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22.04.2023
Ben
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KeyBox – A Dataverse solution to govern credentials

Posted in Power Platform, and Dynamics 365

Most of the time, I create solutions based on customer requirements. Sometimes, I create solutions to learn something new and “KeyBox” was my last personal project to learn some new skills.

KeyBox – The features

It is a solution to store and govern credentials (stand alone or in regard to a customer) in Dataverse. You can store usernames & passwords or client IDs & client secrets. It reminds you when the “valid until” or “remind me on” date is reached. Additionally, a note can be placed at the MFA switch and a URL.

KeyBox Record

Additionally, you can create new passwords, based on the rules of the organization.

KeyBox Config

I’ve learned in my KeyBox project:

Get your KeyBox!

Sounds like I try to sell you something, but I don’t. I put it on GitHub under MIT licence. Means you can use and modify it in any way you want.

KeyBox

22.04.2023
Ben
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Create a Dataverse like ribbon button for a Canvas App

Posted in Power Platform, and Dynamics 365

In my private project (Key Box), I created a custom page to edit settings that are stored in an environment variable. To give it the look & feel of Dataverse, it needed a ribbon button to save the settings made. I decided against the awesome Creator Kit because I only required one single button and don’t want to have additional dependencies.

Dataverse like ribbon button

Out of the box buttons in Canvas Apps have no icon. They are text only, except you set an emoji in the text. Therefore, I decided to build my own button with a combination of an icon and a label, that are layered and covered by a transparent button.

KeyBox
KeyBox

Some attributes depend on your preferences, like the height or the position.
Following, you find the main attributes for the button that I used:

Text = ""
Width = 'ico Save'.Width + 'lbl Save'.Width
FillColor = RGBA(1; 1; 1; 0,0)
HoverFillColor = RGBA(0; 0; 0; 0,05)