New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1: Use Power Automate To Post Adaptive Card Or Link To Business Central Record

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1.

The sixth of the new functionality in the Adapt faster with Microsoft Power Platform section is Use Power Automate To Post Adaptive Card Or Link To Business Central Record.

Being able to blend Power Automate flows into conversations in Microsoft Teams allows for enriching conversations with useful insights.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2023
General Availability: Jun 2023

Feature Details

Microsoft have introduced two new actions in the Business Central connector for Power Automate, which are only avaiable in the cloud offering:

Get URL

• Generates a web client URL to a record.
• Requires standard parameters like environment, company, system ID, and the ID of the page that will be referenced in the URL.
• The generated URL can be used with the Get Adaptive Card action described in the next section.
• Enables scenarios in products such as Outlook and Teams where a clickable URL to a specific record in Business Central is needed. For example, you want to send an email to a colleague with actionable information and a link to a Business Central record.

Get Adaptive Card

• Creates an adaptive card for a provided URL. The card is delivered as a payload to be used with a Teams connector or elsewhere.
• Reuses the adaptive card layout, content, and customizations known from the main product.
• Respects the user permissions while accessing card details.
• Enables more scenarios for integration with Teams where a rich card displaying a Business Central record is needed. For example, you want to post information and a link to a new sales order to an internal Teams channel.