Tag: PowerPlatform

We can get the different metrics about the usage of the platform like active user usage, the operation performed, the entity used, plugins and API statics, etc. through Command Data Service Analytics (formerly Organization Insights).

https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/analytics/d365ce

These reports can also be downloaded.

Some of these details can also be captured by enabling Audit user access.

And navigating to Audit Summary View

This view can be filtered to show only the User Access via Web event to get the last logon details for the users.

We can use below FetchXML query to get the same details

<fetch mapping=’logical’ aggregate=’true’ version=’1.0′ >
<entity name=’audit’ >
<attribute name=’createdon’ alias=’LastLoginDate’ aggregate=’max’ />
<filter>
<condition attribute=’operation’ operator=’eq’ value=’4′ />
</filter>
<link-entity name=’systemuser’ from=’systemuserid’ to=’objectid’ alias=’su’ link-type=’inner’ >
<attribute name=’fullname’ alias=’fn’ groupby=’true’ />
<attribute name=’domainname’ alias=’dn’ groupby=’true’ />
<attribute name=’userlicensetype’ alias=’ult’ groupby=’true’ />
<attribute name=’accessmode’ alias=’am’ groupby=’true’ />
<attribute name=’isdisabled’ alias=’id’ groupby=’true’ />
</link-entity>
</entity>
</fetch>

We can also run the following SQL Query (in case of on-premise) to get the details

SELECT su.fullname,
su.domainname,
su.userlicensetype,
su.accessmode,
su.isdisabled,
max(a.createdon) AS LastLoginDate
FROM audit AS a
INNER JOIN
systemuser AS su
ON su.systemuserid = a.objectid
WHERE a.operation = 4
GROUP BY su.fullname, su.domainname, su.userlicensetype, su.accessmode, su.isdisabled;

Now there could be some users who have never accessed the application, to get details of those user we can use the below query

SELECT su.fullname,
su.domainname,
su.userlicensetype,
su.accessmode
FROM systemuser AS su
WHERE su.systemuserid IN (SELECT systemuserid
FROM systemuser
EXCEPT
SELECT DISTINCT objectid
FROM audit
WHERE operation = 4);

We can also use the wonderful User Audit Viewer XrmToolBox Plugin for getting the user audit details.

Update – 8 Jun 2021- Just checked it- Audi Table is available in SQL 4 CDS so ignore the below details 

Can we use the new SQL Data Connection for CDS (preview) to query Audit information ?

We cannot as the Audit Table is not available

Hope it helps..

I was recently watching the FastTrack TechTalks on Data Migration.

https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/techtalks/posts/data-migration-january-16-2018

Below are some of the key points from the session à

Customer 360 View is more often than not, the starting point of the data migration discussions. Storing all the data in Dynamics 365 might not be a good idea as it could impact the performance and more importantly, the storage has a cost associated with it.

Learn more about the storage in Power Platform here

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/whats-new-storage

Important Considerations as part of the Data Migration Strategy

Data Source

• What is the source of the migration? Is it a single system or multiple systems from which the data needs to be consolidated.
• The appropriate connectors or technology needed to fetch or extract the data from the source system(s). (SQL, File-based, Web Service, etc.)
• Need for a staging database for transformation and cleansing of data before migrating it to Dynamics 365.
• Having a well-defined Dynamics 365 data dictionary and model.

Data Cleansing

• Removal of the old data.
• De-duplicate of the data.
• Checking for null, missing required fields and references.
• Identify and define the uniqueness of the record.
• Need for defining Alternate keys

Data Transformation (mapping with Dynamics 365 entities and fields)

• Transform the data to adapt to the target Dynamics 365 Data model.
• Format and Range of the fields.
• Calculate or combination of different fields.
• Filtering and Enriching of the fields

Mapping OptionSet in KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit for Dynamics 365

Mapping OptionSet in Scribe Online

Lookup and Cache Transformation component in KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkitfor Dynamics 365

Data Loading

• Is it one-time migration (plus delta load daily) or n times migration
• Based on the time it takes, the batch can run over the weekend or after office hours daily.
• Order of data load – Master \ Configuration Data à Parent records àChild records.
• Use Create or Update whenever possible instead of Upsert.
• For Inactive records, first, we need to create those records as active, associate any child records to it if any, before updating the status of the record.
• Use multithreading and execute multiple requests.
• Figure out the optimum batch size and thread.

Optimum batch size

For Upsert in KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit for Dynamics 365

For Delete in KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit for Dynamics 365

Volume

How many records are to be migrated and how much time will it take.

Storage / Scalability

Do we need all the data to be stored in Dynamics 365, or for Customer 365, can we leverage Power BI reports which could pull data from different data sources?

Do we need all the data for all the entities or last x months?

Compliance and regulations

We need to consider what information is allowed to be stored/accessed by the users in Dynamics 365.

Other key points

• Use WebAPI for migration.
• Use Execute Multiple for batch operations.
• Leverage Application User that provides Server to Server authentication.
• To update CreatedOn field use OverriddenCreatedOn field.
• Use Create OnBehalfOf / CallerID for Created By field.
• Map ModifiedBy and ModifiedOn to custom fields for the historical purpose.
• Check for the sequence of the auto-number fields in the entities.
• If possible for improved performance – during migration disable duplicate detection, workflows, plugins, audit, activity feeds, etc.
• Leverage the same location/region for running the package as the Dynamics 365.
• For faster date-time conversions set regional settings to UTC for the service account being used.

Check out the below articles

https://kunaltripathy.com/2019/06/04/dynamics-365-data-migration-demystified-part-i/

• Importing Legacy Users
• Migration Starter Pack for Dynamics 365
• Data migration with XML as a source
• Working with Scribe Online

Hope it helps..

I recently read the kindle version of the book PowerApps Portal Authentication by Debajit Dutta and Chandana Kommuri.

The book covers in detail the different authentication methods available for the PowerApps Portals and also provides detailed instructions to set them up.

The different topics included in the book are

• Local authentication – Self Registrations and Invitations.
• External Authentication – with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Azure Active Directory (B2C and B2B)

This is the first and the only book in the market on PowerApps Portals, and I think it would be very helpful for the Dynamics 365 professionals, as authentication is the basic and most important piece of information needed while configuring PowerApps Portals for the customers.

What I like about the books in general is it gives us all the required information at the same place, instead of being scattered all around out there in the web, and also that information coming from the expert(s) who have been working on it (because of which you’d be buying the book in the first place) adds to its credibility. The book not only covers all the required details (how and why) for setting up the authentication but also presents it simply and concisely. The chapters start with how to register the portals with the external authentication provider, the authentication mechanism available, settings required in portals, etc. There is a specific pattern or consistency about the way chapters are written in the book, which will make it very easy to be referenced when required. Being around 150 pages, the book was also a quick read.

Grab your copy at the link below !

https://www.amazon.in/PowerApps-Portal-Authentication-Debajit-Dutta-ebook/dp/B085X2HL4W