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If you are new to Power Apps or are still catching up with lot of new changes that have happened on the platform then do take a look at the learning catalog created by Microsoft. You can also signup for a day training on Power Platform by Microsoft on May 13th.

Last week we had great events, MBAS and GitHub Satellite, both were virtual events. Microsoft Business Application Summit on-demand videos are available here. To watch GitHub Satellite, you can click here.

PCF Builder gets exciting updates on both XrmToolbox as well as Visual Studio Code. For XrmToolbox version read the release notes. For Visual Studio Code release notes are here.

– Danish N.


👍 Power Platform Updates

Application lifecycle management (ALM) with Microsoft Power Platform
Application lifecycle management (ALM) with Microsoft Power Platformdocs.microsoft.com
Learn how to implement application lifecycle management (ALM) using Microsoft Power Platform

ALM for Power Platform Dataflows – The story begins – Carina M. Claesson
ALM for Power Platform Dataflows – The story begins – Carina M. Claessoncarinaclaesson.com

Today I was surprised and very happy when I found that we are now able to create a Power Platform Dataflow FROM WITHIN A SOLUTION!

💎 Common Data Service

Accessing fields on QuickView Form through JavaScript in Dynamics 365
Accessing fields on QuickView Form through JavaScript in Dynamics 365nishantrana.me

Get and set value of attributes on Quick View form using simple JavaScript.

Generating OAuth2 V2.0 Endpoint Tokens for Common Data Service
Generating OAuth2 V2.0 Endpoint Tokens for Common Data Servicecrmchap.co.uk

OAuth 2.0 authentication can transform into a very deep rabbit hole if you find yourself stumbling into it for the first time.

🏋️‍♂️ PowerApps & Power Automate

Case sensitivity of string comparisons – Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict
Case sensitivity of string comparisons – Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addictthepoweraddict.com

Different types of string comparisons work differently. Some are case sensitive while some are insensitive. This blog looks into those differences

When Power Automate picks the wrong type | Dynamics CRM Tip Of The Day
When Power Automate picks the wrong type | Dynamics CRM Tip Of The Daycrmtipoftheday.com

When Power Automate picks the wrong type. How to fix it.

🚀 PowerApps Component Framework (PCF)

PCF - Prevent saving the form when input is invalid
PCF – Prevent saving the form when input is invalidbenediktbergmann.eu
In this article you will learn how to prevent saving the form when the input in your PCF is invalid. This includes changes in your PCF and in CDS.

PCF: getOutputs – Dianamics Power
PCF: getOutputs – Dianamics Powerdianabirkelbach.wordpress.com

The getOutputs method of the PCF components seems pretty self-explaining but I was a little unsure about the possibility of setting values to null.

🔨 Tools & Components

Main Form Dialog | PCF Gallery
Main Form Dialog | PCF Gallerypcf.gallery
A control that uses the Main Form Dialog (or navigateTo) feature within Model Apps to open an Account main form.

Loyalty Level | PCF Gallery
Loyalty Level | PCF Gallerypcf.gallery
A control based on React to visually display and edit the loyalty level for a rewards member: bronze, silver, gold, or platinum.

Date Two Option | PCF Gallery
Date Two Option | PCF Gallerypcf.gallery
A control that turns a PowerApps date field into a checkbox. When the checkbox is clicked, the current date is stored in the backing date field.

🎮 Visual Studio & GitHub

Working with GitHub Issues in Visual Studio Code
Working with GitHub Issues in Visual Studio Codecode.visualstudio.com
Working with GitHub Issues in Visual Studio Code

🎥 Videos

Power Apps Captcha Component – Reusable Control

🔊 Podcasts

XrmToolCast: The Quick Edit Form, A PCF Control
XrmToolCast: The Quick Edit Form, A PCF Controlxrmtoolcast.libsyn.com

In this episode we interview Clement Olivier, the creator of the Quick Edit Form, about his new tool. Clement explains why he made the Quick Edit Form control.

🤩 Thanks for reading

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