Power Pages Helper

Set of commands to simplify work with Power Platform CLI for Power Pages.

Usage

You can view list of available commands via Ctrl+Shift+P and type Portal Helper. There are context menu commands as well. See the full list of available commands and shortcuts below.

Requirements

You need to have the following prerequisites on your machine:

1. npm
2. PCF CLI

List of all available commands

Command	Description
List Portals	Shows the list of available portals for current Dataverse organization
Download Portal	Download portal by id from current Dataverse org to specified local path
Download Latest	Download latest version of the portal by id specified in website.yml from current folder
Update Download Latest Settings	Allows to update setting for Download Latest command and download portal based on the new settings
Upload Portal	Upload portal from local folder to current Dataverse org
Upload Current Portal	Upload portal from open workspace folder to current Dataverse org
Migrate to Bootstrap 5	Convert existing Portal to Bootstrap 5 (will generate a new folder with updated portal)
Create New Auth Profile	Creates a new auth profile for specified Dataverse org
List Auth Profiles	Shows list of profiles that are authenticated with Dataverse orgs for current machine.
Delete Auth Profile	Deletes a specific profile from the current machine
Switch Auth Profile	Changes the default profile connected to Dataverse org
Create Deployment Profile	Allows to create new deployment profile

Context menu commands

Context Menu Command	Description
Create Custom JS	Creates Custom Javascript file (code that will be present in Custom Javascript section of Web Page, Basic Form or Advance Form Step)
Create Custom CSS	Creates Custom CSS file (code that will be present in Custom CSS section of Web Page, Basic Form or Advance Form Step)

Keyboard Shortcuts

Command	Keyboard Shortcut
Upload Portal	Ctrl + U, Ctrl + P
Upload Current Portal	Ctrl + U, Ctrl + C
List Portal	Ctrl + L, Ctrl + P
Download Portal	Ctrl + D, Ctrl + P
Download Latest	Ctrl + D, Ctrl + L

Available Settings

Setting	Description
Download Latest Include Entities	Comma separated list of entities to use as includeEntities parameter in Download Latest command
Download Latest Exclude Entities	Comma separated list of entities to use as excludeEntities parameter in Download Latest command
Download Latest Model Version	Allows to specify version of the model to download (1 or 2). If not specified, the version 1 will be downloaded
Download Portal Skip Included Entities	Allows you to skip Included Entities option in the Download Portal command
Download Portal Skip Excluded Entities	Allows you to skip Excluded Entities option in the Download Portal command

Features

1. List Portals

   

2. Upload Portal

   

3. Upload Current Portal

   

4. Download Portal

   

5. Download Latest

   

6. Create Custom JS and Create Custom CSS

   

Contributing

Found a bug? or have a feature request? - Create a pull request or an issue on GitHub

License

This software is released under MIT License Calling out known issues can help limit users opening duplicate issues against your extension.

Release Notes

1.4.0

Changed

• Renamed extension to Power Pages Helper
• Switch paportal to powerpages in CLI commands
• Now "Download Portal" supports modedVersion parameter

Added

• New command Migrate to Bootstrap 5 - converts existing portal to Bootstrap 5 (creates new folder with updated portal)
• New setting Download Latest Model Version - Allows to specify version of the model to download (1 or 2) to support Enhanced Data Model
• New setting Download Portal Skip Included Entities - Allows you to skip Included Entities option in the Download Portal command
• New setting Download Portal Skip Excluded Entities - Allows you to skip Excluded Entities option in the Download Portal command

1.3.0

Changed

• Now "Download Portal" supports includeEntities and excludeEntities parameters

Added

• New settings for Download Latest command - Include Entities and Exclude Entities

1.2.0

Changed

• Now "Upload Portal" supports deploymentProfile parameter

Added

• New command - "Create Deployment Profile" - allows to create new deployment profile

1.1.0

Changed

• Now "Download Latest" will use current parent folder and website id from website.yml so you don't need to type folder path and portal id

1.0.3

Added

• New command - "Download Latest" - allows to download latest changes to the portal + save portal id and folder path to reuse later
• New keybinding for Download Latest command - CTRL+D, CTRL+L
• New Explorer context menu command - "Create Custom JS" - allows to create custom js file for webpages, basic forms and advance form steps
• New Explorer context menu command - "Create Custom CSS" - allows to create custom js file for webpages, basic forms and advance form steps

Changed

• Commands now support local folder path that contain white spaces
• Uploaded bigger icon

1.0.2

Main icon update

1.0.1

Initial release