Category: Dynamics 365

How to – Check user’s access to a record – upcoming feature in Dynamics 365


Was going through the Model-Driven Apps documentation and found the below article

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/user/access-checker

It talks about a Check access button on the command bar of a record which will list down all the rights/access/privileges on that particular record.

And also how the user has got those accesses, through security roles directly assigned or through the team the user belongs.

We can also check the access of the other users as well through user lookup.

More on Access in Dynamics 365

Hope it helps..

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Power Platform for Admins connector (preview) in Power Automate


The Power Platform for Admins connector (preview)

let’s us perform following Actions


The connector allows us to access the Business Applications Platform (BAP) API.

Below is the example of the Create Environment action, followed by Create CDS Database.

Here we are creating a trial environment in Asia region followed by a CDS database in it with base language – Hindi and currency code as INR

Let us run the flow and see the results

In Power Platform admin center can see the environment created along with the database specified.

All the key URL(s) for Power Platform Admin

Get all the details below –

Power Platform for Admins (Preview)

Power Apps and Power Automate Administration and Governance – Tools and Labs

Hope it helps..

User multiplexing- SSIS (KingswaySoft) + Dynamics 365 CE / CDS / Dataverse


Must read article on managing API limits

Fast data management in a limited CDS world
Thanks – Gustaf Westerlund

How to – Embed Canvas App in an Iframe inside Dynamics 365


Canvas App can be easily embedded in a web site using the Iframe.

Say e.g. we have the following Canvas App to be embedded inside Dashboard in Dynamics 365

Save the app and navigate to Details

We can copy the Web link or App ID.

The URL Format –

https://apps.powerapps.com/play/[appId]

The other parameter that can be used are

source, tenantid, screencolor and any additional parameters

e.g.

https://apps.powerapps.com/play/[appId]?source=iframe&screenColor=rgba(120,110,55,1)&param1=value&param2=value 2

  • Here we have embedded it inside an Iframe component within the Dashboard

Publish the change and navigate to the Dashboard, we can see our Canvas App.

If the application is using Azure Active Directory-based authentication, the user will not be asked to sign-in again, else the user will be asked to Sign-in and will be able to access the app if it is shared with them.

Here we have embedded it inside an ASP.NET page, and we are asked to Sign-in.

After successful sign-in

Get all the details here –

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/embed-apps-dev

Hope it help..

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Fixed – System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format exception while registering Plugin in Dynamics 365


We might get the below error while trying to register a plugin.




Cause –

The plugin project was referring the .NET Framework 4.7.2


And the latest version of Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreAssemblies – (Sept 29, 2020)

2020-11-10_19-33-39

Resolution –

Changing it to 4.6.2 fixed it.



Details-

Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.FaultException

An unexpected error occurred.

Server stack trace:

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]:

at Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Connector.CrmServiceClient.Create(Entity entity)

at Xrm.Sdk.PluginRegistration.Forms.PluginRegistrationForm.btnRegister_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Detail:

<OrganizationServiceFault xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts&#8221; xmlns:i=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”&gt;

<ActivityId>6906e911-4a07-487a-bdf0-ad52914b9f14</ActivityId>

<ErrorCode>-2147220970</ErrorCode>

<ErrorDetails xmlns:a=”http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic”&gt;

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiExceptionSourceKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>Plugin/Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.PluginAssemblyService</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiOriginalExceptionKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: An unexpected error occurred. —&gt; System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

at System.Text.StringBuilder.FormatError()

at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)

at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)

at System.String.Format(IFormatProvider provider, String format, Object arg0, Object arg1)

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.TargetFrameworkVersionValidator.ValidateInternal()

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.PluginValidatorBase.Validate()

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.PluginAssemblyServiceInternal`1.ValidateAssemblyMetadata(ExecutionContext context, IBusinessEntity pluginAssembly, CrmPluginAssemblyMetadata assemblyMetadata)

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.PluginAssemblyServiceInternal`1.VerifyRegistrationAbility(IBusinessEntity pluginAssembly, Boolean createCall, ExecutionContext context, CrmPluginAssemblyMetadata assemblyMetadata)

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.PluginAssemblyServiceInternal`1.ValidateOperation(String operationName, IBusinessEntity entity, ExecutionContext context)

at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.SdkEntityServiceBase.CreateInternal(IBusinessEntity entity, ExecutionContext context, Boolean verifyAction)

— End of inner exception stack trace —

at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.VersionedPluginProxyStepBase.Execute(PipelineExecutionContext context)

at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.PipelineInstrumentationHelper.Execute(Boolean instrumentationEnabled, String stopwatchName, ExecuteWithInstrumentation action, PipelineExecutionContext context)

at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.Pipeline.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass5_0.&lt;RunStep&gt;b__0()</a:value>

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiStepKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:guid” xmlns:b=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/”>3ecabb1b-ea3e-db11-86a7-000a3a5473e8</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiDepthKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:int” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>1</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiActivityIdKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:guid” xmlns:b=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/”>6906e911-4a07-487a-bdf0-ad52914b9f14</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiPluginSolutionNameKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>System</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiStepSolutionNameKey</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>System</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiExceptionCategory</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>SystemFailure</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiExceptionMesageName</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:string” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>UnExpected</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

<a:key>ApiExceptionHttpStatusCode</a:key>

<a:value i:type=”b:int” xmlns:b=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>400</a:value&gt;

</KeyValuePairOfstringanyType>

</ErrorDetails>

Hope it helps..



 

Sample code to connect to CDS / Dynamics 365 / CE using OAuth


Sample code for quick reference for connecting to CDS through a console application using OAuth

Add the NuGet package for Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.CoreAssembly in the project.

Xrm.Tooling is the preferred way to connect to CDS, because of many benefits – we can define connection string, thread safety, support for X.509 certificate authentication, support for secure storage of sign-in credentials and reuse etc.

Note –

Here we will be using the sample AppId and Redirect URI.

Sample Code- 


using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Connector;
using System;

namespace SampleConsoleApp
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ConnectionString = "AuthType = OAuth; " +
"Username = [username]@[domain].onmicrosoft.com;" +
"Password = [password]; " +
"Url = https://[orgname].crm.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)
{
var myContact = new Entity("contact");
myContact.Attributes["lastname"] = "Test";
myContact.Attributes["firstname"] = "User1";
svc.Create(myContact);
}
}
}
}

For .NET Framework 4.5.2 – we need to explicitly specify Tls1.2 as the default protocol. 

ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;

https://nishantrana.me/2018/01/

.NET Framework 4.6.2 uses TLS 1.2 as the default protocol.

 

More details on – Connection string parameters.

Sample Code – Dynamics 365 Web API / Organization Service

Hope it helps..

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