Tag: Dynamics 365

With the 2020 Release Wave 1 Plan, now Kanban View can be added to Opportunity.

To configure it, open the Opportunity entity for Customization, go to Controls tab and Add Kanban control to it and publish the changes.

This adds the Kanban view to the Opportunity’s view.

There are 2 different Kanban views available

• Based on the BPF Sales stage (stages of the Opportunity sales process BPF)
  

• Based on Status (Open, Won, Lost)
  

Let us look at different actions that we can perform within the Kanban view.

• Clicking on Title opens the record in new window

• Fields are editable

• Use Search to filter the result in the view

• Each lane shows the total of estimated revenue and total records in the lane

• Supports drag and drop

Here we are dragging the 4G Enabled Tablets record to Won Status lane.

It opens the close opportunity dialog box.

We can update the values and add a description if needed. Clicking on OK moves the record to the Won status lane.

Similarly dragging the record from Lost and Won to Open Lane, reopens the record.

In the case of the Business Process Flow view, moving the card to another stage lane will open the record itself.

Here moving record titled Audio from qualify to develop lane

Opens the BPF in the record itself.

Currently, the Kanban view is only available for Opportunity Sales Process flow.

Updating the Display Name of the stage, adding/removing a stage all is reflected back in the Kanban View.

The Kanban View for the updated process reflects the changes made

With coming releases, expecting this feature added to other business process flow.

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Release 2020 Wave 1: https://nishantrana.me/2020-release-wave-1/

Release 2019 Wave 2: https://nishantrana.me/2019/12/31/dynamics-365-2019-release-wave-2-blog-posts/

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The PDF generation capability has been added to Dynamics 365 Sales for the following entities: Lead, Contact, Account, Opportunity, Quote, Order and Invoice.

As an Admin, we can configure it here.

Enabling it adds the Create PDF and Email as PDF commands.

Create PDF and Email as PDF options will let the user select the templates available for that entity.

The generated pdf document through Create PDF option, can either be saved in SharePoint or in the local drive.

Clicking on Download starts the Export to PDF process and saves a copy of the pdf.

Clicking on Save saves it in the SharePoint Document Location configured

Email as PDF option can be used to email the PDF directly to the customer.

It basically opens the Email record with PDF added as an attachment.

The mapping for the email opened –

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Release 2020 Wave 1: https://nishantrana.me/2020-release-wave-1/

Release 2019 Wave 2: https://nishantrana.me/2019/12/31/dynamics-365-2019-release-wave-2-blog-posts/

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A new Sales Team Member App has been made available in the 2020 Release Wave 1 plan that is specifically designed for users having Team Member License.

Below are the roles assigned to the app.

Below are the entities available for the users within the Sales Team Member app

Team member licensing is targeted towards the lightweight users that need limited access across the Dynamics 365 Apps.

Below are some of the rights/actions that Team member License User can perform –

• Read all Dynamics 365 application data and Custom Entity Data.
• Can Access Customer Engagement applications from Web App, Mobile, Tablet and Outlook.
• Mobile Offline capabilities are not available for Team Member Licenses.
• Create, Update and Delete
  à Activities, Announcements, Contacts, Custom Entities (15 max), Notes associated with them, Personal Views, Saved Views, Email Templates, Word Templates.
• Create and modify up to 15 Custom Entities (per application) in addition to the OOB entities.
• Export data to excel.
• Access user reports, charts and dashboards.
• Through Portal and API – create, read, update and delete Cases.
• Post and follow activity feeds.
• Perform mail merge.
• Start a dialog.
• Associate a marketing list with contact or account.
• Use a queue item.
• Use relationships and connections between records.
• Use the search and advanced find.

The below diagram from the Licensing guide explains how team members’ license fits with the need to access custom entities.

Licensing is one the most complex part about the product, so it always recommended to go through the licensing guide and clear any doubts from Microsoft before deciding.

Download the Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=866544

Also, check

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/get-started/team-members-license

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/dynamics365/sales-enterprise/sales-team-member

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Release 2020 Wave 1: https://nishantrana.me/2020-release-wave-1/

Release 2019 Wave 2: https://nishantrana.me/2019/12/31/dynamics-365-2019-release-wave-2-blog-posts/

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