From the Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM Blogs: Easy Repro; Connections; DocumentsCorePack; Product hierarchies

This week on the Dynamics 365-CRM blog roundup:

• Easy Repro: What is it?
• Using, importing, and viewing connections
• Tips on using DocumentsCorePack in Dynamics 365 for better documents
• How to use product hierarchies to capture information on a lead

Easy Repro: what is it?

On his It Ain't Boring: Exploring Dynamics 365 blog, Alex Shlega said that Easy Repro is an odd name for something that is basically an automated UI testing framework, and really doesn't have anything to do with reproducing the issues.

Shlega also explains that Easy Repro is a library and framework developed by Microsoft to facilitate automated UI testing specifically on Microsoft Dynamics 365 projects.

He added that the SeleniumHQ browser automation open-source project is powering the framework. You can read more about how Easy Repro can help automate UI testing on a Dynamics projects here.

Using, importing, and viewing connections

On her blog, Megan Walker explores the meaning of "connections" and how entities can be linked together.

Walker said that there are many reasons, and purposes, for using connections. She explores the example of a contact in your environment who is a consultant that might do work for one of your customers.

The first thing we need to do is set up the Connection Role of Consultant. The Connection Role Category is a global option set which you can add to if needed.

You can read more about how to use, import and view connections ...