Recently I wrote about the differences between the classic way of generating Word templates vs the new way of managing this via the Power Platform Admin Settings (blog here). This was discussed in the Power Platform BOOST Podcast (Power Platform Boost Podcast) from Nick Doelman and Ulrikke Akerbæk and Nick…
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Copilot
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Using Copilot to visualize data in views
Another promising preview feature that has been released recently, now you can use Copilot to visualize data in views 😍. Based on the data and columns in your views, Copilot can now generate charts for you. These charts are, same as in the traditional charts, interactive which therefore allows you…
Model-driven Apps
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Smooth UI or not? Create Word and Excel templates
Microsoft has transformed the settings from the classic user-interface settings to a new way of managing the settings via the Power Platform Admin Setting app. This week I faced a setting where I believe unfortunately the classic interface has more advantages: create Word and Excel templates. Most people will remember…
Model-driven Apps
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Manage access of views via security roles
It is still in preview but has massive potential, to manage access of views via security roles. Microsoft announced this and I saw a few community members blogging already about it but I must admit, I was a bit skeptical in the beginning but after having a chat with Megan…
Model-driven Apps
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Help, how to configure help feature?
Have you ever pressed the ? button in the main ribbon? When you are new to Dynamics 365 you have perhaps clicked on this to check the documentation or when you already work day in and day out with it, perhaps you clicked on this accidentally because you were too…
AI Prompting
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Using AI record summary for tables
One of the things that was just released in Public Preview is the AI record summary for tables (link to release plan). The cool thing about this feature is that it allows you to create your own custom AI Prompt, which will then be used to display the Copilot summary…
AI Builder
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Prioritize seasonal sales using AI
In the past, I wrote about the UEFA Euro soccer championship and used the AI Builder prediction model to predict how well the Dutch team would perform (URL to post). That made me wonder if I could find a use case to apply a custom prediction model to one of…
Power Apps
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Power Apps Grid Control: Enable column reordering in views
Recently I have posted a few things about the Power Apps Grid Control and how you can enable the jump bar (here) or use colors in your choice columns (here) to make it more user-friendly or look nicer. When using the Power Apps Grid Control, one of the things that…
Model-driven Apps
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Use colors for choice columns in your views
Last week I posted something about the Power App Grid Control that allows you to get the jump bar back in your views (read the full post here). One of the other cool settings on this control is it allows you to use colors for choice columns in your views,…
Model-driven Apps
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Where is my jump bar in the view?
A few (Wave) updates back, I can’t remember when exactly, when you were navigating to the different menu items you would get a view with for example active accounts, but at the bottom you would see the jump bar in the view. This jump bar was very useful if you…