<p>A lot of you would have come across a scenario where you want to bulk update records. Maybe you are taking some images and want to upload them all at once. Or you want to flip the flags withi…
Sum, Min, Max, and Average functions in Canvas apps are aggregate functions that can reduce a large amount of data down to a single value. For example, Average could be used to find the average age of a class of students using Average( Students, Age ). These functions can also be used with the Filter function … Continue reading “Delegation of Aggregate functions for CDS”
<p>This week we have improvements to the Microsoft Flow and PowerApps connectors for Microsoft Planner and Office 365 Outlook, as well as two new connectors: <a href="https://flow.micros…
There’s a new wizard based, easy user interface for column conditional formatting in SharePoint Online!! That means you don’t have to know JSON code in order to do some conditional formatting on your …
Data Integrator Updates – New features with an intuitive user interface providing a fluent experience
This is a Preview announcement of new features and UI enhancements in the Data Integrator for Common Data Service for Apps Important Preview features aren’t meant for production use and may have restricted functionality. These features are available before an official release so that customers can get early access and provide feedback. We expect changes … Continue reading “Data Integrator Updates – New features with an intuitive user interface providing a fluent experience”
Improved datasource and field selection in canvas apps
PowerApps authoring using data is getting easier with improved creation and selection of datasources, fields, and connections. The experience has been updated and search was added to help quickly find the right item. Also more of the data controls can be configured directly in the property pane. This experience is rolling out throughout this week. … Continue reading “Improved datasource and field selection in canvas apps”
A guide on how to create a modal dialog that can be used as a confirmation step, used for adding additional details or even display more details in a current screen. Background Two SharePoint lists…
Last Tuesday I discovered an interesting option in the app settings of a PowerApp in my preview environment. I was able to enable PowerApps components in my app! This makes me really happy 😍 I was lo…
Introduction This post is in three parts. The first part is to create the dataset in Power BI, the second part is to add actions to the flow and the final part is to create a simple report in Power BI…
The magic of PowerApps Push Notification parameters
Every day I learn something new about PowerApps. Yesterday it was Components; today I am learning everything there is about the PowerApps Notification connector in Flow. PowerApps Notification connector What is the PowerApps Notification connector? As the name says, it offers you a way to send push notifications to users
PowerShell Cmdlets for PowerApps and Flow creators and administrators
<p>In our effort to comply with GDPR, we have released PowerShell script functions (cmdlets) that make it easier for admins to manage data and resources on their instance of PowerApps, Flow, and…
A PowerApps Naming Convention Proposal What’s in a name? Well, if you take the amount of effort that some brands go to in order to make themselves immediately recognisable, it would appear that names …
Demystifying PowerApps Environments – Part 3 – Production Environments
Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform are both deeply coupled with the Common Data Service (CDS) and are held in containers called environments. There are different types of PowerApps environments and e…
PowerApps upload file to SharePoint Online document library using Microsoft Flow
Learn how to upload a file to SharePoint online document library from PowerApps form using Microsoft flow.powerapps upload file to sharepoint document library.
Filter resources in the Flow portal, SharePoint page approvals, and two new connectors
The pages in the Flow portal, including the flow list, now support filtering to find items in the grid. You can now create a page approval flow for SharePoint libraries to add a Flow-driven review process for all new and updated pages. This week there is also two new connectors: Acumatica and Plumsail HelpDesk.
Intro Buttons, Excel, Approvals and notification in one MS Flow. Tracking a starting and end point into Excel, by triggering a button. This is a flow that I will talk about today! The solution will have two Flow's that could be triggered by a button. The values will be added to an excel file that is...
Microsoft Flow / PowerApps – Common Data Services or SharePoint Lists
When you build flows in Microsoft Flow or apps in PowerApps most likely you will be using data of some sort. Where should you be storing the data? In this post i'm considering SharePoint lists and I'm…
Look back at incredible 2018 #PowerApps & #Flow posts and influencers
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! What a year it’s been – full of successes, changes and everything in between. There have been so many amazing communityinfluencers and incredible posts in the Microsoft Power Platf…
Flow Tip: Use Condition or Scope control to skip or debug Flow action(s)
As part of the Flow design process, I often end up building in some debug actions like Send email, Set variable etc. to capture/troubleshoot values that in turn help along with the actual design. B…
PowerApps – Common Data Services, the Ins the Outs of your data store
In my previous post I mentioned the Common Data Services. In this post I will look at the CDS in more detail. When starting with the CDS it is easy to create new entities and each entity can be used t…
We discussed how to use PowerApps media control like image control, video control, camera control, barcode scanner, picture control, audio control, microphone control etc.
Introducing the 2019 Power Platform World Tour featuring PowerApps, Flow and Power BI
<p>Introducing the 2019 Power Platform World Tour featuring PowerApps, Microsoft Flow and Power BI content from Microsoft team members, MVPs, Champions, and Subject Matter Experts. Power Platfor…
Finding the Flow: A Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Flow
Happy New Year 2019 to our P3 readers! For the new year, I have a question for you: What do you think of when you hear the word “Flow”? For me, I immediately think of “Flo” from Progressive – someone …