When dealing with offline functionality the key is to limit the amount of data being synced to the device. In some cases you may have thousands if not millions of records for an entity and can take a long amount…
Tag: Dynamics
Forms Pro Integration with Dynamics 365 and Field Service Mobile
Forms Pro is the newest survey solution from Microsoft. You can try it here https://formspro.microsoft.com/en-us/ Step 1 – Install Forms Pro from Microsoft App Source Once you confirmed the install, check to see if the solution has installed. It wont…
Schedule Board health check and possible fixes
These options are only available with these versions or later MicrosoftDynamicsScheduling – Universal Resource Scheduling 3.4.0.141 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Version 1710 (9.1.0.2435) online Checking the health of your schedule board The URS solution should now include a new web resource…
Using Microsoft Flow and TFL API to retrieve Travel Time
Here is an example of using Microsoft flow to calculate estimated travel time from one location to another. This would be very useful for Field agents who travel primarily on trains and public transport. Below is the link to test…
Why can’t I see my records when using Resco Mobile?
A quick blog post around why sometimes you wont see records when using the Resco Mobile application. There are 3 areas to check: Security Roles Sync Filters View Filters 1. Security Role The first place to look and the least likely…
Reading field values in a view from a related entity using JavaScript
If you want to get access to the fields within a view, you will use this solution here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/customize/display-custom-icons-instead This will give you access to the fields within your view. But its not exactly clear on how to read fields…
Resco Chat Messages & Push Notifications for Field Service
I had a requirement for providing push notifications on the Field Service mobile application for Field Engineers when a Work Order is Scheduled to them. Resco provide some Workflow Activities already in their solution. One being the ‘Send Chat Message’…
Bulk update user work hours for the Schedule Board
If you have lots of users which need their work hours added into CRM, it can take a long time to manually set up each user through the user interface. Below is the code to update user’s work hours in…
Field Service – Another Booking Rule example
Below is another example of a Booking Rule as well as an interesting find. This new Booking rule fetches the Characteristics from both the Resource and the Work Order and compares them to see if the Resource is valid to…
Field Service – Booking Rule example
In this article I will go into detail of creating a Booking Rule and will also show an example of one. Below is a working piece of source code which when a Resource Requirement is placed on the Schedule Board,…