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POWER APPS – FISSION DEV – Part 2

Background (this is not FUSION development) The scenario is for a ‘Pro’ developer to build a Power App, in such a way that the ‘Citizen’ developer can maintain 80% of the app without requiring assistance. Why this post series: The aim of this post series is to make coding simple for the new citizen developer. […]

POWER APPS – FISSION Development

(this is not FUSION development) Microsoft is really promoting FUSION development. Fusion development with Power Apps is about combining the worlds of the citizen developer, the professional developer, and the other parties instrumental in building and using applications to further the objectives of the business.26 Apr 2021 (Microsoft) However it appears to be focussed about connectors and […]

Business Central – Webservice – Password

This one wasted a lot of my time. We were building a custom connector to Business Central to test a few concepts. I come from a Dynamics 365 CE background and Business Central is a foreign system to me. Well how hard can it be. Business Central not so bad, but same strange concepts. This […]

Power Apps – Canvas – Frustrating Error

The error message I am afraid to see when building a canvas app is: This is a particular bad error message to get. Especially, if you have been coding for a while without monitoring the errors that may have been introduced. Time to debug this message is not small. At end of this article I […]

Power Apps – ToString() for Canvas App

Have you ever wanted to compare to records with each other in canvas app? I think this could be really important especially with inline galleries. Scenario: When allowing an user to change data directly in a grid, and need to know if any data has changed. Why you say? It is beneficial (faster) to update […]

Field Service – Site Inductions

01 Aug 2021 In many industries, ‘Field workers’ will most probably require site inductions to work on a service account premises. What is a Site Induction? A site induction, also referred to as a contractor induction, is a form of introductory instruction that ensures that workers new to a construction site or facility are familiar with […]

Field Service – Roles

Field Service (FS) and Project Operations (PO) both use the schedule board. They both have the concept of skills and roles. Similar you say. Well that’s what I initially thought but .. My terminology is that ‘Roles’ is a first class citizen in Project Operation. By this I mean the functionality is superb. However in […]