In the previous chapter, we saw how the new Visual Process Designer can be used to create business process flows using the drag-and-drop capabilities. In this chapter, we will see how the same visual drag-and-drop process designer can be used to create business rules. Business rules were first introduced in Dynamics CRM 2013. Basically, business rules let's define rules such as setting fields to required/not required, show/hide fields, lock/unlock fields, and so on—that is, conditions and actions on our CRM Form/Entity easily through an intuitive interface, for which we had to write either JavaScript or develop plugins earlier. Business rules were enhanced further in a subsequent version of Dynamics CRM. With Dynamics 365, the Business Rules Designer interface has been completely revamped, with capabilities of dragging and dropping components, along with additional features such as Minimap, Snapshot, and so on.
In this chapter...