WBS Connect for Dataverse is live on WordPress.org
WBS Connect for Dataverse is now listed in the official WordPress.org plugin directory. It publishes records from any Microsoft Dataverse table as lists and detail pages on a WordPress site, and writes form submissions straight back into Dataverse. The plugin is free, and it exists because of a pricing problem. The problem it solves Microsoft […]
Building an External Scheduling Engine for D365 Project Operations | Creating and editing the WBS
Creating and editing the WBS in Dynamics 365 Project Operations (External Scheduling) When you enable external scheduling in Dynamics 365 Project Operations, the platform expects your plan to be written into a set of related planning tables (Dataverse). Your scheduling engine doesn’t just calculate dates—it must also keep the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) consistent across tasks, assignments, and dependencies. […]
Building an External Scheduling Engine for D365 Project Operations | Status Date Scheduling: Pushing Remaining Work Forward
Status Date Scheduling: Pushing Remaining Work Forward In the previous topic we covered how a planned work contour distributes effort over time. The next step is harder (and more important in real life): what happens when “today” moves forward and the plan contains work that hasn’t actually been earned yet? This post explains status date (sometimes called “data date”) from first […]
Building an External Scheduling Engine for D365 Project Operations | Generate msdyn_plannedwork Contours
How to Generate msdyn_plannedwork Contours in Dynamics 365 Project Operations (External Scheduling) In Dynamics 365 Project Operations external scheduling, the platform can store and display time-phased hours — but the planned work contour (the day-by-day distribution) must be produced correctly so grids, estimates, and reporting behave as expected. This post breaks down the first principles behind work templates → contours → msdyn_plannedwork, […]