R – Rich Text Editor – Why is it useful?
Do you use the Rich Text Editor in Power Apps? Do you know it can do more than just allowing users to enter text? Learn why its so useful! The post R – Rich Text Editor – Why is it useful? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog R – Rich Text Editor – Why is it useful? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Rich text editor is one such Power...
Q – Qwerty keyboard – How to create one!
Have you ever wanted to restrict certain keys on a keyboard? How about a customizable QWERTY keyboard that allows you to do it! The post Q – Qwerty keyboard – How to create one! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog Q – Qwerty keyboard – How to create one! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Qwerty keyboards have been around for ages. In...
P – Pen Input – How to check if blank!
Checking if a control is blank is usually pretty easy but not for pen input control. Learn how to check if a pen input control is blank! The post P – Pen Input – How to check if blank! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog P – Pen Input – How to check if blank! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Pen input control is a pretty fancy one...
Cloud and Desktop flows a combination to manage PDF documents (Part 1)
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Power Apps – Named Formulas
Today , I want to explain a really cool feature, in order to improve performance of your app and make it “code” more tidier. NB: This is Experimental Feature, as an experimental feature, do not use named formulas in production apps. We can use App.OnStart to inizializiate variables, load data and do some operations. These actions my be cause slow starting of your application. Sometimes… Continue Reading...
O – Offline for model-driven apps! How to configure it?
Model-driven apps are offline capable by default vs canvas apps that require code. Learn how to configure offline for model-driven apps! The post O – Offline for model-driven apps! How to configure it? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog O – Offline for model-driven apps! How to configure it? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Offline capabilities...
Cloud and Desktop flows a combination to manage PDF documents (Part 2)
Cloud and Desktop flows a combination to manage PDF documents (Part 2) In the previous blogpost we learned how to create multiple PDF files using a parent-child cloud flow structure and an online word template. In this blogpost I will show you how we can merge… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog Cloud and Desktop flows a combo to manage PDF files (Part 2) Have you ever faced a...
N – Navigation on Android – Learn how to simplify!
User experience is a key component for Power Apps. Learn how you can make navigation more seamless on Android devices! The post N – Navigation on Android – Learn how to simplify! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog N – Navigation on Android – Learn how to simplify! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Navigation, especially on mobile apps,...
M – Model-driven apps – How to add them to Teams?
Model-driven apps are super powerful. Dataverse for Teams doesn’t support them. Learn how to add model-driven apps to Teams! The post M – Model-driven apps – How to add them to Teams? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog M – Model-driven apps – How to add them to Teams? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Model-driven apps have been...
L – Lookups in filters – How to work with them!
Filter function is one of the most commonly used Power Apps function. Learn how to use and understand lookup columns as filter criteria! The post L – Lookups in filters – How to work with them! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog L – Lookups in filters – How to work with them! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Filter is a super useful...
K – Kiosk mode – How to use it for event registrations!
Learn how you can use the Kiosk mode on iPads! This is especially useful when you want to restrict user access to just one app! The post K – Kiosk mode – How to use it for event registrations! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog K – Kiosk mode – How to use it for event registrations! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Kiosk mode is one...
J – JSON – How to call a flow from Power Apps?
Do you use Power Automate flows in your apps? Have you ever changed its parameters? Learn how to use the JSON function and make it easy! The post J – JSON – How to call a flow from Power Apps? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog J – JSON – How to call a flow from Power Apps? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict JSON is one Power Apps...
I – International – How to create multilingual apps?
Are your users across different countries? Do you have to create multilingual apps? Learn how to localize your apps the easy & efficient way! The post I – International – How to create multilingual apps? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog I – International – How to create multilingual apps? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict...
H – Horizontal scrolling in a gallery!
Data tables have horizontal scrolling capabilities by default. How cool would it be if you can do that with galleries as well! Learn how to! The post H – Horizontal scrolling in a gallery! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog H – Horizontal scrolling in a gallery! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict In one of my posts from my 1st of A-Z tips, I...
G – Geofencing – How to implement in Power Apps?
Geofencing is a very important concept especially in use cases that involve field service. Learn how to implement it in Power Apps! The post G – Geofencing – How to implement in Power Apps? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog G – Geofencing – How to implement in Power Apps? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Geofencing is an important...
F – ForAll & network error – How to make it work?
Have you encountered a network error when using Collect or Filter inside a ForAll? Learn multiple ways to get rid of this error! The post F – ForAll & network error – How to make it work? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog F – ForAll & network error – How to make it work? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict When other functions...
E – Export/Import – Learn how to download data
Learn how to use the Export/Import controls in Power Apps to download data from collections to your device’s hard disk & upload them back! The post E – Export/Import – Learn how to download data appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog E – Export/Import – Learn how to download data | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Export/import...
Power Platform – Import solution error 0x80040217
Today , I want to explain how to fix Error 0x80040217. If you created custom connector and put it inside solution with for example your flow or your App, may you find in this error, when you try import solution on new Environment: Some note to remember: You have created custom connector You have created app or flow who using your custom connector You have put together in same… Continue Reading Angelo’s Article on their...
D – Dates – learn how to format!
Different countries follow different date formats. Learn how to format dates in Power Apps the efficient way! The post D – Dates – learn how to format! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog D – Dates – learn how to format! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Makers use dates pretty extensively in Power Apps. Different countries format dates...
C – Custom pages – how to add multiple screens?
Custom pages bring model-driven apps and canvas apps together! However, you cannot add multiple screens out of the box. Learn how to! The post C – Custom pages – how to add multiple screens? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog C – Custom pages – how to add multiple screens? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Custom pages are one of the...
B – Batch updates using ForAll or not – Which is better?
Learn how to perform batch updates in Power Apps! Should you use ForAll + Patch or just the Patch function? Which one is more performant? The post B – Batch updates using ForAll or not – Which is better? appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog B – Batch updates using ForAll or not – Which is better? | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict...
Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps
Learn what is an accordion gallery and how to make one in Power Apps using either a single gallery or nested galleries! The post Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict An accordion expands and contracts. Similarly, an...
A – Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps
Learn what is an accordion gallery and how to make one in Power Apps using either a single gallery or nested galleries! The post A – Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog A – Accordion gallery – How to make one in Power Apps | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict An accordion expands and...
A-Z: Learn how to improve your Power Apps with 26 tips, again!
26 Power Apps tips (again!) that will help make elevate your app making skills – easy and simple to follow! One tip for each alphabet! The post A-Z: Learn how to improve your Power Apps with 26 tips, again! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog A-Z: Learn how to improve your Power Apps with 26 tips, again! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict After coming up...
Getting Started with Power Platform Approvals
Having worked primarily with D365 modules, it is quite common to set up approval systems for specific business cases. In this article, we will focus on the Power Platform’s standard ability to set up an approval system. Definition & Business Scenarios Before getting into the technical solutions, I thought it was essential to look at the approval process itself.Let’s start with two quite… Continue Reading Allan De...
Power Platform Wave Reflections with ChatGPT
The release plans for 2023 Release Wave 1 were made available last week. I wrote about highlights from my perspective in my previous post. As I was writing, I came to think about product news from a broader perspective. How can you stay updated? Is it enough to read the release plans? Where else can you find out what’s new and coming? I asked the popular ChatGPT how to stay updated, read on… Continue Reading...
Power Automate – Restore deleted flows
Today , I want to explain how you can recover deleted Power Automate flows. PS: If you need recover Power Apps, you can read my article here. Some note to remember: You can’t recover your flow if it was deleted more than 20 days ago You can recover your flow if it was not part of solution (but if did, you can try to open a ticket support) Default state of recovered flow is… Continue Reading Angelo’s Article on their...
How to default a SharePoint person column
Learn how to work with Person column in a SharePoint list and how to default it to a certain user in a canvas app! The post How to default a SharePoint person column appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog How to default a SharePoint person column | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict I promise I will go back to my series on responsiveness. But if I don’t write...
Power Platform Release wave 1 2023
Power Platform Release wave 1 2023It’s here, the release of wave 1 2023 is announced. Every year Microsoft hits us twice with the release wave, and yeah it’s always a long list of features, so I’m very glad it’s only twice and not three times a year In my
Dynamics CE Release wave 1 2023
Dynamics 365 CE Release wave 1 2023It’s here, the release of wave 1 2023 is announced. Every year Microsoft hits us twice with the release wave, and yeah it’s always a long list of features, so I’m very glad it’s only twice and not three times a year The… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog Dynamics CE Release wave 1 2023 – Wilmer Alcivar It’s here, the...
Know if a user is using Desktop or Mobile
Learn how to figure out if users are using desktop or a mobile device to access an app and in turn have mobile or desktop only features! The post Know if a user is using Desktop or Mobile appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog Know if a user is using Desktop or Mobile | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict In spite of being in the middle of my responsive app series, I...
2023 Release Wave 1 Highlights
Today the Release Plans for 2023 Release Wave 1 were made available. This post highlights some of the features presented and we are going to focus on Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate and the cross app capabilities (Finance and Operations Dataverse). Many features might not comes as news to you, they might have been announced at a Microsoft event last year or even been documented in an… Continue Reading...
Responsiveness – the fundamentals!
A comprehensive list of responsiveness concepts (properties, operators, controls etc.) needed to make any app responsive using containers. The post Responsiveness – the fundamentals! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog Responsiveness – the fundamentals! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict Concepts to learn responsiveness Certain concepts are...
How to create responsive Power Apps!
A comparison of different approaches available to make Power Apps responsive with a focus on the traditional approach! The post How to create responsive Power Apps! appeared first on Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict. Continue Reading Hardit Bhatia’s Article on their blog How to create responsive Power Apps! | Hardit Bhatia: The Power Addict The meaning of responsiveness, per vocabulary.com, is the ability to respond/react quickly...
Creator Kit – Nav Control
Today , we’re introducing one of the menu & nav controls group of Creator Kit: “Nav Control“. Let’s see What is it and how it works. If you don’t know what Creator Kit is, you can read my article here. Add control to your App Before use it, you should add it to your app. If you didn’t have installed Creator Kit in your environment, you can read this article to do it. Add Control to…...
Create a twin record with its children using a table relationship and field mapping
Create a twin record with its children using a table relationship and field mapping Few months ago I had a very interesting business requirement, in which I had to take the information of several fields from a primary table and the information of several fields… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog...
Calling a Custom Page using modern commanding and TypeScript
Calling a Custom Page using modern commanding and TypeScriptThis is the continuation of a series on combining Custom Pages and Custom APIs, but also using the Creator Kit and a bit of TypeScript in the process. In the first blogpost we learned how to create a… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog https://wilmeralcivar.com/calling-custom-page-using-modern-commanding-typescript/ Blog Syndicated...
Creator Kit – November Update
Let’s see what news are introduced with november update of creator kit. If you don’t know what Creator Kit is, you can read my article here. New Features Have been introduced 2 new (in preview) components, SubwayNav and SpinButton: SubwayNav Control SpinButton Control Let’s see a basic introduction to use these controls. SubwayNav You can use this control to show a… Continue Reading Angelo’s Article on...
Create a Custom API using bulk request
Create a Custom API using bulk request Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog https://wilmeralcivar.com/create-a-custom-api-using-bulk-request/ Blog Syndicated with wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Permission
Creator Kit – Introduction
Today, we’re going to speak about Creator Kit. With this fantastic tool, we have possibility to create Canvas App, with professional look & feel with “Microsoft 365” Style. What is “Cretor Kit” ? According to Microsoft , Creator Kit consist in a series of controls , utility and templates , created to increase developer productivity. All controls are base on Fluent UI Framework , Continue Reading...
Custom Connector: Extending your Power Apps using Azure Function and OpenAPI – Part One
As I am a big fan of Azure services and in particular Azure Functions, I recently focused my attention on the possibility to create a custom connector from an Azure service. Indeed, the field of possibilities becomes unlimited once you are able to add an abstraction layer between two services with a custom connector to provide Power Platform makers what they need to take their Power Apps to… Continue Reading Allan De...
Build a Custom Page using Power Platform Creator Kit
Build a Custom Page using Power Platform Creator KitThis blogpost is the beginning of a series about combining Custom Pages and Custom APIs, but also using the Creator Kit and a bit of TypeScript in the process. I’ll show you how to start and how to build the UI… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog https://wilmeralcivar.com/built-a-custom-page-using-power-platform-creator-kit/ Blog...
Removendo parâmetros de fluxos chamados pelo Power Apps
Imagine a seguinte situação: Você está montando um aplicativo no Power Apps e percebe que precisa chamar um determinado fluxo no Power Automate. Como as ideias ainda não estão tão claras você inicia seu fluxo e começa a pedir uma serie de parâmetros para execução do fluxo. A medida que o fluxo amadurece você percebe que não precisa daquela quantidade toda de parâmetros. Para que… Continue Reading Pedro Neto’s Article on...
Power Platform – Environment
Today, we’re going to speak about Environment. Where people starting to create App or Flow, usually, use Default Environment. But in order to have correct governance or our Power Platform solutions, a good idea (but is not only the one) is create more then one Environment. For Example Dev, Quality and Prod. What is an “Environment” ? According to Microsoft , and Environment is a a space… Continue Reading...
Write custom telemetry to Application Insights from Dataverse plug-in
If you visit my blog from time to time, you may have noticed that one of my last articles was about the possibility to analyze the log data of your Dataverse environment directly from Application Insight, and therefore you may have implemented this standard integration between your Dataverse and Application Insight environment! However, we’re only talking about the standard Application… Continue Reading Allan De...
Power Apps Games – Tic Tac Toe
Hello, I’m very happy to annunce my first contribute to PNP community. I created and share source of my “Tic Tac Toe game” app , created with Power Apps. Tic Tac Toe game in Power Apps! You can get it from here: powerapps-samples/samples/TicTacToe at main · pnp/powerapps-samples This is a Tic Tac Toe game built with Power Apps. Is two player game (Player 0 and Player 1), basically the player who succeeds in placing...
Power Apps – PDF Function
Hello, really nice fuction under our lens today. “PDF Function”. What is this? Is an Experimental function to print Power Apps Screen as PDF. Let’s start! Enable functionality First of all, you must enable this feature: Enable experimental feature How can we use it? Basically , you should call “PDF” Function and pass it information about screen to “Print” as PDF. PDF… Continue Reading...
SharePoint – Team Site without Microsoft 365 Group
Hello, here really simple post to explain how to create a SharePoint site without Microsoft 365 group associated. Create Site Follow there instructions: Clicck on App Launcher and then on “Admin”. Then click on “Expand all” , SharePoint and “Active sites” Then we can create site: Click on Create and “Other options”: Now we can create our site: <img loading=”lazy”...
Call cloud flows using webhooks
Call Cloud flows using webhooksLast week I had a business requirement about executing custom logic but only when the opportunity record goes from “in review” to “approved” status, in any other scenario the logic should not be executed. So, I was thinking to… Continue Reading wilmeralcivar88@gmail.com’s Article on their blog https://wilmeralcivar.com/webhooks_cloudflows/ Blog Syndicated with...
10 highlights of 2022 Release Wave 2
How time flies! 2022 Release Wave 2 plans are already here. The Release Plans describe new functionality planned to be rolled out from October 2022 to March 2023. In this post I have picked 10 features that I want to highlight from the Power Platform release plan. Remember that the plans are living documentation, features can be added or removed and dates might change. It’s time to prepare for… Continue Reading...