Looking for Use Cases for plug-ins

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Posted on by Cosmic_Kitchen

I don't have any experience with plug-ins and am trying to come up with some use case scenarios for when a plug-in would be necessary. Something that could not be accomplished with Power Automate or form JavaScript, and would actually require a plug-in. What are your real-world examples?

My understanding of a plug-in is that is operates behind the scenes on the Server side and can act on the data in three locations:

After the data operation is sent from the client but before transacting with the database- Pre-validation
After the data operation is sent from the client but before transacting with the database- Post-validation
After the data operation has transacted with the database but before returning a call to the client

Is this understanding accurate?

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Just a couple of reasons:

You want to be able to cancel or change operations before they commit.

Retrieve id's post operation or capture details before delete.

Can be synchronous or asynchronous.

Plug-ins run offline mode and on import of data

A lot can be done with JavaScript however only at form level.

Power Automate is great for integration and actions however no use on delete and async.

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