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Please feel free to browse our blog for detailed information and to share our posts! https://www.mscrm-addons.com/Bloghttps://www.mscrm-addons.com/Blog/PostId/10078/activitytools-how-to-make-custom-activities-availableActivityTools (AT),AT 2015 / 2016,AT 365Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:00:30 GMT<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>If you create new custom activities after the installation of ActivityTools they will not be shown in the activity type drop&nbsp;</span>down and in the NEW ACTIVITY menu of ActivityTools.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>This article shows how you can make them available.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span></p> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"> <a title="Custom activity" href="/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure1_Custom_Activity.png"> <img alt="Custom activity" height="95,5" class="img-responsive" src="/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure1_Custom_Activity.png" width="457" /> </a></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>Figure 1: Custom activity</em></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em></em><em>&nbsp;</em></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>&nbsp;</em></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>The figure above shows a custom activity. As&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;see below, the&nbsp;custom&nbsp;activity is not&nbsp;included&nbsp;in the activity&nbsp;type drop down and the<strong> [NEW ACTIVITY]</strong>-button menu.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}">&nbsp;</div> </div> <p><a title="Activity type drop down without custom activity " href="/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure2_Activity_type_drop_down.png" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="Activity type drop down without custom activity" height="205" class="img-responsive" src="/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure2_Activity_type_drop_down.png" width="437,5" /></a></p> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>Figure 2: Activity type drop down without custom activity</em></div> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>To make the new custom activity available, please open your Dynamics 365, navigate to Settings and select ActivityTools, like you can see below.&nbsp;</em></p> <p><a title="ActivityTools Settings " href="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure3_AT.png" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="ActivityTools Settings" height="196,5" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure3_AT.png" width="636" /></a><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; float: none; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; color: #777777;"></span></p> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; color: #777777; display: inline !important;">Figure 3: ActivityTools Settings&nbsp;</div> <div class=" data-plugin-options=" style="display: inline !important;"> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}" style="display: inline !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}" style="display: inline !important;">&nbsp;</p> </div> <em></em></div> <div class=" data-plugin-options="><em>&nbsp;</em></div> <div class=" data-plugin-options="><em>&nbsp;</em></div> <div class=" data-plugin-options="><em>&nbsp;</em><em>In the ActivityTools main configuration window navigate to the </em><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: inherit;"><em><strong>General Settings</strong>-tab</em> and click on the <strong><em>[Update]</em></strong>-button next to Update Language Setting.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> </span></div> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <p><a title="General Settings - Update " href="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure4_AT_Update.png" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="ActivityTools Settings" height="196,5" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure4_AT_Update.png" width="636" /></a><em></em></p> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}" style="display: inline !important;">Figure 4: General Settings - Update</div> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}">After reloading ActivityTools the custom activity will be available like you can see below.&nbsp;</p> </div> <p><a title="Activity type drop down with custom activity " href="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure5_AT_with_Custom_activity.png" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="Activity type drop down with custom activity" height="205" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/AT_How_to_make_custom_activities_available/Figure5_AT_with_Custom_activity.png" width="437,5" /></a><br /> Figure 5: Activity type drop down with custom activity</p> <p class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; 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