Power Query Builder updated – now supports FetchXML to get your Dynamics 365 Views into Power BI

The latest version of the Power Query (M) Builder for the XrmToolBox has been updated and it now supports FetchXML. Used for creating data models for Dynamics 365 in Power BI, the Power Query (M) Builder accelerates the development of the Power Query (M) code, that retrieves the records, change column names and their data …

Use the FetchXML Builder to help create charts in Dynamics 365

When creating charts for Dynamics 365, the Advanced Chart Editor in the XrmToolBox can handle most of the presentation and formatting of the chart. The work with the data happens in the fetch part of the chart XML, which still needs to be edited manually. Especially if you create charts that utilize relationships and N:N …

Updates to the Advanced Chart Editor for the XrmToolBox

A set of new features are now available for the Advanced Chart Editor for the XrmToolBox. You can find an introduction video for the Advanced Chart Editor here. Here is that we have been working on in the latest release aside from a few bug fixes: Help text for the properties Most of the properties …

Color options and create a custom color palette for the Chart Editor in the XrmToolBox

The charts in Dynamics 365 supports four different types of colors and 12 different system color palettes, outside of the custom palette that Dynamics 365 uses by default in its charts. In this video I'll go through how to work with those four different types of colors in the Advanced Chart Editor plugin for the …

Edit Charts in the XrmToolBox for Dynamics 365

For the past months I have been collaborating with Mohamed Rasheed on a plugin for the XrmToolBox. We are pleased to announce that it is now available. The plugin, which can be downloaded from the plugins store is called "Advanced Chart Editor" and it lets you modify the chart XML in Dynamics 365 (and Dynamics …