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Service Update 20 resolves the following issues:
Performance Improvements
The following list details issues whose resolutions improve the speed or functionality of Dynamics.
- The message "Create contact first to avoid duplicates" that appears when receiving an email from an unknown sender cannot be closed or removed
- The uninstall or 'apply solution upgrade' UI remains in loading mode even though backend operations have succeeded or failed
- The Est. Close Date dropdown button causes the save /cancel button to go off-screen
- The Contact sync produces an update loop every sync cycle when the birthdate in crmxml in extended properties contains a time other than 11:59:00
- The Portal Package installation fails intermittently
- The editable subgrid is not properly rendered on refresh method
- When creating bar charts, the x-axis labels are not properly rendered
- Upgrading to version 9.0 causes performance issues during upgrade
- Editable grids are not displayed correctly
Unexpected Behavior
The following list details issues whose resolutions correct actions performed in Dynamics that do not work as intended.
- When a user inserts a dynamic field in the URL configuration of a hyperlink in a workflow, it is displayed as "NULL"
- There is no prompt that the Description field is mandatory when left blank when creating a Phone Call activity in the Social Pane
- Incorrect inputs are accepted in any lookup field without producing an initial error
- The Scheduledstart and Scheduledend dates are automatically updated to incorrect values when the time is changed
- BPF controls are not disabled for inactive forms
- The Insert Template function doesn't populate the templateid field in UCI, it is stored as null in the db
- User-created charts are visible to managers who do not have permission to view them
- Custom security role names revert back to the default name upon upgrade
- The Unified Interface ignores required field validations that are set at run-time via JavaScript and saves the form without running the required field validation.
- An associated workflow or plug-in doesn't get triggered on the creation of a Document Location record