Before I make any progress with the real logic of my new bot, I need to get the basics set up. I first need to create a simple bot and be able to interact with it from Teams. This is where the whole Azure Bot Framework really shines – I Continue Reading
My first bot – D365 Notifications
At Data8 we’ve successfully used posts on CRM records for some time to share updates. The problem was that people didn’t know when someone had written a post, so they would resort to email instead.
SQL 4 CDS 2.1.0 – the T-SQL edition
Since I’ve been doing some investigation into the new preview T-SQL endpoint for CDS recently, I’ve decided to integrate it into SQL 4 CDS. Update to 2.1.0 to get:
CDS T-SQL Endpoint pt 8 – Security
The security model is a key advantage of CDS over alternatives such as Sharepoint or SQL. Data is one of any organisation’s most precious assets, and the built-in ability to restrict access to records based on ownership, sharing, teams, hierarchy and even per-field makes this an incredibly powerful feature.
CDS T-SQL Endpoint pt 7 – Extensibility
One of the aspects of the CDS platform I’ve liked since Dynamics CRM 4.0 is the extensibility options – the ability to add plugins into the core of the engine so that your custom code will be executed however someone is using it, whether through the standard UI, portals, external Continue Reading
CDS T-SQL Endpoint pt 6 – Aggregates
One of the things that is very frustrating when trying to do any sort of analysis of data in CDS is the fetch aggregate limit. If you haven’t come across this before, this is a hard limit of 50,000 records that it will process when trying to calculate aggregate values Continue Reading
CDS T-SQL endpoint pt 5 – EntityFramework / ORM
Now I can reliably connect to the CDS T-SQL endpoint and execute queries against it, I want to get the data into some objects for me to use. I currently use EntityFramework and Dapper for this in other projects, so I’ll take a look at those two.
CDS T-SQL endpoint pt 4 – Performance
A common question I’ve seen so far about the new CDS T-SQL endpoint is how it compares performance-wise to using FetchXML. After all, FetchXML is “native” to CDS while T-SQL might be viewed as the johnny-come-lately compatibility layer, so it’s going to be slower, right?
CDS T-SQL endpoint pt 3 – SqlClient
As a developer, the first thing I want to do with any new tool is try and integrate or extend it with my own code. This is always one of the real benefits of CDS and the Power Platform for me, as it’s so much more open to extensibility than Continue Reading
CDS T-SQL endpoint pt 2 – First Thoughts
Let me just say, this thing is going to be great. It’s the biggest advancement in the platform for some years, and I don’t think any competitor will come close. However, it is a preview feature, and it does have some issues. Hopefully some of these at least will get Continue Reading