Acknowledging it early, yes, there is a Microsoft provided GUID() function already available in Power Fx. The function is handy and gets the job done. However, there are scenarios where makers may want to create their own GUID values. How? Well, nesting a small handful of Power Fx functions: Set() Concat() With() Sequence() Switch() ForAll() … Continue reading Power Apps: Generate Custom GUID(s)
Power App Canvas App
Power Apps: Canvas App Styles | Inline vs Internal vs External
Power App canvas apps are easily personalized, but at the moment, not as easily styled as websites. Web developers can share and reuse their stylesheets across projects. Canvas apps, not so much. Even so, there are some similarities with styling scopes. There are three approaches to personalizing and branding canvas apps... Approach #1: Inline Every … Continue reading Power Apps: Canvas App Styles | Inline vs Internal vs External
Power Apps: Security + Access Layers
Power Apps aren't natively built for iOS or Android. Rather, these business apps are created and deployed a bit differently. And being deployed differently, organizations have more decisions to make with regards to app security. Power Apps security can be managed and granted at three layers: environment, app, and data. Power Platform Environment An environment … Continue reading Power Apps: Security + Access Layers
Power Apps: Deconstructing… LinkedIn
Power App canvas apps are "low-code" business apps. And because they're low-code, app makers don't need iOS or Android app development experience. Even so, creating any app from scratch can feel daunting. Why? Because makers often look to other published apps for inspiration. Inherently, this isn't bad, but keep in mind that these apps are … Continue reading Power Apps: Deconstructing… LinkedIn
Power App: Consistent Screens (w/ Components)
Power App canvas apps aren't built like native mobile apps. Even so, these business apps can still be built to follow some common software engineering best practices. Likely one of the more popular development practices is reusability. Where possible, build with modularization in mind. Applying this approach to canvas apps, app makers can create consistent … Continue reading Power App: Consistent Screens (w/ Components)
Power Apps: Design | Nested Galleries
Power App canvas apps are extremely customizable. As makers build their business apps, they can connect to data from dozens of sources and output data records dynamically. An easy way to list these records, bind the data source to a gallery control: "A control that contains other controls and shows a set of data… A … Continue reading Power Apps: Design | Nested Galleries
Power Apps: Design | Hover Menu
Power App canvas app makers often need to build menus for their apps. To create a hover menu, without using a component, just add the necessary menu controls, then select and group them. Grouped elements have properties similar to every other screen control: Figure 1 - Power Apps screen with several controls. Figure 2 - … Continue reading Power Apps: Design | Hover Menu
Power Apps: Build a Game… !JeOpArDy
The Power Apps platform is great for building business solutions. Even so, does it have to be all for work? Luckily, it doesn't. Just as business apps are created, developers could build simple games, too. For instance, designing a "Jeopardy"-esque game... Getting started, this example uses Microsoft Excel as it's data source. The Excel file … Continue reading Power Apps: Build a Game… !JeOpArDy
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