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Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

By : Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín
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Book Image

Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

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By: Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Apps provides a modern approach to building low-code business applications for mobiles, tablets, browsers, and Microsoft Teams. The second edition of Learn Microsoft Power Apps will guide you in creating well designed and secure apps that transform old processes and workflows. Learn Microsoft Power Apps starts with an introduction to Power Apps to help you feel comfortable with the creation experience. Using screenshots from the latest UI, you will be guided through how to create an app, building your confidence to start developing further. This book will help you design, set up, and configure your first application by writing simple formulas. You'll learn about the different types of apps you can build in Power Apps and which one applies best to your requirements. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to identify the right data storage system for you, with new chapters covering how to integrate apps with SharePoint or Dataverse. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls, connectors, and data sources to create a powerful, interactive app. For example, this book will help you understand how Power Apps can use Microsoft Power Automate, Power BI, and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. Finally, you will be introduced to the emerging Power Apps Copilot tool, which uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the app building process. By the end of this Power Apps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
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Index
Appendix

Changing the app settings

One of the easiest customizations to make to your app is to change the basic settings that apply to your app. These settings cover four key areas:

  • General
  • Display
  • Upcoming features
  • Support

App settings can be accessed from the File menu, and also from the menu at the top of Power Apps Studio:

Graphical user interface, application  Description automatically generated

Figure 2.6: The Settings menu

The Settings dialog box appears in the center of the screen and allows us to select the settings group that we want to change. The first settings group is General.

Exploring the General settings

The General settings will allow you to modify the key settings that will affect the identity as well as some of the basic operations of the app studio. Let’s start by looking at the app’s identity.

Changing the name and description

When you develop an app, there will come a time where you may need to change its name, whether that’s because the app’s functionality...