Community tools for Microsoft Dataverse
The Power Apps community creates tools!
Many of the most popular ones are distributed in the XrmToolBox. XrmToolBox is a Windows application that connects to Dataverse, providing tools to ease customization, configuration and operation tasks. It is shipped with more than 30 plugins to make administration, customization or configuration tasks easier and less time consuming.
Important
Tools created by the community are not supported by Microsoft. If you have questions or issues with community tools, contact the publisher of the tool.
The following is a selected list of community tools distributed via the XrmToolBox that you can use with Dataverse.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Attribute Manager | Used to rename/delete/or change the type of the column. |
| Early Bound Generator | Generates Early Bound Tables/Choices/Actions. Uses CrmSvcUtil from the SDK, and shows command line used to create the classes. |
| Export to Excel | Easily export records from the selected view/fetchxml to Excel. |
| FetchXML Builder | Create and test FetchXml Queries |
| Metadata Browser | Browse metadata from your Dataverse environment |
| Plugin Trace Viewer | Investigate the Plug-in Trace Log with easy filtering and display possibilities |
| User Settings Utility | Manage users personal settings in bulk |
Here is another tool, Chromium Metadata Browser, that lets you browse metadata such as tables, columns, relationships, choices of Dataverse environments. It works with Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers.