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Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook

Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook: Build user-friendly apps, troubleshoot challenges, and navigate the evolving Power Apps landscape , Third Edition

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Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook

Gathering information with Microsoft Forms

Web forms are an excellent tool for gathering information. Whether you require feedback from a specific process, an event registration, or even a simple contact form, you must clearly define the fields to collect the data in these forms.

Microsoft Forms gives you an easy way to create them with an easy-to-use interface that allows you to quickly create forms, quizzes, and polls. Most importantly, it opens a way to easily gather information from external users to your organization, as we will discover in Chapter 9, where we will use this tool to gather possible complaints from our customers.

Getting ready

Microsoft Forms is a service that goes beyond Microsoft 365. You can even use it with your personal Microsoft accounts. However, you must create the forms inside your tenant to use it with Power Platform. For this recipe, we will learn the necessary steps to build a Form.

Summer...

Setting up a cloud data source: Azure SQL database

Azure SQL is a suite of SQL database services on the Azure cloud. It offers automated backups, high availability, and advanced security, making it ideal for traditional SQL database needs with cloud scalability and integration.

While Azure SQL provides extensive control for database management, Dataverse offers a higher level of abstraction for faster and easier development. Depending on the needs of your project, sometimes having granular control of your database is a must.

This recipe will help you build an Azure SQL database that might be needed for an app.

Getting ready

To start working with Azure SQL databases, you will need an Azure subscription. You can request a free version with credit for 30 days to test all the services available on this cloud platform. Apply for it at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free

How to do it…

  1. Go...

Creating an incident tracking solution – setting up the data source

Tracking processes is a necessity for customers everywhere. As in any development process, the first step is to gather all the requirements needed to fulfill the business need; this will help us design the data structure to support our application.

As for the data source, this recipe will set up the required fields in a SharePoint list while also applying specific settings to make it as performant as it should be.

Getting ready

Before diving into developing solutions with Power Apps, you will need a Microsoft 365 subscription and, depending on the required features, an independent Power Platform license. Please refer to the Preface section for suggestions on getting a playground to build your apps.

We will use SharePoint as the data source for this recipe, so please refer to Chapter 1, App Maker Basics for detailed instructions on how to handle SharePoint lists and libraries. We will need two...

Creating an incident tracking solution – building the user interface

Before designing interfaces, we must ask ourselves which requirements our application will solve. This analysis will help us decide which technology to use, what infrastructure holds every piece of our solution, and even how our end users will consume it.

Getting ready

With the help of the previous recipe, we have solved the data source section of our infrastructure. It’s time to leverage Power Apps to automate creating the building blocks of our application.

Power Apps deeply integrates with SharePoint as a tool to build solutions rapidly with its low-code principles. This integration allows the creation of a completely functional application in a few steps.

In this recipe, we will discover the classic approach to developing apps with SharePoint. The evolution of the platform allows newer ways to tackle these tasks. Please refer to the Creating a canvas app from existing data recipe...

Improving SharePoint list forms with the help of Power Apps

Earlier, we configured our SharePoint data source in the Creating an incident tracking solution – setting up the data source recipe. We will use the same steps to create our data source for this recipe.

Getting ready

Planning for this data source requires the creation of related columns to track expenses. As a template, we could use the following options:

  • Projects:

This list will hold project information, which will help us link the fees and the customer who owns the project. We will use the Customers list created in the previous recipe for this connection.

Column data type

Column name

Required

Extra

Lookup

Customer

Yes

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Creating a canvas app from existing data

Power Apps is the ideal choice when building enterprise solutions. These solutions are often needed to improve a particular process, especially regarding data handling. Sometimes, you will start from scratch, but most of the time, the data structure will be there already, just waiting for a robust and flexible application to handle it.

For these situations, there are some ready-made processes in the Microsoft ecosystem that allow you to create apps from a particular set of data. We will discover these from Azure and the Power Apps maker portal.

Getting ready

Microsoft Azure is a platform that provides a wide range of cloud services for all kinds of scenarios, such as application development, data analysis, and AI services. When working with Azure, you will need to have an active subscription. To test the capabilities of this platform, you can apply for a free account by signing up here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.

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Key benefits

  • Explore how to build apps without custom IT development
  • Accelerate development with the AI-powered Microsoft Copilot as your virtual app making partner
  • Create intuitive and responsive interfaces with canvas app UI elements

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In the rapidly evolving world of low-code development, Microsoft Power Apps stands out as a powerful platform for building custom business solutions. Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, 3rd Edition, is your hands-on guide to mastering this platform. Through a collection of step-by-step recipes, this updated edition helps you navigate the latest features, such as AI-powered Microsoft Copilot and custom UI elements while empowering you to build efficient and scalable apps. This book emphasizes practical solutions, guiding app makers through building everything from canvas apps to complex data integrations. You will learn how to streamline repetitive tasks using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and explore how to create external-facing websites using Microsoft Power Pages while handling data management with Dataverse and extending app functionality with the Power Apps Component Framework. Whether you're extending your app's capabilities with custom components or integrating advanced AI features, Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook equips you with the knowledge and skills to take your app development to the next level.

Who is this book for?

This book is targeted at information workers and app makers wanting to develop custom applications for their organizations or the projects they are undertaking. Traditional app developers will also find this book useful by discovering how to use a rapid application development environment with increased productivity and speed. Readers are expected to have prior exposure to the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem.

What you will learn

  • Develop responsive apps with Canvas and Model-Driven frameworks
  • Leverage AI-powered Copilot to accelerate your app development
  • Automate business processes with Power Automate cloud flows
  • Build custom UI components with the Power Apps Component Framework
  • Implement data integration strategies using Dataverse
  • Optimize your app for performance and smooth user experiences
  • Integrate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Desktop flows
  • Build secure, scalable, external-facing websites using Microsoft Power Pages

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Table of Contents

15 Chapters
App Maker Basics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building Pixel-Perfect Solutions with Canvas Apps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building from Data with Model-Driven Apps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Choosing the Right Data Source for Your Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Automating Processes with Power Automate Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Extending the Platform Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Improving User Experience Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Power Apps Everywhere Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Empowering your Applications with AI Builder Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Discovering the Power Platform Admin Center Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Tips, Tricks, and Workarounds Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Techniques with the Power Apps Component Framework Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Reaching Beyond the Organization with Power Pages Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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