Sometimes, after restoring a CRM On-Premises organization (from a database backup), you end up with the Data Encryption inactive (Settings > Data Management > Data Encryption) and that might be a headache for future development on the restored organization (e.g. custom plugins), especially if the original organization Encryption Key cannot be shown as below (Show… Continue reading Recover CRM Encryption Symmetric Key
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CRM 365 9.0 filtering subgrids (Turbo Forms)
For some reason, filtering subgrids (Turbo Forms / non-legacy JS engine) in CRM 9.0 is not implemented (yet?!). A temporary solution for on-premise version would be implementing the addCustomFilter function from the C:\Program Files\Dynamics 365\CRMWeb\_static\form\formcontrols.js library. Current implementation: addCustomFilter: function(fetchXmlFilter) { throw Error.notImplemented(‘The method or operation is not implemented.’); }, Fix: addCustomFilter: function(fetchXmlFilter) { //… Continue reading CRM 365 9.0 filtering subgrids (Turbo Forms)
Attribute Type differences
Because we all know that maintaining two on-premise environments (e.g. dev & production) can be a pain, sometimes checking certain entities before solution import can be a time saver! To check the data type differences between the attributes of the same entity, on two different organizations, you can use the following SQL statement: — USAGE:… Continue reading Attribute Type differences
Solution Component Types
Any importable CRM solution holds within the *.zip file a component named solution.xml. In order to edit this, you need a better understanding of the <RootComponent> nodes (type attribute). For a complete list of root component types, you can use the following SQL statement: SELECT AttributeValue as Type, Value as [Root Component] FROM StringMap WHERE… Continue reading Solution Component Types
CRM ribbon button on all entities
In order to add a ribbon button in Dynamics CRM on all entities, simply use the Application Ribbon in your solution, then edit it with the Ribbon Workbench. For more details, please read this article.
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SchemaName JS exposer for CRM
Sometimes inspecting all the elements with Developer Tools or clicking over and over again on the CRM form, attribute by attribute can be irritating. There for, I propose the following approach to all the CRM Consultants and Developers out there who need the attributes’ schema names fast. The JS library is stand-alone and all that… Continue reading SchemaName JS exposer for CRM
Create New Entity from related entity via Ribbon – CRM 2013 & CRM 2015
The fastest way to create a new child record for the current entity using a custom ribbon button, is the following approach: Pass the following parameters to your custom javascript function called CreateNewCRMEntity (for example), as shown in the below image: The next step is to use the following code: function CreateNewCRMEntity(selectedentitytypecode, primaryentitytypecode, firstprimaritemid, PrimaryControl,… Continue reading Create New Entity from related entity via Ribbon – CRM 2013 & CRM 2015
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Overview
A quick review about the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM can be found here.