Dynamics 365 portals v9 solutions now available and liquid editor change

If you are running on Dynamics 365 v9.x the solutions that accompany the latest portal update which moves the portal version up a major version to v9 are now available in all geos. Solutions for portal updates needs to be installed manually or are customer driven by an administrator instead of like the portal code … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals v9 solutions now available and liquid editor change →

Dynamics 365 portal: Use liquid fetchxml with paging cookie

You might be familiar already with a previous post on Use Liquid to Return JSON or XML but what if you want efficient paging included in your scenario. I have had a couple of queries of how to do this with large data sets so that the fetchxml limit of 5000 results can be exceeded … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portal: Use liquid fetchxml with paging cookie →

Dynamics 365 portals: Liquid with a JavaScript framework – vue.js

If you are a new developer to Dynamics 365 portals but you are familiar with modern web development techniques then you probably know a JavaScript framework like react.js, angular or vue.js. With the Dynamics 365 portal and liquid templates you can utilize the development approaches with those frameworks within your liquid templates to create Single … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals: Liquid with a JavaScript framework – vue.js →

Dynamics 365 portals: Use aggregate FetchXML queries and Chart.js

A frequently requested feature of all types of portals is to display Dynamics 365 data in different displays like charts. The Dynamics 365 portal has a pre-built chart function that utilizes the out of box CRM charting functionality so that you can take the charts you create in CRM and display then easily on the … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals: Use aggregate FetchXML queries and Chart.js →

Dynamics 365 portals: Implement FullCalendar with Liquid

Using the techniques discussed in Using liquid to return JSON or XML we can easily build a services that work with various with JavaScript libraries. FullCalendar is one of the most popular libraries for displaying events in various views on the web and can easily be used in the portal and creating a JSON return … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals: Implement FullCalendar with Liquid →

Dynamics 365 portals: Use liquid to return JSON or XML

For many business requirements to get a desired user experience you may push the limits that the entity list functionality provides. With liquid you can write your own service to return data in various formats using the web template Mime Type property. By returning your own data you can inject logic and specific formatting using … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals: Use liquid to return JSON or XML →

Dynamics 365 portals: Events and iCalendar Download with Liquid

A popular component of Adxstudio Portals was its event management system, which unfortunately has not made the transition to Dynamics 365 portals. There will be a new event management system coming in the future (as seen at eXtreme365 in Lisbon), which will come with a portal component that will list and allow registration to events. … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals: Events and iCalendar Download with Liquid →

Dynamics 365 portals – Extend Search Results with Handlebars

With the Adxstudio Portals v7 product I can't count the number of times that Adoxio has had to extend the search functionality with enhancements for customer requirements. With the latest release of Dynamics 365 portals, Microsoft has really made extending and customizing the out of box search extremely easily and powerful. The search is now … Continue reading Dynamics 365 portals – Extend Search Results with Handlebars →