Image by Kris from Pixabay In my previous blog post, I talked about missing parts on forms when you only focus on granting permissions on menu items. This is mainly the case if you start privileges and duties from scratch to ensure a least permissions principle. Form parts are a type of form control where security can be managed with other menu items. There is more to take into account next to the previously discussed form parts. There are also other form controls where you need to take care of permissions in another way. This blog post is an addition to my previous post where you will now read about additional form control permissions on privileges.
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Image by Reimund Bertrams from PixabayImplementing the correct security is not only about granting access to menu items. You need to understand the full architecture and realize the menu item linked to a menu is only one option when Microsoft mentions user interface elements in their documentation about the security architecture. I will spend several blogs explaining more options that you need to consider to get the result required by the business. In this post, I will share knowledge about securing form parts.
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Image by forium from Pixabay In the past, I already wrote a blog for awareness about the session date in Microsoft Dynamics. When you read this blog, you will learn about the purpose, but also that there are two options to change the session date in the standard application. However this is a great and helpful feature, some organizations might want to lock this option to prevent incorrect usage of this option and ensure people will post in the most recent period by default unless they would need to backdate a transaction. In this blog, I will demonstrate how to disable the option for all or particular end users.
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Image by jhenning from Pixabay.Recently, I was involved in investigating a performance issue. The initial thought for the issue was within the standard SysQuery::countLoops() method, but after some more deep dive, the culprit was due to some calculation of virtual fields. In this post, I will elaborate on the purpose and behavior of the SysQuery::countLoops() method and how the performance was impacted by virtual fields.
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