botbuilder-applicationinsights - Enable Logging for User utterances - node.js

I am using [ApplicationInsightsTelemetryClient][1] module for logging Dialog data into Application insight.
But it has some fields only.
-> InstanceId
-> DialogId
-> StepName
etc.
Is it possible to add user utterance or extra key value pairs on top of this ?
Or Direct logging is better .
Thanks in advance .. !

Unfortunately, there's no way to do this easily. You have a couple of different options:
1. Create your own Dialog Class that extends WaterfallDialog
It would mostly be a copy/paste, but you'd need to add in the items you want tracked in the steps that contain this.telemetryClient.trackEvent.
2. Use the Direct approach
If you have a lot of dialogs, this will be more work, but will also help you track exactly what you need for each step. TrackEvent would likely make the most sense for you:
appInsightsClient.trackEvent({name: "my custom event", properties: {customProperty: "custom property value"}});

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what is parameterisation concept in HP ALM ?

i need help on HP ALM Parameterization concept. what is use of Parameterization concept in HP ALM. how can we implement this concept ? give me any examples
In terms of manual test cases, parametrization comes very handy when you have scenarios that have pretty much same steps or at least same structure.
When you create a new test case, you will have a button to parameters on the header menu, you can list all the parameters you think you would need. For a simple login test on multiple pages ( home page, account page ) with similar layout, you will have username, password and url as parameters. It also allows you to give default value. You can add more parameter as you write steps in the step description window.
once you have the complete test case created, go to test configuration tab of the test case and add test configuration by clicking plus button. There will be one by default. You can create as many test configuration as you want. For above example you can add three; one for home page, one for account page and one for search page. The test configuration will help you have the test instances ready while pulling the test cases into test lab without having to drag the same test cases multiple times.
The test configuration allows you to define the actual/default value for each of configuration added reducing the time it takes to fill this info during execution.
Test execution - after you pull the test cases into lab, during the manual run a pop up comes to show the values for each of parameter being used for that test case. Te values can be added or updated.
Please find a video I found on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/vCrJcHrosio
I don't have ALM to show with diagrams. Hope this helps.
Create a test testcase to test this feature.
Thanks
Happy exploring !!
Parameters help the user to assign a value to a variable so as to execute the same test with different sets of data.
For example, the user name and password can be two parameters, for a login related test, which would be assigned with a value.
How to use parameters:
Create test case with steps in Test Plan module under selected Cycle and proper folder.
Select the test step against which you would like to add the parameter. The 'Parameter' Icon will be enabled. Click on the same. The 'Parameter' dialog box will open. Now, click on 'New Parameter' button. Add the parameter (here: username or password). Add the default and/or actual values, description for the same and save.
You can also add different test configurations to use these parameters for different use case scenarios.
More details can be found here: http://alm-help.saas.hpe.com/en/12.53/online_help/Content/UG/ui_menu_test_parameters.htm

Use ACL isGranted inside a voter isGranted

Edit: See my answer below.
For my needs, I decided to use both ACL and voters for my app (maybe it is not the best way, please, tell me if I'm wrong with this).
My entities represent a factory where there are :
Lines owning Workshops owning Equipments owning Spare Parts.
I want to give either a manager or a viewer access to a line level. For this purpose, I use an ACL on the line.
Because there are more than 5000 spare parts per line, I don't want to write 5000 ace to tell symfony that this user, which is allowed to manage this line, can manage the spare parts of the line.
To solve this problem, I decided to add a voter before the acl check.
I do a isGranted('edit',$sparepart) which is handled by a voter, and inside my own voter, I want to perform a isGranted('OPERATOR',$line).
Actually, I have many more things to check (is the user plant manager ? for example) and I like to combine the voter and the ACL.
Unfortunately, I'm a bit lost and I don't manage to call the right "isGranted" from my voter, I get an infinite loop error.
Voter isGranted
$authChecker = $this->get('security.authorization_checker');
$authChecker->isGranted('', $post);
ACL isGranted
$securityContext = $this->get('security.context');
$securityContext->isGranted('EDIT', $comment);
I understand this might be a bit confusing, and maybe I'm not doing it the right way :s
Thanks for your help !
So I finally did this in another way.
I use one voter and I created new entities to manage my access.
I have a LineAccess entity with:
ManyToOne: Line
ManyToOne: User
Sp_access: smallint
Cart_access: smallint
Line_access: smallint
So I check everything by myself and I also manage the links with my LineAccess entity and CustomerAccess entity.
Finally, it is the best way I think. Good luck
Here is the full problem for the curious :
For each user, I want to be able to select his permissions with this table.
If, for example, I check Boeing (the customer) manage. I will create an ACL/ACE with OPERATOR for this $customer.
That's it. Later, I want to check if this user is able to manage a line by first looking at a 'OPERATOR' on $line but if it doesn't exist, I will check 'OPERATOR' on $plant, and then 'OPERATOR' on $customer.
If I select Manage Dreamliner plant, I get this :
You can see that I'm still able to chose the kind of access to spare parts and cart. I can set this user, which is a plant manager, another permission : Spare parts manage. For that kind of permission, I can use the mask builder feature which allows me to store with a single integer "SP_MANAGER, CART_VALIDATE, LINE MANAGE', for example.
You can see that it gets a little complex here and this is why I think that ACL are my best friends, but I wanted to add a level of control in which I can manually select which isGranted() method, and on which entity.
I tried to be precise but it is not that easy :s
Thanks a lot for your help !
Voters and ACL are both standalone architecture approach to authorization. I'd recommend using Voters only, since they're easier to understand, use and extend.
For more details on this comparison, check these explanatory slides.
Where exactly you can't use Voters instead of ACL?
Also, why you need to nest Voters/ACL?
Thanks for your quick answer !
Actually, I thought I needed ACL because I have to put in the database my permissions. And here is the kind of permissions I want :
User A:
Manage line 1 (include workshops, equipments, sp) and can create shopping carts in this line.
View line 2 (can't manage the line but can see it's content) and can only validate the shopping carts.
So I thought it was good to use ACL because that way I can write in the database the permissions for each objects.
I also like the fact that I can use masks.
(There is the same logic on the Plant level)

Requesting Advice: Categorize Account Entity

I have recently inherited a very messy Dynamics CRM system from my predecessor. I want to clean up the way our company navigates around Accounts. At the moment, there are 3 views and one form with about 2000 (exaggeration) lines of javascript code!
We categorize accounts into three types; TypeA, TypeB, TypeC. This is controlled by an Option Drop Down. Once selected, the screen hides/shows depending on it. This has meant we have a very wide AccountExtensionBase table. I am accepting I will have to live with this as I am have been led to believe that building a 1..1 extension is not as easy as it seems?
What I would like to do is change the 'Workplace -> Customer' menu on the right hand side of CRM. I'd like to add three clickable options so it would read
Customers
Accounts
TypeA
TypeB
TypeC
Contacts
Upon clicking, for example, 'TypeA' it would take the user to the 'TypeA' accounts which are filtered by a pre-defined view. Then, any request for the Account Form from this view would redirect the user to a specific 'TypeA' form, which I have yet to create.
I have read this article here Crm 2011 - How to set a default form depending on attribute value (without using Javascript)? which is a good example of how to re-direct the forms. However, I am unsure how to handle this from a 'New' request, as the drop down is not yet populated.
Is there a way of building this concept cleanly in CRM? I am finding it hard to get any decent Google results as I am unsure of what terminology I should be using.
Any help or links to suitable guides would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks.
I think these are the droids you are looking for:
http://www.powerobjects.com/blog/2013/03/08/displaying-filtered-view-in-site-map-crm-2011/
Granted it is for CRM 4, however it may work in 2011.
You might also look at:
http://mscrmtools.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-tool-sitemap-editor-for-microsoft.html

Is there a best practice for enable (CanExecute) a button in an other userControl?

Is there a best practice for how to enable (CanExecute) a button in an other userControl?
A simple scenario is as follow.
When selecting one row in a datagrid in UserControl_1 a button should be enabled in UserControl_2 and also provide the selected row to UserControl_2's viewModel.
When the user then push the button in UserControl_2 it will be executed with the data from the selected row from UserControl_1.
Thanks from a Catel newbie.
If you are using WPF (assuming you are), the CanExecute will be triggered by the WPF system (CommandManager to be precise). Catel should automatically requery the commands when a property changes.
If the logic (or at least the data) for the CanExecute should be shared among several user controls (and I am talking about the view models for the several user controls), I recommend to create a service which is registered in the ServiceLocator. In the CanExecute of the commands you can query the same data (the service) and return true or false according to the logic you want to implement.
You may take a look at this post. And you 'll have a good idea about your problem. I don't post the code here since it is an answer of someone else. Please refer the link.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/198c4a4b-b4c2-4dfc-b99b-afb2a11eb4c3/call-button-even-from-user-control-to-another-user-control

How should I implement `OnLoad` event handler when creating an activity using a contact?

I've created my own solution with a custom entity of type activity. I'd like to show a message whenever a new instance of it is created using an existing contact but not allow the user to create one, if only attempting to do that without going via contact.
Basically, my aim is that it won't be impossible to just create that activity (the form will be hidden directly at any attempt except for one way only). The user will have to go to contacts (or leads etc.) and in there add and create an instance of the custom activity entity. That way, I can assure that the field "regarding" will be filled out already.
I'm guessing that I need to detect somehow that the opening of the form is a creation attempt. How can I do that?
Also, as it is now, the user can't create a contact-less activity of the custom type because it doesn't appear on the menu with other activities. I must have disabled it somehow but I have no idea how. Anybody who has one?
You could do this a bunch of ways but the easiest would probably be to:
Make the regarding field read only.
Make the regarding field mandatory.
That way if a user opens a create new form they wont be able to set the regarding and because its mandatory they wont be able to save the record. When they open via an existing contact the regarding field will be mapped automatically. That said in this case just making it mandatory my be enough.
(As a side JavaScript can be used to identify the current form state, but I'm not sure how useful that is here).
In terms of where custom activities appear, by default mine show in a number of locations, for example:
CRM > Workplace > Activities > Ribbon > Other Activities > XXX.
CRM > Workplace > Activities > View Selector > XXX.
They don't show under the left hand navigation of the workplace because they are grouped under 'Activities'. I'm pretty sure these are all the default settings.
You can exercise greater control by editing the sitemap, where you can put pretty much anything, anywhere.
In addition to Mr Wood, I'd like to show you some code. It works as supposed to but I'm not sure if it's optimal.
var foo = function () {
var whatIsGoingOn = Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType();
if (whatIsGoingOn === 1)
alert("Let there be an entity!");
else
alert("Not a creation...");
}
The other states' (deletion, update etc.) numeric values are listed here.
Answering the second part of your question:
When you create a custom activity you can choose whether to have it appear in 'normal' Activity menus or not by checking the box at the top right of the entity form. This is a once-only choice as far as I know and can't be changed later.
For your setup, I would suggest NOT checking this box, so it does not appear in the activity menus to avoid users even being tempted to do it that way.
Instead, add an explicit relationship to the activity N:1 to Contact, and another N:1 to Lead. Use this relationship to add your activity to the left navigation of Contact and Lead forms, or add a grid for them (depends on how you want to use this and if you need to filter the view to something other than the default "Associated View").
When a user navigates to this section they will see if any previous activities of this type exist, and be able to add a new one. BUT this means that the child record is a child via this relationship, not using "regarding", so use a script on the form for the activity so that if Contact is filled in, it is copied to Regarding, and if Lead is filled in then that is copied. If neither, then use an alert or other means to warn the use that something is wrong (see comment earlier). If you want Regarding to be read-only but filled in by script, you will need to make sure to use the force the value to be saved:
Xrm.Page.getAttribute("regardingobjectid").setSubmitMode("always");
You must have the lookups for Contact and Lead on the form to be able to use them in your scripts, but you can make them not "visible by default" so they are there but not seen by the user (and taking up no space).

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