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It is normal for a power user to start working on one device & pick up where they left off on another. Hence the need to have responsiveness in PowerApps.

Reference information about configuring Height, Width, X, and Y properties on controls in canvas apps

Hello, when I navigate to a screen (say SCR1) for the first time, PowerApps shows the screen at its top position. If I scrolll down, go to another screen, and then come back to SCR1, it shows the screen at the last position used (so down part in that case). Whereas I would like it to always disp...

Step-by-step instructions for changing settings such as the screen size and the orientation of a canvas app in Power Apps

From the day Microsoft made the "PowerBI - Refresh a dataset" Power Automate connector available, and having seen this video by GuyInACube https://guyinacube.com/2019/10/24/use-microsoft-flow-and-other-options-to-refresh...

Refresh a Power BI dataset on a schedule built in an Outlook calendar using Power Automate

As a Data & Analytics consultant, working on tons of different projects, it is very likely that I’m the creator and owner of a whole lot of dataflow and dataset refreshes. Since these ref…

Announcing Updates to the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit – a set of templates that are designed to help get started with developing a strategy for adopting and supporting the Power Platform, with a focus on Power Apps and Power Automate.

Some time back we looked at creating Azure Logic Apps for cloud integrations. In this post, we will look at how to create an Azure Logic App that performs Common Data Service functions based on Common Data Service events. We will create an Azure Logic App that, when an account is created in Dynamics 365 / Power Apps, we will also create a contact and assign that contact to the new account. Let’s … Continue reading How to Create an Azure Logic App that Integrates with the Common Data Service

As a Data & Analytics consultant, working on tons of different projects, it is very likely that I’m the creator and owner of a whole lot of dataflow and dataset refreshes. Since these ref…

Refresh a Power BI dataset on a schedule built in an Outlook calendar using Power Automate

Often I see the need to manage URIs when creating a flow. Power Automate has 6 operations available that can make your life easier. Rather than using split functions to split a URI, there are bette…

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This PowerApps tutorial explains, how to update data table columns in PowerApps. Learn PowerApps update data table columns

Learn the PowerApps gallery control filter with example and how to filter a PowerApps Gallery control based on Alphabetical order.

What is PowerApps Table function, how to create a table using the PowerApps Table() function. how to use GroupBy() and Ungroup(), Filter() Function, PowerApps AddColumns(), DropColumns(), RenameColumns() and ShowColumns() function. and how to create a nested table in PowerApps.

how to use PowerApps functions: Remove() and RemoveIf(), ForAll(), Reset() and ResetForm(), Navigate(), Back() and Exit(), Switch(), Select() and Distinct() functions.

The Power BI API contains several useful pieces of functionality if you need to do interact with Power BI at a lower API level. Power Automate provides great automation features, and it’s only natural we would want to use the two together. Power Automate does have a Power BI connector, but we can get right to the Power BI API to unlock more features as well. Let’s look at how … Continue reading How to Authenticate and Use the Power BI API inside Power Automate

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This post is to provide the code and resources to support my 12 Days of Components videos which use SVG to create a range of graphics.

Learn about administration and governance of the Microsoft Power Platform by reading our updated Power Apps and Power Automate Governance and Deployment Whitepaper.

Imagine a scenario where your Power BI dataset does not show the latest data, for example, if you are in between a scheduled hourly or daily refresh, and your boss needs to see the latest and greatest data in a Power BI report. And, you’re out on the road. There’s a few ways to solve this problem (in another post I show building a Power Automate button). In this post, … Continue reading Build a Power App Mobile App that Displays and Refreshes your Power BI Data with a Button Click

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As Power BI enthusiasts and consultants, we are building tons of reports. All with the goal to enable the business to take data driven decisions by providing them with the right information at the …

Hi Everyone! Imagine being able to create .msapp files that your client can import and start using straight away that will default to their branding! Or templates that you can give to your citizen...

Connectors can now be used in canvas components! I am excited to announce availability of one of the most requested features for canvas components, with supporting API data sources as a first step. Check out how it makes components more powerful and interesting.

Read my list of 10 tips I wish to know before I've started with PowerApps and become a PowerApps expert in an eyeblink. Those tips save your time a lot!

<p>In this blog post, we will take low performing conference app and apply few of those optimization techniques to substantially improve performance.</p>