Lately I have been getting a lot of requests for help with Power Pages. One request I received recently was how to change the Display Name for columns on a List on a Page, for example, change SalesOrderNumber to Number. Can this be done? Of course! Could I do it in JavaScript? Certainly! But is…
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Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Galleries and Canvas Components
I’ve been on a big kick with Canvas Components as of late! Next step, how might I approach a Canvas Component that would need to support a Gallery control? To be honest, I wasn’t sure how I would do this, but I figured I’d give it a try and see if it was doable, and…
Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 3)
In Part 1, Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 1) – Matt Ruma, we looked at how to build a reusable Canvas Component. In Part 2, Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 2) – Matt Ruma, we made the Canvas Component more dynamic and reusable by other Canvas Apps….
Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 2)
If you haven’t read Part 1, check it out Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 1) – Matt Ruma. This is the next progression in my Canvas App component. I wanted to see if there was a way I could make it more dynamic! I wanted to be able to support X…
Adventures with Power Apps: Fun with Canvas Components! (Part 1)
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…
Adventures with Model-Driven Apps: Toggle Element Visibility Based on Dataverse Status Column
I wanted to see if I could toggle visibility for a Tab and/or a Section on a Form, whenever an Account record was Activated or Deactivated. First thing I did was make sure the names of my Tabs and Sections were unique. I made the following changes in my form: Now for a little JavaScript…
Adventures with Model-Driven Apps: Deleting Required Fields from a Form
I accidentally – or purposely, for the sake of having something to figure out – added the Status field for a Car entity to Car Main Form form. Whoops! 🤦♂️ I don’t really need it on the form as Activate and Deactivate buttons will handle setting the Status for me. I clicked on the Status…
Adventures with Power Apps: Dataverse, Many-to-Many Relationships and Combo Box Controls
Wow! That title was a mouthful! 😊 Let me set the stage. I have the following Dataverse tables: I want to create a Canvas App for managing records in the Many To Many A Item table, that included managing the Many To Many C Item records. I set the Items property of the Gallery to…
Adventures with Power Apps: Managing Entra Groups with a Canvas App
I wanted to create an app that allows owners of a Microsoft Entra ID group to manage users. To get a list of all the groups a user owns I tried the Office 365 Groups Connector and the List Owned Groups V2 method. That seemed to only want to return a list of M365 Groups….
Adventures with Power Apps: Canvas Apps and Connection References
Let me set the stage. I have two Connections in my environment that point to the same database server and database, the first one named SQL Server 1 (XXX) and the second one named SQL Server 2 (XXX), where XXX is the name of the database. Both use an implicit connection using SQL Authentication, see…