Whenever a new version of C# is released I’m always eager to explore the new features of the language. However, as a Power Platform developer, it can be frustrating knowing that they can’t be used to develop Dataverse plugins, which constitutes a significant part of my daily work. As a…
Dataverse Custom APIs are a powerful extension model of the PowerPlatform. However, at the time of writing, there are no direct method to execute a Custom API inside the PowerApps Canvas App model. In this post I will show how to call any Custom API from a Canvas App with…
Environment variables in Dataverse are a powerful vehicule to develop portable customizations between different environment. Recently, a new Secret Data Type was introduced that enables the use of secrets stored in Azure Key Vaults 🔐 . The integration between Dataverse and Azure Key Vault was long-awaited and I am really…
I was invited for the 2nd time on the XrmToolCast podcast with Scott Durrow and Daryl Labar, this time to talk about the Custom Api Manager and Catalog Manager for XrmToolbox.
Business Events (still in preview at the time of writing) are opening up new paradigms for event-driven patterns in the Dataverse. (👉see Microsoft press release). Essentially, They rely on 2 new tables Catalog and Catalog Assignment that are surfaced in the Solution explorer. However, the authoring capabilities are limited for…
If you are developing Dataverse Custom APIs, you might have noticed that a new column (field) called ‘Enabled For Workflow‘ recently showed up in the Custom API form. In this post, we will try to make sense of this new feature, understand its impact on the Custom API extension model,…
Pursuing my series of blog posts on Dataverse Custom API features, this one will be ‘short and sweet’ and explores the usage of the IsPrivate attribute that can be found on the Custom API Table. The ability to set an API as a Private message is a unique feature of…
I had the great pleasure to geek out with Jonas Rapp and Daryl Labar on this episode of XrmToolCast
Like most Power Platform developers, I am a heavy user of the XrmToolBox a community project led by Tanguy Touzard. The myriad of tools it surfaces just makes my day to day job a lot less painful. I also secretly been wanting to write a tool of my own to…
Management tool that provides 360° View of Dataverse Custom APIs. Provides CRUD operations on Custom API, Request Parameters (Inputs) and Response Properties (Outputs). Integrates with Custom API Tester Tool Please submit any ideas 💡 or questions ❓ here.
