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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 Integrate Power Platform solutions to maximize the efficiency of your Finance & Operations projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801811590
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Adrià Ariste Santacreu Adrià Ariste Santacreu
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and Power Platform FREE CHAPTER
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 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Loading and modifying F&O data into a Power App

As we saw when we learned about Power Automate flows, we can use the standard F&O connector or the native Dataverse connector using F&O virtual tables in Dataverse. When working with Power Apps, we can also choose between the standard F&O connector and the native Dataverse connector, if we have virtual tables enabled for our F&O environment.

Once again, using one or the other is a decision you and your team should take before you start building anything. Both connectors will fulfill the requirements and work fine.

In the following sections, we’ll learn what’s wrong (in my opinion) with the native F&O connector, and why I prefer to use the Dataverse connector. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with the F&O connector, but Dataverse prefers Dataverse.

Using the F&O standard connector in a canvas app

Let’s learn how to create a canvas app using the F&amp...

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