Power Platform Developers Weekly - Issue #95

🥇 Cover Story

Custom API is a great feature that was brought to the platform to replace Actions developers used to use for years. But how do you debug it?! Andrew shows you the process in this article.

Working with the canvas app is really nice, but we all need to look at the code. The harsh raw code. Jonas showcases the new features and his experience with Git on canvas apps.

❓ Quiz of the week

Answer the questions for a chance to win some prizes

The answer to the last newsletter issue was: Post-operation, Pre-validation & Pre-operation

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Wonder how to fetch values from a Quick View form embedded on the main form. This post got you covered.

If a relationship is set to merge cascade all but you want to cancel that operation then read this blog.

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

Matt will show you an example of how to view SharePoint document library files, folders, and subfolders in canvas apps.

😎 Power Automate

In this blog post you will learn how to setup a Service Principal to authenticate again Dataverse in Power Automate.

In this post, Ashiq shows how to parse JSON action that either contains null or multi-value or sometimes does not exist in the JSON data but is part of the JSON schema.

🚀 PCF & Custom Pages

In this article, Elizabeth wants to share how Adaptive Cards can be used in PCF controls. Adaptive Cards provide an easy render of text and input controls of different types.

👍 Everything else in Power Platform

Tomasz shows us how to use Power Automate Desktop to filter Excel tables. Check it out!

🔨 Tools & Components

Our guest blogger is back with another new tool for XrmToolBox called PVA to Visio Builder. Check out his new tool and improve your documentations.

👩‍💻 Dev to the Core

In this blog post, we learn how to display CRM data into SPA (Vue.js). For that purpose, we are using @azure/msal-browser. So, if you want to get familiar with using MSAL in SPA check out this post.

⛅ Around Azure

In this blog post, you will learn how to set up a custom connector for a custom API hosted in Azure using Azure AD for authentication.

🎮 Other Interesting Articles

Retrieving the formatted label text from a choice in Power Automate when using Dataverse - Lewis Baybutt

Hiding Special buttons from Dynamics 365 CE - Mahender Pal

How to overcome the Power Automate Approvals 30 days limit - Dawid Ziolkowski

How to WIN/LOSE Dynamics 365 CRM Opportunity through Power Automate Flow - Inogic

🎥 Videos

🔊 Podcasts

This is a special thank you episode from Daryl where he thanks 10 individuals that have made a significant impact on the XrmToolCast.

🐤 Tweets of the week

Hiro @mofumofu_dance

Git version control in #PowerApps is awesome Demo: https://t.co/yt2mhwP1hf

💖 GitHub Sponsors

Thanks to the following people for being the sponsors:

🥈 Silver - David Wade

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