Required fields are over-rated (part 2)
Part 2 of a discussion of required fields and where they often fall down in peoples systems.
Required fields are over-rated
Required fields will, at some point, detract from the quality of your data in pretty much any system. I will try and explain why!
Re Introducing Data Validation Tool for CDS
Data Export Validation Tool for D365 CDS. A lot has changed in the world of the Power Platform since this blog post and that’s without even mentioned product name changes. Over a year ago, I launched the Data Export Validation Tool as I was playing with Data Export Service and Read more…
Fixing Async Merging in CDS
In recent updates, the default behaviour for merging meant it moved to an async action (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/async-cascading). The main UI hasn’t really changed but by moving async, there is some significant changes in the UX and it isn’t near as intuitive as it used to be. What makes it worse is Read more…
Introducing Data Export Validation Tool for D365
The Data Export Validation Tool for D365 As a long time developer with an On-Premise development environment, the ability to see the SQL behind a CRM system/CE system [.. or whatever it’s called nowadays, but for habits sake it will hear on be called CRM…] can often be invaluable and Read more…
Duplicates Detected! But where?!
Duplicates Detected! We’ve read that sentence many times through our careers within CRM but I’ve mostly always just taken for granted that it works well. But what if it doesn’t?