Microsoft Dynamics 365 & Dynamics CRM Blogs by Adam Murchison | Magnetism Solutions | NZ (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin)

Navigation Pages in Xamarin Forms

Adam Murchison, 29 March 2018

Creating a Navigation Page Navigation pages are a simple and the most common way of ‘navigating’ between different pages within Xamarin forms. A navigation page is still a Content Page; it does not take much to allow navigation. Navigation can be used to pass through parameters to different pages. F
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Introduction to Using Feedback in Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 18 December 2017

Why use Feedback? The feedback entity gives the user the ability to store feedback that is provided by contacts/people on a specified entity record. When Would This be Useful? The best way to show how Feedback is useful is to use an example. Let’s say we’ve created an Event Management system with a
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How to Fix Microsoft Dynamics 365 App for Outlook Add-In Error

Adam Murchison, 07 December 2017

Have you ever tried to install the Microsoft Dynamics 365 App for Outlook and were faced with the below error? This is not only an un-useful error but does not suggest why this add-in could not start. Never fear, the fix is very simple! This error occurs because of a disabled security feature which
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How to Fix CRM Email Router Could Not Start Issue

Adam Murchison, 16 November 2017

Was your CRM Email Router running smoothly as expected and suddenly the CRM Email Router Service stopped running? Were you greeted with an error similar to the one below in the event viewer of your server? “#16192 - The E-mail Router service could not run the service main background thread. T
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Why It Is Important to use Anti-Forgery Tokens in ASP.NET Web Forms

Adam Murchison, 15 November 2017

When creating a webform it is highly important to have anti-forgery tokens generated for the user at the correct stage. It is equally important to know when to validate these anti-forgery tokens. The validation of the token allows the site to trust the users input. This blog will delve into why it i
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A Quick Guide to Connections in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 30 October 2017

What are Connections? Connections are an easy way to connect records without having to create a custom relationship between two entities. A connection can be used between records of the same type or of different types, e.g. a contact can be connected to another contact, or a contact can be connected
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How to Get the Time Zone Value from Dynamics 365 to SSRS Reports

Adam Murchison, 15 October 2017

If you’ve ever written custom SSRS Reports then you’ll know the difficulty of converting from UTC to your users desired time zone. There are two ways of retrieving a date field from Dynamics 365 and each way returns a different time-zone. One way is using mag_dateField.Value, this is the user local
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How to Use Enable Rules in Dynamics 365 with the Ribbon Workbench

Adam Murchison, 13 October 2017

Using Enable Rules in Dynamics 365 with the Ribbon Workbench By Adam Murchison Using the Ribbon Workbench made by Scott Durow facilitates editing and adding additional features to the Ribbon within Microsoft Dynamics 365. This blog will provide simple tips and tricks specifically with the enable rul
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Introduction to Editable Grids in Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 29 September 2017

Definition of an Editable Grid An editable grid is data entry fields that are displayed in a view of a specified entity in Dynamics 365. This allows the user to efficiently input data into a field without having to go into the form, it is all done within a view. This is an extremely efficient and e
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How to Solve Default Value Issue with Two Options Fields in Dynamics CRM 2016

Adam Murchison, 28 September 2017

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 on premise has an interesting issue where Two Options fields are automatically set to the default value, without a user updating them. The change appears in the Audit History and can occur when no plugins, workflows, JavaScript, or Business Rules are configured on an enti
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How to Get and Set a Lookup Field Using JavaScript in Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 20 September 2017

When setting a lookup value using JavaScript in Microsoft Dynamics 365, the value you use has to be an array and the values in that array must be of type object. Within the object the required components are the id, logical name and the entity type. Retrieving a lookup field through JavaScript can b
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How to Create Business Rules in Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 15 September 2017

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 the creation process when creating a business rule is significantly different, in a good way! The business rules still use programming logic in a more visual and simplistic manner. Business rules are more than just business logic, they are extremely useful, and can be used
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How to Create and Share Personal Views in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 14 September 2017

Customizing views is a simple task but it is highly important. Views efficiently display data to the user when they are used correctly. Views are important so the user is able to see all relevant information and they allow the user to select the view that displays the data they need to see, hiding
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How to Add a Quick View Form in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 14 September 2017

Adding a quick view form onto a Main form in Dynamics 365 is a simple and effective way of displaying information from one entity to another entity. In this demonstration, I will show you how to create a quick view form in the custom entity Venue and display this quick view on the custom entity Even
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Best Practices of Workflow Structure for Microsoft Dynamics 365

Adam Murchison, 11 September 2017

This blog is going to help the reader to create workflows with the best, most desirable structure. This will allow the workflow to be easily readable, modifiable, and shows the user when their workflow stops or has errors specifically within the workflow. To show the best practices while creating a
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