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Retrieve primary entities along with related entities with one QueryExpression

Retrieve related records for a parent record

It’s possible to get related records of a relationship when we retrieve a parent record using RelatedEntitiesQuery property in the RetrieveRequest. That means you have to construct the RetrieveRequest not using the Retrieve method from the OrganizationServiceProxy class.

https://dyncrmexp.com/2017/10/24/retrieve-primary-entities-along-with-related-entities-with-one-queryexpression/comment-page-1/
by Khoa Nguyen

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Approval / When a file is created (properties only) – when a file is added to the folder in the SharePoint library

Recently we had a requirement to implement an approval workflow when a document is added to a SharePoint library.

Below is how we can implement it.

Details –

Trigger – When a file is created (properties only)

Specify the Site Address, Library Name, and the Folder on which the flow should run.

Initialize Variable

Initialize a variable VarComments to save all the responses.

Start and wait for an approval

Here we have used the Approval type as Custom Response – Wait for one response, we could also Approve / Reject – First to respond or any approval type based on the requirements.

The Assigned to field contains the name of the user who needs to review it.

The item link contains the link to the item.

Enable reassignment as Yes will allow the approver to reassign the approval to another user from the Approval Center.

Apply to each

Append the approval response to the variable VarComments.

Condition

If Outcome is Approved

If Yes – Update File Properties

Update the properties of the file using the ID.

Update the Approval Comments property with the variable.

Update the status value as Approved.

Repeat the same step for any other Outcome.

Check other blog posts on Approvals – https://nishantrana.me/2020/08/31/approvals-power-automate-dynamics-365/

Also check –https://manueltgomes.com/reference/power-automate-trigger-reference/when-a-file-is-created-properties-only-trigger/

Hope it helps..

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How to – Filter using related table(lookup)’s Multi Choices or MultiSelect Option Set column– PowerApps / Dataverse / Dynamics 365

Continuing our previous example, here we have added a new choice field in Table B.

Here Table A has a lookup of Table B which has the new multichoice column added to it. (Also Table B has a lookup of Table C in it)

Based on the values selected in the multiple-choice field’s combo box we will filter the gallery.

The syntax to bind the multichoice column to the combo box.

Choices(Table[@choicecolumn])

First, for the Items property of the Main Gallery, we have added the new column ColorChoices to Table A using the AddColumns and the Lookup function.

Then filtered based on selected items of the combo color choices, using the new ColorChoices column added.

ChoiceColumn[@Value] in comboBox.SelectedItems

We have also used the newly added ColorChoices column to bind it to the gallery inside the main gallery as it would have multiple values.

The result –

Thanks to –

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How to – Filter Collection / Items in Gallery based on the related (Lookup) record’s value – Power Apps / Canvas Apps (Dataverse/Dynamics 365)

Suppose we have 3 tables, Table A, Table B, and Table C related to each other as

Table A (n-1) Table B (n-1) Table C i.e.

Table A has a lookup of Table B and Table B has a lookup of Table C.

Below is our sample canvas app that has a gallery and a combo box.

What we would want is based on the Table C record’s name selected in the combo box, we want to filter the collection to only show those records that are related to it.

One of the ways we could implement this is by using the AddColumns to add Table C data to Table A and apply the Filter to it.

Below is the formula to achieve the same.

In Table A, add a column name “TableCName”.

To get the Table C name, perform a Lookup on Table B, where Table B GUID is equal to Table A’s Table B lookup field, and then fetch the Table C Lookup’s name from Table B.

And lastly, perform a Filter on this new column TableCName, based on the selected value in the combo box.

See it working –

https://www.screencast.com/t/XZNDEsykAw

On selecting Table C1 in the combo box –

Similarly on selecting Table C2 in the combo box

Thanks to Debajit for guiding – https://debajmecrm.com/how-to-use-addcolumns-with-lookup-fields-of-sharepoint-in-power-apps/

To read more on AddColumns, Filter, and Lookup.

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Product Table has Village Lookup in it and Village table has Region lookup in this sample screenshot

InvalidPluginExecutionException error dialog not showing up – Dynamis 365 / Dataverse

One of the reasons why throwing the InvalidPluginExecutionException doesn’t show up error dialog could be that you would have Profiled that step with profile storage as Persist to Entity.