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Hands-On Microsoft Lists

By : João Ferreira, Rene Modery
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Book Image

Hands-On Microsoft Lists

5 (1)
By: João Ferreira, Rene Modery

Overview of this book

Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface. This comprehensive introduction to Lists will show you how to get up to speed in no time with the help of practical guidance and examples. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, you’ll understand how to use and implement Microsoft Lists effectively. You’ll start by covering all the basic concepts that will help you to build your Microsoft Lists and get the most out of the platform. As you progress, you’ll explore how to customize Microsoft Lists layouts and forms. Later chapters will guide you through integrating Microsoft Lists with the Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical scenarios that you can use daily to improve the collaboration in your organization. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have learned how to create custom data models to improve the way your data is put together, managed, and consumed in your workplace.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Default Microsoft Lists views

Whenever you create a list, a default view called All Items will be set up with it. As the name implies, it does not apply any filters and shows all items sorted by their creation date, with the oldest items on top. This view is shown by default when you navigate to the list, but once you have created other views, one of them can be set as the default.

With Microsoft Lists, you can now also switch between different view modes for the currently selected view. A view mode allows you to see the data from the current view in different ways:

  • List is the default mode and shows the list data in the known tabular format.
  • Compact List reduces the whitespace that is used for showing the data and allows you to see more list items on your screen compared to List.
  • Gallery shows your list data on so-called cards, which are configurable and display a row of information.

To select a different view mode, open the View options menu in the top-right...