App performance report – Monitor your app’s performance to optimize your end-user experience

Saumil Shrivastava, Senior Program Manager, onsdag 6. desember 2017

We’re very happy to announce that the App performance report as part of PowerApps Analytics (preview) is now available for app authors in web.powerapps.com. This report gives you the ability to track the performance of your app over the past 30 days.

How do I get access to the preview App usage report?

This report is available to any user with ‘Can edit’ permission to the app, but the user must have a PowerApps Plan 2 or PowerApps Plan 2 trial license in order to access the report.

NOTE: While the report is in preview, any user with a valid PowerApps license will be able to access and try out the report

Where do I find the App performance report?

You can view the App usage report for an app via the following steps:

· Go to web.powerapps.com

· Select Apps from the left navigation bar

· Select Analytics (preview) for the app

· Select Performance from the drop down

What are the metrics in the dashboard?

Performance Metrics

1. Time to first screen

The time it takes from clicking the app icon to PowerApps handing control to the app’s first screen, for 50th, 75th, 95th percentiles. It does not include the time to load the app’s first screen.

2. Time to first screen without connection setup time

The time it takes from clicking the app icon to PowerApps handing control to the app’s first screen, excluding time the user spends on the connection setup page, for 50th, 75th, 95th percentiles. It does not include the time to load the app’s first screen.

3. Session length

The time users spend on the app, after a successful app launch for 50th, 75th, 95th percentile times.

4. Number of users per session length

The user distribution over session lengths of <1 minute, 1-5 minutes, >5 minutes, after a successful app launch.

Can I download the report?

Yes, you are able to download a .csv file with the data for any chart in the App usage report via the following steps:

· Select the ellipses in the top right corner of the chart

· Select Export data

Are there going to be any other reports?

Yes! We will be developing similar reports around error reporting and further enhancing our existing app usage and performance reports.

But if you have specific feedback, questions, or requests we would love to hear about them on our PowerApps Ideas forum: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/idb-p/PowerAppsIdeas.