Comment your PowerApps code!
We are happy to announce the formula commenting feature for PowerApps. Have you ever inspected a PowerApps formula and wondered just what the author was trying to accomplish? Or, maybe you’ve…
» Read more HTML template based on dynamic data in PowerApps
Using HTML templates is a great way to format and display data within in PowerApps applications, to generate reports and to send emails using the app. We come across many scenarios where there is a…
» Read moreWorking with date/time values and SQL Server
SQL Server has many different ways (column types) to represent date/time values, and depending on which one is used in the database table, you may have some surprising results when trying to consume that in PowerApps. This post explains why this is the case, and walks through ways to make your app work with all kinds of date/time representations.
» Read moreUX Patterns: NumericUpDown, Custom Rating and Gauge Controls
In this blog, I am going show how to build few composite controls using the built-in controls that ships with PowerApps. NumericUpDown NumericUpDown control is spin box that displays numeric…
» Read moreReturn an array from a SQL Stored Procedure to PowerApps (Split Method)
Now that you can return data from Microsoft Flow to PowerApps, how can you return a full array?
» Read moreNew Experimental Feature: Error Handling and Writing Null values to databases
You can now capture errors, display custom error notifications, and most importantly write Null values to databases. This is an experimental feature that you will need to opt-in to as we continue improving this feature over the months ahead.
» Read moreLearn to Build Activity Feed Apps for SharePoint Lists Using Search Results
Paul Culmsee is a business strategist, Microsoft MVP, app maker, and all up technology enthusiast who is always willing to share professional experiences, best practices, and fun app stories! Today I’d like to highlight one of his latest blogs which he entitled “How to make a PowerApps activity feed via SharePoint search”. This 3-part series of blogs truly showcase how we can combine the rich features and services in Office 365, SharePoint, Azure, and PowerApps to create highly practical and beautiful business applications for productivity and collaboration.
» Read moreHow to bulk update records in PowerApps
A lot of you would have come across a scenario where you want to bulk update records. Maybe you are taking some images and want to upload them all at once. Or you want to flip the flags within a…
» Read moreNew! “Friday Functions” series helps you to master formulas!
Have you been craving a better understanding of formulas and functions? Have you reached out to me for help and asked for tutorials too? Well, ask and you will receive! The new Friday Functions Video Series is for serious PowerAppers like myself that want to become ninjas at using functions and formulas!
» Read moreSupport for multi-valued choices in forms
PowerApps currently doesn’t support out of the box multi-valued fields – columns in a data source that can take zero or more of a predefined set of values. This post shows a workaround to enable this scenario, by using a group of checkbox controls to toggle the selection of the possible items.
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