Making toast in the Dataverse with model-driven in-app notifications
Occasionally during construction or enhancement of a model-driven app there is a requirement to notify users of actions they need to take. You know, something like a message that says "Here are things that need your attention today". This can be handled with custom code, creating tasks that appear on their dashboard, creating queue items that show up in their todo queue, assigning ownership of records, sending an email etc. There are many options. Now, with the addition of in-app notifications there is another way. Image creator Charlotte Kingston Larson Along comes a toast message In Fall of 2021 a new modern in-app notification feature debuted. This feature allows for generation of notification messages and display at the user level. These messages display in the modern toast format that many responsive and mobile apps have adopted. This new feature can be enabled in your D365 instance now. I recommend testing it out in a trial instance of D365 or another sandbox inst