The Power Platform is Microsoft's collective of no-code/ low-code solutions. To supplement this platform, Dataverse is Microsoft's secure, no-code/ low-code data storage solution. SQL Server is still a strong contender for data storage, but leveraging it requires some mastery of SQL. Dataverse, however, stores data in tables just like SQL, but doesn't require any proficiency … Continue reading Power Platform: Data Sources | SQL Tables or Dataverse Tables
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Power Automate: Understanding | mod()
Modulus (or modulo) is another of the math expression available in Power Automate. Similar to the add(), sub(), mul(), and div() expressions, mod() accepts two parameters, but instead only returns whole numbers, so no decimals. Likely an over-simplified explanation, but in computing, modulo is essentially the calculated remainder of a division calculation. Figure 1 - … Continue reading Power Automate: Understanding | mod()
Power Apps: Canvas Apps | Data Refresh – Manual v Timed
Canvas apps are Microsoft's low-code business apps of the Power Platform, capable of interacting with data from a variety of data sources. Keeping that in mind, app makers should design their apps with data refreshes in mind because after the initial app start, users are working with copies of the loaded data, not live data. … Continue reading Power Apps: Canvas Apps | Data Refresh – Manual v Timed
Power Platform: Data Sources | SQL Tables or SPO Lists
The Power Platform is Microsoft's collection of low-code, citizen developer solutions. Being low-code, makers don't need coding experience to build their apps, bots, automations, and/ or dashboards. Even so, makers still need to decide where their data should ultimately live. For most people, SQL is typically the go-to data storage consideration. And honestly, SQL isn't … Continue reading Power Platform: Data Sources | SQL Tables or SPO Lists
Power Fx: Calculate | Calculate Days in a Month
Power Fx is the Excel-like, formula language of the Power Platform. Akin to Microsoft Excel, most of the functions are only reasonably powerful on their own. When they're combined though, they become much more awe-inspiring. For example, calculating the number of days in a month. Calculating this, makers only need a handful of functions and … Continue reading Power Fx: Calculate | Calculate Days in a Month
Power Apps: Build a Game… !NeRdlE!
!JeOpArDy was my last canvas app game, so it's been a while. Working on another canvas app, I wanted to give "Nerdle" a try. Important to note though, I'm only replicating maybe 80% of the game. With this in mind, puzzles are hardcoded and not loaded from an external source. Also, keeping this post from … Continue reading Power Apps: Build a Game… !NeRdlE!
Power Fx: Understanding | With()
Power Fx is the Excel-like programming language of the Power Platform, more specifically canvas apps. As with any of their programming offerings, Microsoft has bundled plenty of pre-built functions into Power Fx. Among these bundled functions, With() is easily a standout. If you haven't worked the With() function into your canvas apps yet, then you're … Continue reading Power Fx: Understanding | With()
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