to the recalculation of the storage and it took few more days for that change to reflect inside the Capacity page of Power Platform Admin Center).

This way we were able to reclaim some of the log storage.

So basically we just need to raise Microsoft Support Ticket and request the same.

More on Audit –

Also check the new process for deleting audit logs –

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/power-platform/admin/free-storage-space#method-10-delete-audit-logs—new-process

Select audit logs to delete.

Hope it helps..

Audit Entity / Table – Few key points (Dynamics 365 / Power Apps)


In the earlier post we looked at different ways of extracting Audit History data.

Extract Audit History –https://nishantrana.me/2021/05/17/how-to-export-the-audit-history-values-from-dynamics-365/

We can use Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Center for the same, though it is limited to the Production environment only.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/enable-use-comprehensive-auditing#requirements

Then we have Audit History Extractor, and we can also write SSIS Packages as well as Custom Code.

Let us just revisit some of the key points with regards to the Audit entity.

  • Do we have the Audit entity available for Advanced Find? >> No.

  • Do we have it available inside Report Wizard? >> No.

  • Can we write SSRS Report against the Audit entity using the TDS endpoint?

Let us create the Data Source.

Select the authentication as Active Directory Password Authentication for the TDS endpoint.

Enter the database name manually.

The final connection string >>

Data Source=orgnamae.crm.dynamics.com;Initial Catalog=orgname.crm.dynamics.com;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Authentication=”Active Directory Password”

Within SQL4CDS the following query works

However, the same query doesn’t work inside SSRS.

It will give the below error message >>

“Table audit is not available for reports“

  • Do we have the Audit entity in the Power BI Dataverse connector? >> No

However, we can use the OData endpoint to create the report against the Audit entity.

https://www.365knowledge.com/2019/03/06/dynamics-365-user-access-report-with-fetchxml-and-power-bi/

  • Do we have the Audit entity available in Azure Synapse Link (Export to Data Lake)? >> No

How to set up Azure Synapse Link >>

https://nishantrana.me/2021/06/16/how-to-setup-azure-synapse-link-microsoft-dataverse/

  • Cannot we write a Fetch XML Based SSRS report?

Writing a Fetch XML based-report would be challenging, because of the way information is saved.

Check the below article to understand how the audit table stores the information.

https://mahadeomatre.blogspot.com/2015/02/ms-crm-audit-database-table-details.html

http://makdns.blogspot.com/2014/06/dynamics-crm-audit-entity.html

  • How about SQL Based SSRS Report if we are using SQL – for On-Premise?

Refer to the below article that provides the steps to do so.

http://makdns.blogspot.com/2014/06/dynamic-crm-20112013-audit-report-in.html

Hope it helps..

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New Subject Control for the subject entity in Dynamics 365 Customer Service (2021 Release Wave 2)


It becomes difficult to find and select the appropriate subject if there are too many subjects defined as one has to manually traverse across the subject tree hierarchy.

Also, check – Differences between Subject and Category Entity

We now have new subject control introduced as part of 2021 Release Wave 2

  • It allows for easy viewing of the subject tree hierarchy.
  • Search across parent and child nodes.
  • Highlighting the search results.

Below is our sample Subject

Old experience

  • No Search Capability

2021 Release Wave 2

  • We can now perform a search

  • We can search across the parent and child nodes and also the search results are highlighted as shown below

Check out the Release Wave 2 Plan

Microsoft Dynamics 365 2021 release wave 2 plan overview | Microsoft Docs

Hope it helps..

 

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