Month: October 2022

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The fourth of the new functionality in the Microsoft Power Platform section is Use a Power Automate flow to notify Business Central of Dataverse entity changes.

Getting new data, or updates to existing data, to Business Central quickly is vital in some business scenarios. This is particularly true in scenarios that include integrations to e-commerce systems. Scheduled data synchronization just doesn’t meet the bar in today’s fast-paced world. This capability enables Business Central to immediately pick up data that’s added or changed in Dataverse or Dynamics 365 Sales.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

You can now notify Business Central of changes that occur in specific entities in Microsoft Dataverse. To trigger such changes, you’ll need to do the following:

Create a Power Automate automated cloud flow that is triggered when changes are detected in standard or custom entities that are being synchronized.

Use the Power Automate automated cloud flow to notify Business Central by using the dataverseEntityChanges API to create a record. The API is located in microsoft/dataverse/v1.0. When Business Central receives the notification, it will pick up the new or changed records in the entities you’re tracking.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The third of the new functionality in the Microsoft Power Platform section is Switch Power Automate features on or off.

A new Automate group that was introduced in the previous release was hidden under a feature management flag per the standard process.

In this release, the Automate group appears on most pages because the feature flag has been removed. The appearance of the Automate group could lead to questions from administrators and users who aren’t interested in Automate. As a result, a new setting is available to customers that lets them opt out of Automate. Also, individual users can be “opted out” by using a new permission entry for Automate.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

When a user signs in to the new company for the first time, this feature displays the Get started with Power Automate action in the Automate” group.

The Get started with Power Automate action opens a new wizard that consists of some onboarding information and links and the necessary privacy notice. When accepted by the administrator, all the users will be able to see the Automate group and actions coming from defined flows.

In addition, an individual user’s access can be controlled by a new system permission Allow Action Automate and a ready-to-use permission set AUTOMATE – EXEC. Revoking this permission from a given user or role will hide the Automate group and prohibit running the actions created with Power Automate.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The first of the new functionality in the Microsoft Power Platform section is personalize and design the Automate actions in the web client.

Giving users freedom and flexibility in designing and adjusting their workspace is essential for productivity in the cloud.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

Actions added in the new Automate action group in the action bar now rely on personalization or designer, so that they can be moved, promoted, or hidden.

This applies to personalizing for a single user, customizing user profiles for user groups, or designing a global customization (page extension) for the whole company.

In addition, Power Automate-bound actions can be added to AL extensions (see the Development category for more).

This way, actions created by citizen developers using Power Automate flows are prioritized on the action bar, allowing for easy no-code integration, and the new AL “customAction” is handled by the platform.