Attribute Replicator has been released for Microsoft CRM 4.0

So, this awesome tool is proof that whining works!

 

Let me explain...

 

I was working on some massive customizations of CRM for a real estate focus-use.  Making loads of custom attributes.  Loads of custom entities.  Soon it was obvious to me that I needed a way to re-use these custom attributes as much as possible.  Having to manually do them each, in each instance, was killing me. 

 

There was no tool out there.

 

I work in a custom software shop.

 

See where this is going?

It went something like this (repeat for every developer I would encounter in the office each day, many times over Live Messenger as well)

(Insert name of your favorite developer, in your BEST whiney voice):

Why can't we make some thing to automate all these customizations?  Why do I have to do them OVER AND OVER AND OVER again EACH AND EVERYTIME?  Why???  Just go make me something won't you??!!

 

And now we have the Attribute Replicator.  It comes as a free download with a book purchase from the site below.  But here's what it does...

 

You are doing CRM customizations.  Either you are doing loads for an in-house setup or maybe your a firm that does many of these for clients.  You wind up liking your custom attributes.  You get more comfortable making custom entities.  Now you need to save time, by not configuring new ones each time, over and over again for the same exact thing.  What the Replicator can do is load your entities and attributes from your CRM, make them available for re-use and assignment to other entities in the same CRM.  AND.  It allows saving of Attribute Packs for re-use over and over and over again.  So you do your first few rounds of customizations, you save the Attribute Pack for later.  Three months later boss comes up with some new ideas and you just pull up the Attribute Pack, apply it and tadah, almost automagically it's all done.

 

Anyhow, the tool is free with the book purchase.  If this is something you want to buy separate from the book, drop me an email.

 

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