
The CRM web service has a cruisy job really, it has single create, update, delete operations, most of the time your grunty server out the back will be idling. Recently on a project we needed to simultaneously create 200+ records per transaction, unfortunately there is no bulk create. The quickest w
Read the full article hereWhen emails are tracked in Dynamics CRM automatically or manually via the ‘Track in CRM’ button if the email contains attachments they’ll get stored in the Dynamics CRM database. Over a period of time your database will grow quite quickly. Dynamics CRM is flexible enough that we can route the
Read the full article hereIf you’re creating web applications using asp.net or you’re a user that is using ISV extensions you might be aware of the spin up delay. This delay has considerable impact on user experience when it comes to ISV extensions in Dynamics CRM. The delay is caused by the asp.net runtime serializing Micro
Read the full article hereThere are number of changes between Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK and CRM 4 SDK. Let’s take a look at what has changed between plugins. * 1. The IPlugin now resides in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk namespace instead of Microsoft.Crm.Sdk public class ClassName : Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.IPlugin public class ClassNa
Read the full article hereWe've been using XrmLinq for our Dynamics CRM 4.0 developments and we've gotten use to that syntax, the new LINQ provider in Dynamics CRM 2011 is a bit different but thanks to extension methods and generics we can make it look the same as XrmLinq. The main reason for this is to port existing&nb
Read the full article hereAt Magnetism, we try to make things really easy for Dynamics CRM users, like formatting the address, automatically populating suburb, city, postal code, country by using ajax suggestions, so that the user can go through their daily activities without having to worry about keeping CRM data clean. Esp
Read the full article hereTime for another crm goodie... We've been working on a little project that needed blocking of certain outbound emails, with the Dynamics CRM plugin architecture this made it very very simple. For whatever reason, if you want to block outbound emails from Dynamics CRM programmatically, hook into
Read the full article hereI like breaking into things to see what they look like on the inside, on a rainy day like today with not much to do I decided to see what the solution export file is made of. The exported zip file is similar to the Microsoft Office files, inside the zip file there is [Content_Types].xml which is ex
Read the full article hereNot real dollars but close enough with Dynamics CRM 2011 custom activities! I must say I'm liking these solution packages, it makes it so much easier to bundle and deploy custom add-ons. In Dynamics CRM 2011, when you create a new entity you have the option of making it a custom activi
Read the full article hereOctober 1st is the day here in New Zealand where the G.S.T (Goods and Services Tax) changed from 12.5% to 15%. If you're using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 or are about to implement CRM 2011 then this is a good opportunity for you to future proof your system. We've seen many implementations of Dynami
Read the full article hereLately I’ve been hearing this word “It can’t be done” or “It’s not possible” all the time and it’s getting annoying, these words/phrases are poison to developers, especially young people who are just starting their career, when all they hear is “can’t / not possible” it conditions them to think that
Read the full article hereI was browsing the dynamics forums the other day and saw a post asking about the progress bar in CRM, we created one awhile back; here it is for anyone else that's looking for something similar. Click here to download a working sample. What you'll need • jQuery 1.3.2 •&nbs
Read the full article hereThe plugin registration tool is great when you want to quickly register, change and test plugins, but if you have an automatic build/testing environment you need some way of creating a new CRM organisation, importing customizations, register custom plugins/workflows and run your tests. Below you’ll
Read the full article here* You have a workflow, you have 5000+ records, and you do an advanced find, it brings back the records only to find that you can run the workflow on a maximum on 250! (With unsupported customizations you can increase this limit but let’s stay out of that space for now) If it’s a one off you can manu
Read the full article hereAt Magnetism we try to minimize data entry as much as possible, it makes everyone happy. While working on a lending application we found that the clients’ application required the customers’ bank name and the branch name. If the customer is anything like me I wouldn’t have a clue where my branch wa
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