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Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform

You're reading from Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform

Product type Book

Published in Jan 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801811590

Pages 274 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Adrià Ariste Santacreu

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and Power Platform

2. Chapter 1: Dynamics 365 F&O and Low-Code Development

3. Chapter 2: Dual-Write and Virtual Tables

4. Part 2: Extending Dynamics 365 F&O with Power Platform

5. Chapter 3: Power Automate Flows in Dynamics 365

6. Chapter 4: Replacing F&O Processes with Power Automate

7. Chapter 5: Building Automations and Integrations

8. Chapter 6: Power Apps: What’s in it for Finance and Operations Consultants?

9. Chapter 7: Extending F&O Apps with Power Apps

10. Chapter 8: Power BI Reporting for Dynamics 365 F&O Apps

11. Part 3: Adding AI to Your Flows and Apps

12. Chapter 9: Integrating AI Builder

13. Part 4: Dataverse and Power Platform ALM

14. Chapter 10: Environment Management

15. Chapter 11: Solution Management

16. Index

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Embedding a Power Apps app in a finance and operations form

There are some scenarios where we can extend the functionality in F&O using a Power Apps app inside F&O. Not only do we embed the app, we can also complement F&O with a Power Apps app, which uses data from F&O.

Next, we’re going to learn how we can let the Power Apps app know which record in F&O to use to show the corresponding data in the app.

Passing the app context

What is exactly the app context? When we embed a Power Apps app inside Dynamics 365 F&O, we expect it to show us the relevant data depending on the active F&O record. So, if, for example, we embed an app that displays the open transactions of a customer in the customer’s form, we would expect to see only the transactions of the customer that we have selected.

We can achieve that thanks to two variables that are passed from F&O to Power Apps:

EntityId: When we embed the app in a form, we select...

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Authors (1)

Adrià Ariste Santacreu

Adrià Ariste Santacreu has been working in the Microsoft business applications' field since 2010, starting with Axapta and Microsoft Dynamics AX, and since 2016 with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O. A technical solution architect and developer who loves solving requirements with all the tools available in the Microsoft ecosystem, like the Power Platform or Azure services that can be used with Finance and Operations. Adrià has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2020 in the Business Applications category thanks to his community contributions, like speaking at events and conferences and writing technical articles about Dynamics 365 F&O, Azure, Dataverse, and the Power Platform.

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