What is Deep Linking / Shareable Secured URL in D365 FO ?

Let us understand what is Deep Link in D365 FO. This is also known as shareable and secured URL’s. First let’s look at what is Deep Link and what are the uses of it.

The URL Generator in D365 FO has the following uses. Developers could leverage on this URL Generator.

• It enables scenarios such as embedding links in reports.
• It enables scenarios such as embedding links in email.
• It enables scenarios such as embedding links in an external applications.
• It enables users to quickly and easily locate the specified forms or data by simply navigating using the generated link.

Let’s look at how we can explore Deep Links from the front end user interface. Consider a situation when a user is working on a purchase order and requires additional information from a coworker regarding a certain purchase order. In this situation, the user can provide the deep link URL so that the colleague can view the specific record. Let’s quickly look at how we can achieve this.

If you open a Purchase order List Page and then check the Get a link function under Options > Share and copy the link under the Web address for sharing and the URL will show as below.

https://xxxx.operations.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF&mi=display:PurchTableListPage

If you click Purchase Order 000007 and then if you check Get a link web address for sharing it will show URL format as below for an example.

https://xxxx.operations.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF&prt=initial&mi=display:PurchTableListPage&pageType=Details&q=XXXXXXXXXX%YYYYYYYY%ZZZZZ

Coming back to our scenario if that person requires more information about this specific PO then he could copy this URL and paste it in Teams or Email which if the other colleague have the access to this menu item then he would be able to directly navigated to this record using that deep link URL.

Also there is another option you could enable as your user option which will automatically generate this URL if you have enabled it.

Deep links will only work for Menu items that allow root navigation. So for an example If you check the General Journals lines and check if the option of Get a link exists then you wouldn’t be able to find it.

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Stay tuned for more about deep links I will be showing some more capabilities which could achieve using this !