[ALM Accelerator - BUG]: Request Connection from Another User Missing Parameter

[jfung85]

Describe the issue

When clicking on the icon for "Request a New Connection from Another User" , the email that is generated contains a link that is broken. It seems like it is trying to reference an app but does not have all the GUID references.

Expected Behavior

I expect to be able to click on the link sent by the "Request a New Connection from Another User" feature and create a connection for use by the ALM Accelerator.

What component are you experiencing the issue with?

ALM Accelerator Canvas App

What solution version are you using?

Accelerator Version: 1.0.20230206.1(Managed)

Steps To Reproduce

1. In the environment where ALM Accelerator is installed
2. Open ALM Accelerator for Power Platform
3. For a solution, click on Configure Deployment Settings
4. Under Connection References, click on the icon for "Request a New Connection from Another User"
5. Allow Pop-Ups to see the email that will be sent
6. Click on the link in the email

Anything else?

No response

[mikefactorial]

Hey @jfung85 thanks for reporting this. Will look into what's going on here.

[shree2905]

Hi @mikefactorial, I'm also facing the same issue. when user clicks the autogenerated link, user is getting below screen.

Can you please help us understand this issue or way to fix this on our end?

[mikefactorial]

I was able to track down the issue. It will be fixed in the April release in two weeks.

[CoEStarterKitBot]

@jfung85 This has been fixed in the latest release. Please install the latest version of the toolkit following the instructions for installing updates. Note that if you do not remove the unmanaged layers as described there you will not receive updates from us.

[jfung85]

I installed the latest version of ALM Accelerator (Accelerator Version: 1.0.20230405.2(Managed)) and tried the feature again to request a connection. The email generated still has a broken link. How can we check if this is actually fixed?

[mikefactorial]

@jfung85 reopening this. Hard to tell without seeing the link. The issue was that there was a parameter missing in the link. Specifically, the step=. This should be resolved now. You may want to try and use an in private browser window to test. It takes some time for browser cache to catch up with new versions. Also, be sure there are no unmanaged layers in your solution which could prevent the app from updating.

[jfung85]

@mikefactorial, could I send the link to you directly? I didn't want to post it because of the GUID's that are in the URL. I confirmed that there is no unmanaged layer on the ALM Accelerator for Power Platform app and also confirmed the version number on the app has incremented to the April version.

[mikefactorial]

Thanks @jfung85. So, it looks like it's not an issue with the parameters which was the fix we put in for the latest release. Looks like it's a problem with getting the id of the ALM Accelerator app itself via the PowerAppsForMakers via this PowerFX.

Filter(
            PowerAppsforMakers.GetApps().value,
            properties.displayName = AppName && properties.environment.name = ExecutingEnvironment.tags.environmentName
        )
    ).name

Any chance the display name of the app was changed? Other than that it seems like a permissions or environment issue. What geo is the ALM Accelerator app running in? Is this a GCC environment or another cloud other than the public cloud?

[jfung85]

Hi Mike,

Is this supposed to return the App ID? The name of the app didn’t change.

This potentially sounds like another case where there are many apps in this environment and perhaps the function is limited by some threshold.

I ran into something similar trying to return versions. Could this be the issue here?: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Version-Number-for-apps-with-more-than-100-versions/td-p/1389859

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Thanks @jfung85https://github.com/jfung85. So, it looks like it's not an issue with the parameters which was the fix we put in for the latest release. Looks like it's a problem with getting the id of the ALM Accelerator app itself via the PowerAppsForMakers via this PowerFX.

Filter(

        PowerAppsforMakers.GetApps().value,

        properties.displayName = AppName && properties.environment.name = ExecutingEnvironment.tags.environmentName

    )

).name

Any chance the display name of the app was changed? Other than that it seems like a permissions or environment issue. What geo is the ALM Accelerator app running in? Is this a GCC environment or another cloud other than the public cloud?

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[mikefactorial]

@jfung85 good call on the number of apps. Let me look into it.

[CoEStarterKitBot]

@jfung85 This has been fixed in the latest release. Please install the latest version of the toolkit following the instructions for installing updates. Note that if you do not remove the unmanaged layers as described there you will not receive updates from us.