by Priyesh Wagh | Dec 22, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Technology
If you are lately started creating Flows, you’ll come across some errors which are not precisely directing to what might be the issue but throw an error that says as below –
For Triggers (InvalidWorkflowTriggerName) –
Run Action (InvalidWorkflowRunActionName) –
Reasoning
The reason you see these errors are because of Invalid Characters which are in your Flow Trigger Step Names or on the Flow Action Step Names.
Invalid Characters in Trigger Names
Invalid Characters in Action Step Name.
Hence, the Step Names shouldn’t contain the below special characters –
< > % & ? /
Note: Trigger/Step Names can’t end with a Full Stop (.). However, if there’s a Full Stop in between, it’ll work
Hope this was helpful!
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by Contributed | Dec 22, 2020 | Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
Microsoft Access is the most popular desktop database in the world with millions of databases; some being mission critical. As such, CTO’s need to recognize and manage these kinds of applications to ensure business success and continuity.
The very worst moment to find out you’ve got a mission critical Access database is when it stops working, with little-to-no knowledge of how to troubleshoot the issue. Therefore, we’d like to cover what you can do in situations like these to ensure individual and business success.
Follow these steps to identify mission critical applications:
- Inventory all Access files that end in ACCDB on your network.
- Sort the list by last modified date.
- Most, but not all Access applications are split into a data file and a programming file; it is likely that the data file will have a more recent date with a file name that ends in BE.
- With your sorted list, approach departments and ask them to identify any mission critical apps, along with a brief summary of what the database does and why it’s mission critical. Ask them to list the owner of the databases and the author, who may not be the same.
Make sure best practices are followed:
Now that you’ve identified your mission critical databases, follow these best practices:
- Make sure every database is split into a Front End file with code, with a Back End file containing your raw data.
- The Back End file should be on your network, and you should ensure to back up the file each night.
- The Front End file should be saved on each user’s PC.
- Have a database diagram created for each database if there is none.
- Ensure that the VBA and macro code is well documented.
- Add a table to document changes to the system by version and date.
- Modify the startup form to include the version and issue date.
- Meet with the database owner and author to document and understand the business case for the application:
- Why is it mission critical?
- Why can’t they use existing enterprise systems?
- Are they experiencing issues with slowness and bugs that may impact performance as the system grows? (Access has a hard limit of 2 Gigabytes in size and as you approach it, it will get slower).
Maintenance
Maintenance of the Access database consists of doing a compact and repair on your Back End file every 3 or 6 months, as needed.
Your employees will continue to use Access, enable them.
Access can be a great tool in the right hands, allowing companies to leverage its ease of programming and rapid development. With your applications remaining as toolsets in Office installed on your desktops, your employees can successfully learn how to develop and manage Access apps, while fully reaping its benefits.
Summary:
As a result of its short development cycle, Access is the ‘go–to’ application for productivity improvements. Therefore the time to identify when an Access application is mission critical is before a key developer leaves, or if the system stops working or becomes unstable. IT managers need to be proactive, working with departments to identify databases and document their behavior. Having a strategy in place for dealing with mission critical Access databases will ensure your company can continue leveraging the technology for years to come.
About the Author:
Juan Soto is the President of IT Impact and a leading professional in the industry. He has been named an Access MVP by Microsoft since 2011 and is a frequent author on the official Microsoft Access blog as well as the co-founder of AccessUserGroups.org, where groups of Access enthusiasts around the world meet once a month on a wide range of topics. You can reach Juan at https://accessexperts.com/contact/
by Contributed | Dec 22, 2020 | Technology
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by Scott Muniz | Dec 22, 2020 | Security
This article was originally posted by the FTC. See the original article here.
Congress has just passed another bill to help the people whose finances are taking a beating from the pandemic. Once again, some of us will be getting money by check or direct deposit. The timing and details are still TBA, but here’s what we know:
- The government won’t ask you to pay anything up front to get this money. Anyone who does is a scammer.
- The government won’t call, text, email, or contact you on social media to ask for your Social Security, bank account, or credit card number. Anyone who does is a scammer.
- There’s no such thing as getting your money early, or faster. Anyone who says they can hook you up now (or soon) is both lying and a scammer.
We know from the early days of the CARES Act that scammers will be using numbers 1, 2, and 3, above, as part of their playbook. So, if you spot someone who says any of these things, you (a) know they’re a scammer; (b) can warn someone you know about the scam, because (chances are) they’ll get that call, text, or email, too; and (c) can tell the FTC so we can work to stop scammers and warn people about them: ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
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by Scott Muniz | Dec 22, 2020 | Security
This article was originally posted by the FTC. See the original article here.
You’ll make a lot of money. I’m going to show you how to do it — and using my program, I guarantee you’ll be successful.
If you see that in an ad, there’s likely a scammer behind it. Just last week, the FTC announced
Operation Income Illusion, a nationwide effort to shut down income scams that used false promises like this to trick people into believing they would make a lot of money if they bought one of these programs. In each case, it turned out to be, well, an illusion.
One of the cases announced is against RagingBull.com, an online operation that the FTC alleges took in at least $137 million. The people who paid believed the defendants’ promises about their so-called unique and proven techniques to make profits in the stock market. In ads, the defendants touted people’s ability to make money during the pandemic, and featured people who claimed to have been successful using their program. But the FTC says it was all smoke and mirrors. People didn’t make the returns advertised and many lost money instead. And those glowing testimonials? The FTC alleges the defendants admitted — in the fine print of the ads — that they don’t even verify if those testimonials are true.
Before you pay for a program that promises to help you invest your money, consider these things:
- Statistics and testimonials can be faked. Scammers want you to believe their program is always successful and low-risk.
- Scammers exaggerate the press of time. They want you to feel pressured to commit now without doing research on the offer.
- No one can guarantee a specific amount of return on an investment. Scammers might claim that you can make thousands of dollars per day or per month for life, but no one can actually guarantee that an investment will be successful.
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