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3 November, 2022

Tenant self-service Diagnostics with Dynamics Power Pages Portals

Introducing KeyNamics for Power Pages

Omfax is delighted to announce the release of KeyNamics for Power Pages. KeyNamics for Power Pages offers a suite of capabilities that extend the power of Dynamics 365 portals. It enables housing providers to deliver self-service housing repairs and enquiries diagnostics, direct to residents 24hrs a day.

TIP: Dynamics Power App Portals have recently been rebranded to Power Pages. KeyNamics for Power Pages is fully backwards compatible with classic Power App Portals.

Self-Service Diagnostics for Tenants via Power Pages portal

Digital technologies are empowering councils and housing associations to deliver far more responsive and always accessible online services. KeyNamics 3.0.0 provides an all-in-one resident diagnostics suite, built specifically for Dynamics 365. So, social housing providers invested in Dynamics can benefit by offering residents a fully integrated, yet simple experience. With KeyNamics connecting Keyfax to D365, you can capture and resolve repairs or tenancy-related enquiries, first time, every time.

With KeyNamics for Power Pages housing associations can simplify the repair and enquiry reporting process for residents. It offers consistent, context-aware, intelligent online diagnostic scripts,to walk residents through a repair or general enquiry.

Here’s an example of Keyfax launching via KeyNamics for Power Pages, to assist the resident in reporting a housing repair:

Keyfax is launched from a simple button from a Dynamics Power Apps pages portal

Power Pages Portal Improvements for Residents

With KeyNamics for Power Pages, your tenant self-service portal will benefit from the following:

  • Easily integrate KeyNamics with Power Pages, or any existing Power Apps Portal (v9.0+).
  • Provide a streamlined user experience for tenants reporting repairs or submitting housing related enquiries.
  • Offer context-aware, intelligent scripting, to walk tenants through a property repair or general housing related enquiry.
  • Retrieve existing tenant or property data stored within Dataverse to add intelligence to your diagnostic scripts.
  • Use Power Automate Flows to enforce advanced business processes.
  • Repairs and enquiries are automatically associated with your portal contacts within Dataverse.
  • KeyNamics results are available securely as JSON or XML, for optional post-processing or further integration.
  • Embed KeyNamics within a regular portal page or within basic or advanced entity form portal pages.
  • Create field mappings within KeyNamics to update basic or advanced D365 entity forms with results from KeyNamics.
  • Monitor adoption, performance and health, via a complementary Power BI dashboard.

Help Tenants to Self-serve through your Dynamics 365 Portal

If you offer resident self-service through Power Pages, here are some of the benefits KeyNamics can offer:

  • Residents can quickly and easily submit housing related repairs or general enquiries themselves, any time. They don’t need to speak to a call centre advisor or wait in a queue.
  • Increase your efficiency and close more cases, whilst freeing up call centre advisors to help with more complex cases.
  • Automate your business processes through deep integration into Dataverse and Power Automate Flows.
  • Streamline and automate common, repetitive repairs or enquiries, freeing up staff and increasing staff efficiency.
  • Gain real-time insight into resident trends, activities and needs, via Dataverse or Keyfax reporting.

A better, faster, smarter, tenant self-service portal

KeyNamics for Power Pages helps you deliver consistent, intelligent diagnostics, to guide residents through any housing repair or enquiry. KeyNamics for Power Pages can securely integrate into your existing Dynamics 365 Dataverse environment. Which means it can pass resident or property information through KeyNamics, to tailor the diagnostics scripts.  And that is a game changer for your residents’ experience. With intelligent scripting, KeyNamics for Power Pages can…

  • Detect and alter the priority if the tenant is vulnerable or elderly, to escalate the enquiry.
  • Present additional questions, depending on the property heating type or tenants tenure type.
  • Present additional advice during the reporting process, based on previous answers or selections.
  • Gather everything needed to quickly act upon a repair or enquiry, as the resident reports a problem.
  • Use Keyfax results to optionally or conditionally trigger additional Power Automate Flows.

Seamless integration into any Power Pages page

KeyNamics for Power Pages can be embedded within any static or liquid Power Pages page. Present KeyNamics as a simple button, or as a self-contained web resource within any existing Power Pages page or form. When launched via KeyNamics for Power Pages, Keyfax will open within a pop-up window. However this behaviour is configurable. For example, Keyfax can also display within a new tab or present directly inline within an i-frame.

KeyNamics for Power Pages administrators can require residents to be signed into the portal before they can launch Keyfax. This enables passing of information from your portal into Keyfax, to deliver context-aware diagnostics, tailored to the resident.

Below, you can see KeyNamics for Power Pages launching from within an entity form…

Keyfax being launched from within an entity form (via KeyNamics) from a Dynamics Power Apps pages portal

The KeyNamics for Power Pages Management App

Alongside the tenant experience, KeyNamics for Power Pages offers a model driven management app. It allows KeyNamics administrators to review KeyNamics for Power Pages usage and settings. Using the KeyNamics for Power Pages management app, KeyNamics administrators can:

  • Configure mappings within KeyNamics to capture or update form fields on your Power Pages entity forms
  • Set-up FetchXML statements to securely send data from any Dataverse entity to Keyfax
  • See detailed information for all Keyfax launches and completions

Below, you can see the KeyNamics for Power Pages management app:

KeyNamics for Power Apps pages portal - screenshot of the SEND and RECEIVE mappings to and from the portal

Make a Dynamic Improvement to your Power Pages Portal

To learn more about how KeyNamics for Power Pages integrates with a Dynamics portal, please refer to our online technical documentation available here.

If you would like to talk to Omfax about how KeyNamics for Power Pages could enhance your Power Pages, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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