What are Canvas Components? Canvas components enable low code/no-code developers to build reusable UX components using default Power Apps controls as core building blocks. These custom components can then be shared across app screens or multiple apps both within and across Power Apps environments. Canvas components contributes directly towards Power Apps vision of empowering everyone…
Month: April 2024
Adventures with Dataverse: Trouble with Formula Columns
I had a recent ask by a customer for how to handle flipping a Yes/No field in a Dataverse table based on a couple of criteria, a Schedule column and Last Perform On Elapsed Days column. Last Perform on Elapsed Days ended up being a Calculated column, instead of a Formula. For some reason, the…
Adventures with Dataverse: Fun with Business Units and Access Teams
I had a customer ask me for a recommendation on how to model security for Dataverse tables for a specific use case they had. Let me set the stage, starting with Dataverse tables. In an attempt to minimize confusion, I will call the Business Units native to the Power Platform, Power Platform Business Units, and…
Adventures with Power Automate: Fun with addToTime
I had a recent ask for how to calculate dates in Power Automate, specifically, given a StartDate and Schedule calculate the NextScheduledDate. 📅 The choices for Schedule consisted of Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Biannually and Annually. I created two flows, one to do the calculation 🧮, called Date Add Child Flow (Automated), and another, called Date…
Adventures with Power Automate: I See Your Logic App and Raise You a Power Automate Flow!
A peer and friend of mine, Jordan Bean, wrote a blog on How to start/stop Azure Container Apps using Logic Apps – Jordan Bean Dev Blog. His challenge? I have a few demo apps running in Azure Container Apps. Container Apps are a great platform for getting “just enough Kubernetes”. However, when I’m not doing…