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Learn Microsoft PowerApps

By : Matthew Weston
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Learn Microsoft PowerApps

By: Matthew Weston

Overview of this book

Microsoft PowerApps provides a modern approach to building business applications for mobile, tablet, and browser. Learn Microsoft PowerApps will guide you in creating powerful and productive apps that will add value to your organization by helping you transform old and inefficient processes and workflows. Starting with an introduction to PowerApps, this book will help you set up and configure your first application. You’ll explore a variety of built-in templates and understand the key difference between types of applications such as canvas and model-driven apps, which are used to create apps for specific business scenarios. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to generate and integrate apps directly with SharePoint, and gain an understanding of PowerApps key components such as connectors and formulas. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls and data sources, including technologies such as GPS, and combine them to create an iterative app. Finally, the book will help you understand how PowerApps can use several Microsoft Power Automate and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. By the end of this PowerApps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.

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Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Updates to PowerApps
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Getting Started with PowerApps
Section 1: Getting Started with PowerApps
2
Introducing PowerApps
Introducing PowerApps
Technical requirements
Understanding PowerApps
Understanding PowerApps licensing
Understanding the types of apps
The start screen
What are templates?
Using PowerApps Studio
Summary
Questions
Further reading
3
Creating Your First Canvas PowerApp
Creating Your First Canvas PowerApp
Technical requirements
Creating a mobile app
Creating a tablet app
Changing the app settings
Lab 1
Summary
Questions
4
Creating Apps from SharePoint
Creating Apps from SharePoint
Technical requirements
Preparing your list within SharePoint
Creating your app
Exploring the auto-generated PowerApp
Customizing forms
Lab 2
Summary
Questions
5
Publishing and Leveraging PowerApps
Publishing and Leveraging PowerApps
Technical requirements
Publishing a PowerApp
Accessing your app through SharePoint Online
Microsoft Teams
Using the mobile app
Lab 3
Summary
Questions
6
Section 2: Developing Your PowerApp
Section 2: Developing Your PowerApp
7
Exploring Controls
Exploring Controls
Technical requirements
Control properties
Text controls
Controls
Gallery controls
Icon controls
Lab 4
Summary
Questions
8
Exploring Formulas
Exploring Formulas
Technical requirements
The function browser
Using the formula bar
Interacting with text
Using numbers
Working with dates
Using conditions
Variables
Lab 5
Summary
Questions
Further reading
9
Working with Data
Working with Data
Technical requirements
Creating and interacting with collections
Displaying data as tables
Using forms
Lab 6
Summary
Questions
10
Introducing Connectors
Introducing Connectors
Technical requirements
Understanding standard connectors
Understanding premium connectors
Introducing custom connectors
Lab 7
Summary
Questions
Further reading
11
Section 3: Extending the Capabilities of Your PowerApp
Section 3: Extending the Capabilities of Your PowerApp
12
Using GPS in PowerApps
Using GPS in PowerApps
Technical requirements
Placing maps into your apps
Capturing geographic position
Lab 8
Summary
Questions
Further reading
13
Working with Images and Barcodes
Working with Images and Barcodes
Technical requirements
Understanding how to store images within PowerApps
Using images with the camera control
Using the Add picture control
Understanding the barcode scanner
Lab 9
Summary
Questions
14
Securing Your PowerApps
Securing Your PowerApps
Technical requirements
Securing your PowerApp
Securing your data
Applying in-app security
Lab 10
Summary
Questions
15
Working Offline
Working Offline
Technical requirements
Detecting a connection state
Working with local data
Implementing offline capability
Lab 11
Summary
Questions
16
Using Power Automate with PowerApps
Using Power Automate with PowerApps
Technical requirements
Understanding Flows
Creating Flows through the Azure portal
Creating a Flow from within PowerApps
Returning data from Flow
Using Power Automate to process data
Lab 12
Summary
Questions
Further reading
17
Using Azure with PowerApps
Using Azure with PowerApps
Technical requirements
Utilizing Azure resources
Lab 13
Summary
Questions
Further reading
18
Section 4: Working with Model-Driven Apps
Section 4: Working with Model-Driven Apps
19
Introducing Model-Driven Apps
Introducing Model-Driven Apps
Technical requirements
Understanding the CDS
Understanding the CDM
Modeling data
Building a model-driven app
Lab 14
Summary
Questions
Further reading
20
Creating Model-Driven Apps
Creating Model-Driven Apps
Technical requirements
Introducing Views, Forms, and Dashboards
Creating a model-driven app from scratch
Using your model-driven app
Lab 15
Summary
Questions
21
Section 5: Governing PowerApps
Section 5: Governing PowerApps
22
Exploring Environments within Our Tenancy
Exploring Environments within Our Tenancy
Technical requirements
Introducing environments
Introducing data loss prevention
Lab 16
Summary
Questions
23
Assessments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
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Understanding Flows

Microsoft Power Automate is part of the Power Platform and serves as the automation platform within Office 365. Flow, unlike its predecessor applications, such as SharePoint Designer, is completely browser-based and also accessible through the Microsoft Power Automate mobile app, which is available for both iOS and Android devices. An overview of Flow is shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 13.1: Microsoft Power Automate in a browser

PowerApps is built upon Azure Logic Apps, but the key difference is that it is accessible through the Office 365 portal (portal.office.com) and it targets business users rather than developers. Azure Logic Apps is accessible through the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) and are normally used by developers as there are more options with which to edit the underlying code compared to Flow.

Flow can be considered for three specific types of work:

  • Personal workflow: Flow is intended to be used to help automate any mundane day to day tasks...
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