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Category: Power Apps

How to implement Sorting and Searching in Gallery in Canvas Apps Power Apps in

In this post we will see how we can implement sorting feature in a gallery control connected to a data source for example dataverse. The below screenshot shows the gallery which is connected to Account Table. Here I want to implement Sorting feature. At the top right corner we have a sorting icon also a…
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Solution History in Power Apps or Dynamics 365

In Power Apps we can view solution history to understand how many times the current solution exported, Imported and unInstalled. To view Solution history open Power Apps Solution. and In The solution click on History. Hope this helps.

How to add required components to a power apps solution

When we work in Power Apps Solutions we add Table components. Add after that we ass Sub-Components of the Table but as sometimes we add relationships and some web resources for the table and when we distribute the solution to other environment then if the target environment do not have required components the import error…
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Add Spacers in Modern Form Designer in Power Apps

In Power Apps Modern Form designer now we can add spacer component to add some space between one field to another field. This option was long awaited option now we can use it. This will give another reason why we will not use Classic Solution editings. But remember the spacer component does not have any…
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Fallback Form in Power Apps or Dynamics 365 Model driven apps/ Dataverse

Forms are excellent way to communicate with data in Microsoft Dataverse or Power Apps. We can enable security roles for Table Forms so that user with a specific security role can only access to the form. Now the question is what about the user having a different security role and none of the Entity form…
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Manage Search index for Dataverse Search in Power Apps

Dataverse Search is now the global search for all power apps. If you have not enabled enable it now. Follow my blog here to know how to enable Dataverse search. After it is enabled we can manage search index for Dataverse search. Open your Power Apps Solution and Click on Overview section here you can…
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Create your custom theme for your power portal with easy steps

Power Portal is a public facing web portal that we can configure as a power apps. We can also define the styling of the power portal pages using CSS. But there is a theme concept that we can configure without writing code to give a makeover style. You can also use Preset Themes if you…
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Use solution checker to check solution errors in power apps

We are working with solutions many times in our Power Apps. But we hardly know about the errors that exist in solutions. We have a Solution Checker to check if the solution has some issues. Open Power Apps maker site and open Solution and click on overview. You will see Solution Checker and click on…
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Use Microsoft App Source to install apps into your power apps environment

Microsoft App Source is the largest app market place which we can leverage to find Free and Premium Apps for our environment. Let us see how you can navigate to App Source and Install Apps. Follow the steps below. Login your power apps environment and click on Solutions section. Click on Open App Source. Now…
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How to export and import flows in Power Automate

Power Automate is a game changer in Workflow automations in cloud applications. When we are ready with our flow design we can share with others using Export and Import operation. Watch the full video here to understand the scenario:

Microsoft Ignite November 2021 Key Announcements

Check out here the Microsoft Ignite November 2021 Key Announcements. Here I have explained about Top 7 key announcements by Microsoft.

Call Azure Function from Dynamics 365 using Webhooks

Azure Function is an important concept in Integration which we can develop using C# code and deploy in Azure App Service and we can call the function using Webhooks in Plugin Registration Tool from Dynamics 365 or Dataverse. Watch the practical demo in the below video. Hope this helps.

Custom connectors in Power Apps – How to configure custom connector in power apps

Microsoft Provides 200+ connectors like OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams etc. But sometimes if the connector is not sufficient we can create our own custom connector. Watch the below video to understand the complete process of configuring custom connector to connect third party APIs. Hope this helps

Use SharePoint to store documents from Power Apps Portals

We can use Power Apps Portal to store documents is SharePoint. For this we have to enable the SharePoint Integration for Portals. lets see how we can do this. Step:1 – Enable SharePoint Integration for Portal Login admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com. Then select the environment and click on Resources then click Portals. Now choose your Portal and click…
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Performance tuning in Canvas Apps Power Apps using Caching & Concurrent

Canvas App changed the way we design mobile applications. We can easily configure Canvas Apps by connecting multiple data sources in a minute. But in the configuration journey we have to keep the app performance point into consideration otherwise the app performance will be very slow. In this post I will discuss 2 important performance…
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Validate data using PowerFX function in canvas app

using Power Query we can export template and import data with template. Lets say I have a screen in canvas app and a text field to enter email id and a button to submit data. My requirement is whenever the email is valid email address then only enable Submit button. so how we can do…
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Format Currency Display in Canvas App Power Apps for different country

Currency field is used store monetary value in power Apps but when we display the currency field value in Power Apps some times we need to do formatting to display in correct way. In the below screenshot you can see in the canvas app I am displaying annual revenue but it does not display like…
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Create or Update records without using Forms in Canvas Apps using Patch function

When we build canvas apps in Power Apps, we add Galleries to display records from our data source and Forms to view, create, and edit individual records, but sometimes forms are not enough to achieve our business scenarios. For those scenarios, We use Power Apps functions for updating tabular data sources directly. Patch is used…
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Ribbon workbench (Part-3) for Dynamics 365- Add a custom button on entity form in Account with JavaScript action to read Form Fields

In our previous article we have seen how we can add a button and on click on button how to open an external or internal URL. now in this post we will see how we can call a JavaScript on button click. Follow the previous blog to know how to add button and add command…
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Ribbon workbench (Part-2) for Dynamics 365- Add a custom button on entity form in Account with URL Action command

In our previous article we have seen how to install ribbon workbench in Dynamics 365. In this post we will see how we can add a simple button on Account entity form. Step:1 – Create a solution in Power Apps Open make.powerapps.com choose correct environment and click on Solutions option then create a new solution.…
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Ribbon workbench (Part-1) for Dynamics 365- How to install ribbon workbench

Ribbon workbench is a very powerful tool for customizing command bar in Dynamics 365 model driven apps. This post will explain how we can configure Ribbon Workbench for Dynamics 365. Step:1 – Download Ribbon Workbench Go to Develop1 website here. Click on Download button and Provide your name, Email and Dynamics 365 version. If you…
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Configure field dependency in Power Apps Solutions for JavaScript Web Resources

Working with solution is not new for us. While working with solutions we have to follow best practices by managing component dependencies to avoid unknowing breaking of components. lets us take an example. You are trying to validate a field using JavaScript and you need to have the field on the form. But somehow as…
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Enable Advanced lookup in Power Apps in Dynamics 365/ Dataverse

Advanced lookup gives a better way to search records. So let us see how we can enable this behavior of lookup in power apps. Login to Office.com and click on Power Apps icon. Choose correct environment. Click on Gear icon and choose Admin Center or directly open https://admin.powerplatform.com. Choose correct environment and click settings. Choose…
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Check the solution history in Dynamics 365 or Dataverse

Now you can see the history of solution imports, Errors, Publisher info, Start time, End Time and Error information about all solutions in your environment. Go to Office.com and login using your credential. Click on Power Apps icon and choose solutions. In the solutions window click on More option and choose See history. Now you…
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Developer Resource has a new place in power apps

Previously the Developer resources option was available in Advanced Setting option of Dynamics 365 but now its available in Power Apps home page making a better navigations. Check the screenshot below: Login Office.com and click on Power Apps link. It will open Power Apps and click on Gear icon to open options. Now click on…
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Add check box in every row of gallery and use collection object to store selected record

lets say We have a canvas app and a gallery and we want to use some check box every row of the gallery so that we can do some bulk operation by selecting checkboxes and we will use a collection object to store the selected rows and un-selected rows. Add a gallery and associate the…
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