Effortlessly find and switch between icons in canvas apps
<p>There is an icon in almost every app or website. A plus icon, a search icon, there’s even refresh icons on your browser you’re reading this blog in right now. The icon con…
Nine new connectors in April and improved visibility into trigger failures
<p>You can now see problems with triggers on the flow properties page — making it easy to find out why your flow isn’t triggering. There are nine new connectors this month in…
PowerApps: Form Across Multiple Screens
It is a common request, to have a form that is so long, that it needs to span across several screens, like a “wizard”. Fill out a few fields, click Next, fill out a few more, click Next, etc. In t…
Dynamics 365 autonumber now available in PowerApp config
The API approach has been available for a long time, but now the autonumber is available through the config. Jonas Rapp’s autonumber solution in XrmToolbox has been absolutely one of the best…
Canvas debugging with Results View
<p>Lots of debuggers allow you to see the value of an expression simply by selecting it in the source. You’ll recognize an example immediately: Wouldn’t it be gre…
Use new screen properties for responsive canvas apps
<p>If you’ve started building responsive canvas apps by crafting size and position formulas on your controls, we’ve added some properties that may help you simplify your…
E-mail the selected record in #powerbi with #powerapps and #flow and include a CSV File with the rec…
One of my clients called me the other day and asked whether it was possible to export the selected order that was selected in the current report page – as she wanted to send the information to another…
Lessons Learned from a Real World Databricks Implementation
Learn about this innovative production implementation using Azure Databricks for a large retail industry client.
Be a Power Platform Jedi – How to run a book raffle
This is the first blog post in a series of posts that I plan to publish and share some of my demos that I presented during the Power Platform World Tour in Chicago last week (April 9-10, 2019). In tod…
How to create SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template in Microsoft Flow, Azure Lo…
This article will show how to create a custom SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template. You can use this approach to create lists or libraries of any complexity in SharePoint. For ex…
Drag and Drop in PowerApps
PowerApps is great but there are some limitations. One of these limitations is drag and drop. Wouldn't it be nice if you could drag a document into a PowerApp and then PowerApps uploads the document t…
Download the Common Data Model Poster
Quick link to the Common Data Model poster on the CDM GitHub Repository. A nice one to print out. “Integrate and Disambiguate Data with the Common Data Model” – https://github.com/Microsoft/CDM/blob/m…
Putting It All Together: Part 2
Let’s pick back up where we left off last week and continue building the workflow and finishing up our PowerApp! Create a Flow At this point, we have a functioning app that stores data in a SharePoint…
Microsoft Announces Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure - BizDataViz
Today I’m here with some exciting news out of Microsoft with the public preview of Microsoft Virtual Desktop. Virtual desktops are not a new invention and they are currently offered by multiple vendor…
How to create SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template in Microsoft Flow, Azure Lo…
This article will show how to create a custom SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template. You can use this approach to create lists or libraries of any complexity in SharePoint. For ex…
Canvas App Styler
I made a PowerApp to help build better looking Canvas Apps. You can try it out here. And if you want a free copy you find it in the TDG Power Platform Bank here. At the start of the year I decided I w…
Creating custom check list for a model-driven app | It Ain't Boring
New pricing model for Dynamics/PowerPlatform – can we do some basic estimates? | It Ain't Boring
The smallest feature
<p>This has to be one of the smallest features ever shipped. We’ve modified the behavior of one character, and it is a small character at that. But I think you will agree t…
Microsoft Flow and PowerApps Q & A
Many people start with Microsoft Flow or PowerApps every day. In this post I'm answering many questions that I've been asked on a regular basis. What Is Microsoft Flow? This had to be the first questi…
Re: Champify - A learning management system design... - Power Platform Community
This looks excellent! For the SharePoint list schemas, though - they are .iqy files and upon editng in Notepad seem to go to lists in the microsofteur.sharepoint.com tenant. Is there any way to get at…
Generating PDF in Flow using Word Connector
Real life example of how I use this: Equipment is tested before being shipped. * The PM uses PowerApps to enter in the equipment details * Engineering uses PowerApps to pull the equipment description …
Create Planner Tasks from New SharePoint List Item
Introduction A request came through for a team to have tasks created in Planner based on a new entry in a SharePoint list. The list has the following inputs, Title for the name of the new project, Cli…
Putting it all Together–Part 1
By now, we’ve all seen Microsoft’s rebranding of Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow into the Power Platform, a set of tools for the citizen developer to analyze data, take action from that data, and, ultim…
Microsoft’s Power Platform Enables Deep Analysis and Easy Insight
Leveraging Microsoft’s Power Platform – comprised of Power BI, PowerApps, & Flow – is one way that organizations can use tools to analyze, act, & automate. Each of these tools can be used on its own t…
Implementing custom document location logic with a plugin | It Ain't Boring
Embedded canvas apps can now Navigate, Refresh and Save the host form
<p>Embedded canvas apps now provide the ability to perform actions to navigate, refresh and save the host form. With these capabilities makers can now achieve even richer integration between the…
Preview Custom Controls in Business Process Flows
Business process flows (BPF) provide a guided way to get work done in the form of stages and steps. Stages tell you where you are in the process, while steps are action items that lead to a desired outcome. Steps in a business process are bound to fields in the Common Data Service (CDS), and until n...
Increase your canvas space by closing the tree view
As PowerApps grew to have more features, the amount of space in the interface needed for those tools, views, properties and more also exploded. A frequent lament we heard from several users was that there is not enough room to work on the canvas, especially when working with a larger app. The desire to see … Continue reading “Increase your canvas space by closing the tree view”
Microsoft Flow with Flow Studio – Part 1
The Microsoft Flow UI is great for developing flows quickly but sometimes it would help if you could do just a bit more with the tools provided. Quite often things are on the way, but you simply can't…