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There are currently 477 articles on my site. You can scroll through the latest posts below, or use the search functionality to find content based on specific key words. Articles cover a range of subjects including Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Power Automate, Power Apps Portals, and D365 Marketing (Customer Insights - Journeys).
I like consistency. ???? I can’t help it, it’s just how I am wired. One area of Forms Pro where there isn’t always consistency is with Survey Invites. Lucky for me (and others who crave orderliness) we can create a process where a subject will be added to every survey invite sent. First let’s look … Continue reading Add A Subject To Each Survey Invite
Microsoft Forms has been around since 2016. In walks Microsoft Forms Pro in 2019. Both have tons of functionality. Both can be used by an organisation to gather feedback from customers, prospects and even employees. So what is the difference between the two? If you want to create a classic form, this can only be … Continue reading Forms VS Forms Pro – What Is The Difference?
If you’ve worked with CRM/D365 for long enough, especially if you are a System Administrator, you will be familiar with the following three settings that a user can access in their Personal Options on the Email tab. Three little settings, but they can cause such frustration. 🙁 Each setting has it’s own challenges if a … Continue reading Notification For Changes To User Settings
If you are sending out surveys to gain feedback from your customers, it’s great to be able to generate the requests after each interaction you have with them. Or is it? If you send a survey request after every single case that’s closed, some of your contacts could end up with several survey requests each … Continue reading Control Number Of Surveys Sent
If you are responsible for communications sent to your customers by your organisation, making sure people’s communication preferences are adhered to is likely top of mind. At the bottom of every Forms Pro survey email that goes out is an Unsubscribe link. This allows the recipient to stop receiving emails requesting them to complete a … Continue reading Managing Survey Unsubscribes In Forms Pro
Using an SMS (text message) option as a form of communication can be extremely beneficial to your organsation. It gives the ability to keep in touch with your customers in ways that suit them. We’ve looked at ways to send out Forms Pro Surveys using email, but how could we send a link to a … Continue reading Sending Survey Invitations Via SMS (Text)
If you are using Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, you will no doubt have used Charts, Views and Dashboards to get a visual representation of your data. This is no different for your Forms Pro Survey responses! We can create charts to display the responses from a view (search) and display them in various places. It’s … Continue reading Using Charts & Dashboards To View Survey Responses
Forms Pro Survey records display some basic information about the survey you have created. You can navigate to the related records but have to do this in several steps to see all of the questions, the responses and the invites. A very quick and easy way to see all of this in one place is … Continue reading Survey Overview Using Word Document Templates
Sometimes a blog post takes a village. 🙂 An idea comes from the community, where someone is trying to achieve something new, something for a project or a specific requirement within their organisation. Thanks to Todd Mercer for the original question! This blog is written based on the need to send an email to let … Continue reading Updating Records From Responses Using Piped Variable Parameters
There are several ways to send out a Forms Pro Survey and request feedback. You can send invites to a Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement View, or send to a contact when a case is closed. Another way is to import a CSV fill full of recipients. To get started, navigate to the Send Survey tab … Continue reading Send Forms Pro Survey Invites Via CSV File
