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Matt Collins-Jones

Oct 23, 2020

Check if records exist or don’t exist with Power Automate

One of the most common scenarios for businesses is to check if a record exists and if it exists do something, if not, do something else....

Matt Collins-Jones

Aug 17, 2020

I previously wrote about my solution to log into the XrmToolBox using an Azure App due to Multi Factor Authentication being enabled in an...

Matt Collins-Jones

Jul 23, 2020

Update Multiselect Option sets by label values dynamically in Power Automate

Option sets are tricky fields to work with, both with Power Automate, reporting and 3rd party integration tools. I’ve done by fair share...

Matt Collins-Jones

Jun 4, 2020

Learn from both Sides - What is CDS?

At work recently, I’ve been put on a project which is a big custom calculator built in a Canvas App, storing data in CDS. As I've been...

Matt Collins-Jones

May 25, 2020

Create Records from Business Cards Power Automate

In the digital era, it still strikes me as slightly odd that people still pass business cards. While LinkedIn and Twitter are my...

Matt Collins-Jones

Feb 17, 2020

Call a Power Automate Flow from Custom button in Dataverse/CDS/D365

Power Automate has a lot of advantages over Classic Workflows. I’ve given presentations on this topic and it’s an ongoing conversation...

Matt Collins-Jones

Feb 10, 2020

Connect XrmToolBox with MFA Step-by-Step guide

There is no denying that the XrmToolBox is one of the best collections of tools for any developer, consultant, business analyst or...

Matt Collins-Jones

Dec 12, 2019

Calculate Age as Whole Number using Power Automate

This problem has annoyed me for a couple of years. I’ve used several methods over the years to calculate age in D365 from Business Rules,...

Matt Collins-Jones

Apr 16, 2019

Flow - Item not in Dynamic content but returned in JSON?

I’ve been doing some work with Flow recently, specifically around approvals which I’ve written about here. I’m creating an approval...