Power Platform Dev Weekly #187
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🥇 Cover Story
Missing XrmToolBox.PluginsStore - read and fix it here!
by Jonas Rapp
After some excellent updates to XrmToolBox, a few things have moved around in the backend code, which means some existing tools break down hard. If you get an error message similar to this anywhere in XrmToolBox: Fix it like explained by Jonas in this post.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Use tag parameter to add a shared variable to the plugin
by Nishant Rana
In this post Nishant showcases how we can use the tag parameter in the request to pass any additional information to the plugin. This is added as a shared variable to the plugin execution context.
Hyperscale to your business workload
by Carsten Groth
Carsten shares insights on how developers can get started with Dataverse and leverage its features to hyperscale the workloads.
by Priyesh Wagh
Here’s a post that demystifies and summarizes what Low Code Plugins are all about and how you can start implementing the same.
🏋️♂️ Canvas Apps
Use-Cases for Regular Expression in PowerFx
by Mike Gowland
This article goes into detail as to how you can use regular expression patterns, predefined pattern enumerators and match options to create some powerful string-matching capabilities.
Modern tab list tips: reset & change the default selected tab
by Laurens M
In this blog post we will be exploring some workarounds to reset the tab list and dynamically change the default selected tab.
😎 Power Automate
Power Automate - Environment Variables
by David Wyatt
In this post, you will learn how to use Environment Variables in Power Automate and why they are necessary especially for the ALM processes.
4 Solutions For Excel File Is Locked Error In Power Automate
by Matthew Devaney
In this post, Matt will show you 4 methods to solve the following Power Automate error message: "file (filename) is locked for shared use by (username)."
🌎 Power Pages
Sending files to cloud flows from Power Pages
by Oleksandr Olashyn
In this post, learn how to send files to cloud flows from Power Pages
😈 Dev to the Core
by Van Carl Nguyen
In this two part series, you will initially learn how to setup the pipelines and then in the second you will learn how to enhance your teams involvement with nice looking dashboards.
👍 Everything else in Power Platform
How To Enable Power Platform Tenant Isolation
by Craig White
Keep data secure with Power Platform tenant isolation. Find out the basics and the steps to isolate your tenant from others.
Dataverse "When an action is performed" trigger doesn't fire - what to do
by Andrew Butenko
In this post Andrew shares his learnings about actions and its invocation from Power Automate.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Use RetrieveDuplicates request to check for duplicates before creating/updating a record - Nishant Rana
Flows are now in Dataverse by default! - Low Code Lewis
Leveraging Service Principal Authentication for SQL Connector in Power Apps and Power Automate - Mohamed Ashiq Faleel
Connecting Microsoft Outlook to model-driven Power Apps - Nick Doelman
Dataverse Search API v2 - Mark Carrington
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