Power Platform Dev Weekly #237
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🥇 Cover Story
Bulk Performance Settings – Max Threads and Chunks
by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
A must read from Temmy that tells you how you can adjust the bulk processing settings in Dataverse code to get the best performance - a scenario quite common in Dynamics implementations.
😎 Power Automate
Power Automate Excel Get The Value Of A Cell Or Range
by Matthew Devaney
Power Automate can get a cell value from Excel without being included in a table. It can also get a range of cells outside of a table. When an Excel workbook is stored in OneDrive we can use the Office 365 Users – Send An HTTP action to access the Excel file and get values from it. This is a standard action that does not require a premium license. Read to know more…
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Dataverse environment variables friendly editor
by Piotr Gaszewski
Piotr talks about various options that we use today to edit environment variables and how he ended up creating a user-friendly custom page to view and update environment variables.
Dataverse Automated Low-code Plug-in Tutorial
by Charles Sexton
Low-code plug-ins provide a way to create synchronous logic that runs on the server level. Enjoy reading this step by step by Charles on how to create a Low-code Plug-in.
FormLoad to FormLoaded: Enhancing Form Functionality with formLoaded in Power Apps
by Inogic
Read about how formLoaded can be used to enhance form experience in Power Apps.
🏋️♂️ Canvas Apps
Adventures with Power Platform: You Shall Not Pass!
by Matt Ruma
Matt shares an interesting way to discourage makers from creating applications in the default Power Platform environment.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Solution Version Numbering - Hired Gun
Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio - Priyesh Wagh
Automate Solution Imports from GitHub to Power Apps - Shaheer Ahmad
Importing a Managed Solution. Upgrade or Update? - Hired Gun
How to Secure a Dataverse Plug-in with Managed Identity using Plugin Identity Manager for XrmToolBox - David Rivard
Enhance Efficiency with the New Queue Items Control in Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Inogic
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