I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just released version 3 of SQL 4 CDS. The main updates in this release are: Metadata queries Support for virtual (___name) attributes
CDS Custom APIs
Since Dynamics CRM 2013 we’ve been able to create our own APIs within the XRM framework using the Custom Action process type. Recently a new option appeared in the maker portal called Custom APIs which sounded very similar, so I thought I’d take a look.
FetchXML Late Materialize
The latest addition to FetchXML is Late Materialize. Turning this on or off doesn’t change the results of your query, but it does change how it’s executed behind the scenes, which could lead to some performance improvements.
Querying Metadata with FetchXML
I’ve looked at different ways of accessing CDS metadata recently, but there’s another way I’d overlooked – using FetchXML. CDS exposes a limited amount of metadata as special virtual entities that lets you query it using standard FetchXML syntax:
CDS T-SQL Endpoint Vulnerability
I received a notification today that the preview TDS endpoint had been disabled on my environment because of a security vulnerability.
Picking the right data technology
I’ve been studying lately for the Azure Data Engineer Associate certification, and the main point of one of the exams (DP-201 – Designing an Azure Data Solution) is all about picking the data platform(s) that best meet the requirements. Having used SQL Server for many years it’s a simple trap Continue Reading
Retrieving Metadata in D365 / CDS
One of the things that really attracts me to the D365 platform is its metadata capabilities. As an ISV we make a lot of use of this at Data8, making sure our solutions automatically adapt to the customizations that each customer has made in their own system. There are a Continue Reading
SQL 4 CDS 2.3.0 Released!
I’m pleased to release the latest update for SQL 4 CDS today! For this update I’ve focused on common problems I’ve seen people encounter with their queries from my telemetry. These updates should either mean that more queries can be executed immediately, or the error message is more descriptive to Continue Reading
Multi-select Picklist Filtering
I’ve been doing some work today on filtering multi-select optionset fields in SQL 4 CDS and using the T-SQL endpoint, and I came across a few interesting quirks.
FetchXML Date Filtering
One great option in FetchXML is to filter dates using a relative filter such as “this week”, “older than 2 years” etc. This is particularly helpful when you build a view, as it will automatically build the date criteria each time so your view is always up to date.