Let’s say you have a Dataverse record that you want to do some things to post creation, for example, maybe you have special requirements for generating a value for the Primary Name column or need to add records to another Dataverse table, and so on. That begs the question, how would you prevent the user…
I wanted to generate a Word Document that would display user information from the Dataverse. I wanted to display the results in a table, but the table would not take up the complete width of the Word Document so I wanted support for two columns. To generate my report I created a flow, which I…
This article is just a list of recommended best practices for the Default environment curated from other Power Platform sites. What makes the Default Environment so special? A single default environment is automatically created by Power Apps for each tenant and shared by all users in that tenant. Users with a standard Power Apps/Power Automate…
In my Model-Driven App, I wanted users to be able to use the Quick Create Form when click the New button. Seemed like a pretty simple request, but like most things, it wasn’t. I was able to use the Quick Create From from a Sub-grid or a Lookup, but not a View. What to do?…
As I was “sharpening my saw” with deploying Power Platform solutions from one environment to another I ran into a “gotcha” that took a couple of days to resolve! Ugh! Let me set the stage. In my Dev environment I have a solution that contains the following: The Sample 1 Item List cloud flows consists…
I wanted to create an example of Model-Driven App view where a user could set the value of a Yes/No Choice, which would in turn, toggle the visibility of a specific section within the view. I created a Solution. From my solution, I created a Table in the Dataverse, called Sample 3 – Items. The…
I was asked to create a sample Canvas App that made use of the Smartsheet Connector. I created a Smartsheet account, and created a sheet call Star Wars Characters. I created two flows, one to get the columns and another to get the rows. Now, I realized I could have done this in a single…
If you are a Citizen Developer, don’t let the title of this article discourage you! We are going to look at some code, but not terribly difficult code! It is code you could write or have a traditional developer write for you. A customer was migrating and Access database and was asking how to mimic…
This a list of best better practices for the Power Platform and it’s components. if you have others, please include them in the comments and I will add them to the list and give you the credit! Power Platform These are best better practices for working with the Power Platform. Power Apps These are best…
I wanted to see what the attachment process looked like for adding attachments to a Dataverse entity from my OneDrive account on an iPhone. I already had the Power Apps apps and the OneDrive app installed on my phone. I created a Canvas App for the Contacts entity in the Dataverse. I added an Attachment…
