How to Use User-Defined Functions and User-Defined Types in Canvas Apps

Building Canvas Apps in PowerApps presents a challenge. Microsoft has provided great built-in functions, but what if your App needed something other than the built-in functions? You would have to create workarounds—repeating formulas, juggling nested logic, and spending extra time managing it all. It worked, but it wasn’t ideal.

Now, Microsoft is upgrading the process by introducing the User-Defined Functions (UDFs)! This upcoming feature will let you create your own custom functions, perfectly tailored to your App’s needs.

Here’s why it’s useful:

• Reuse Your Logic: Write it once, use it everywhere. No more repetitive code!
• Simple Updates: Fix or tweak your function in one place, and it updates across your App.

Imagine you are building a Tax Calculator feature for Business and Salary income in your App. Previously, you might have to write the same formula on different buttons to calculate taxes for salary and business income.

With User-Defined Functions (UDFs), you can…