Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook: Apply low-code recipes to solve everyday business challenges and become a Power Apps pro, 2nd Edition

Length: 414 pages
Edition: 2
Language: English
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2022-08-30
ISBN-10: 180323802X
ISBN-13: 9781803238029
Sales Rank: #621528 (See Top 100 Books)

Practical recipes and real-world examples to help you create custom solutions and automate processes. Use Power Apps combined with Power Automate, Dataverse, the Component Framework, and Power Pages to implement RPA technologies and more.

Key Features

Enhanced with added content on Power Pages, robotic process automation, map capabilities for canvas apps, solutions using mixed reality, and much more
Explore a variety of built-in templates to create custom apps for specific business scenarios
Strengthen your enterprise applications with advanced techniques and proven tips using a low-code approach

Book Description

Power Apps is a low-code platform owned by Microsoft. With this platform, you can create solutions to solve your business needs while integrating with other components of the Power Platform, such as Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Power BI, and others. This book is a handy solution guide to meet many organizational requirements.

Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, Second Edition, takes a pragmatic approach where every business scenario is presented in a quick, practical, and action-oriented recipe. You will be able to use these instant solutions in your development environment and customize your business apps to meet challenging business needs. This will help you handle real-world scenarios and experiences to give you a head start in your Power Apps projects. You will discover various aspects of Power Apps, from building canvas apps, designing model-driven solutions, extending apps with custom connectors, and integrating apps with other platforms, to the pro-developer side including Power Apps Component Framework and creating website experiences for external users with Power Pages.

By the end of this Microsoft Power Apps book, you will have gained experience in developing applications using the Power Apps platform and all its features.

What you will learn

Learn to integrate and test canvas apps
Design model-driven solutions using various features of Microsoft Dataverse
Automate business processes such as triggered events, status change notifications, and approval systems with Power Automate
Implement RPA technologies with Power Automate
Extend your platform using maps and mixed reality
Implement AI Builder’s intelligent capabilities in your solutions
Extend your business applications’ capabilities using Power Apps Component Framework
Create website experiences for users beyond the organization with Microsoft Power Pages

Who this book is for

This book is targeted at information workers and citizen developers wanting to develop custom applications for their organizations or the projects they are undertaking. Traditional app developers will also find this book useful by discovering how to use a rapid application development environment with increased productivity and speed. Readers are expected to have prior exposure to the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem.

Preface
    Who this book is for
    What this book covers
    To get the most out of this book
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Building Pixel-Perfect Solutions with Canvas Apps
    Discovering best practices when building canvas apps
        Variable naming
        Control usage
        Coding methodology
    Creating an incident tracking solution – setting up the data source
        Getting ready
            SharePoint Online performance considerations
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Creating an incident tracking solution – building the user interface
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Embedding an expense tracking list with SharePoint list Power Apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Creating a canvas app from existing data
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Building from Data with Model-Driven Apps
    Technical requirements
        Licensing requirements
    Exploring Dataverse
    Configuring the environment
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Building a Power Platform solution
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Defining data structures
        Getting ready
            Ticket
            Ticket operation
            Project
            Account
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Building the model-driven app
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Setting up business process logic
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Designing dashboards to visualize data
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Integrating canvas apps inside model-driven apps
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Improving model-driven apps with custom pages
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Choosing the Right Data Source for Your Applications
    Technical requirements
    Data sources and the licensing model
        Power Apps/Power Automate for Microsoft 365
    Reducing your application complexity by using Azure SQL database views
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Provisioning the data source
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Choosing the right data source – real-world tests
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Integrating on-premises data with the data source flexibility of canvas apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Improving application speed and responsiveness by using static data
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Consuming external data by using Dataflows
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Automating Processes with Power Automate
    Technical requirements
    The different types of flows
        Automated cloud flow
        Instant cloud flow
        Scheduled cloud flow
        Business process flow
        Desktop flow
    Creating a sales survey solution with Power Automate and Microsoft Forms
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Building a file processing automation for SharePoint document libraries
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Overcoming Power Apps delegation with Power Automate
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Creating a modular solution with Power Automate
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Automating applications using desktop flows
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Integrating Google Forms with Dataverse using cloud flows
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Extending the Platform
    Technical requirements
    User interface guidelines
    Setting up your first canvas app component
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works...
        There’s more
    Building a floating action button component
        How to do it...
        How it works...
        There’s more…
    Creating a vertical navigation component
        How to do it...
        How it works...
    Developing template fields using components
        How to do it...
        How it works...
    Using the Power Apps component library
        Getting ready
        How to do it...
        How it works...
    Expanding communications with custom connectors
        Getting ready
        How to do it...
        How it works...
        There’s more…
    Integrating map capabilities into canvas apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it...
        How it works...
        There’s more…
    Extending canvas solutions using Mixed Reality
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works...
        There’s more…
Improving User Experience
    Technical requirements
    Enhancing the design of our application interfaces
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Improving the Browse screen
            Refining the Detail screen
            Finishing touches for the Edit screen
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Building a responsive password manager in Power Apps – setting up the Azure Key Vault service
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Building a responsive password manager in Power Apps – designing an adaptive application
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
Power Apps Everywhere
    Technical requirements
    Discovering applications through the Pin to Home feature on mobile devices
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
            Google Play
            Apple’s App Store
    Leveraging modern browsers for Power Apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Microsoft Edge
            Google Chrome
            On both browsers
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Improving SharePoint document libraries with Power Apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Embedding Power Apps in SharePoint pages
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Making Power BI reports interactive with embedded Power Apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Provisioning the data source
            Installing and configuring Power BI Desktop
            Building the Power App
        How it works…
    Working with Power Apps in Microsoft Teams channels
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Building the canvas app
            Microsoft Teams integration
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Automating the integration of Power Apps inside Teams
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Importing the demo app
            Configuring Microsoft Teams policies
            Building a secure app registration
            Automatic deployment of Teams
        How it works…
    Building apps with Dataverse for Teams
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Empowering Your Applications with No Code Artificial Intelligence
    Technical requirements
    Creating a customer success solution using sentiment analysis
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Creating the SharePoint list
            Building the canvas app
        How it works…
    Building a text recognition system using canvas apps
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Creating the solution
            Defining the table
            Building the app
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Using Power Automate to create an invoice classification system
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Configuring the model
            Creating the SharePoint document library
            Building the cloud flow
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Discovering the Power Platform Admin Center
    Technical requirements
    Managing Power Platform environments
        How to do it…
            Creating an environment without a database
            Creating an environment with a database
        How it works…
    Gathering Power Platform analytics
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Power Platform admin center
            Power Apps maker portal
            SharePoint list Power Apps
            Power Automate
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Handling connectors through data policies
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
    Technical requirements
    Sharing OneDrive data between tenants
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Uploading the data
            Building the cloud flow to get Excel data
            Building the cloud flow to communicate with Power Apps
            Building the app
        How it works…
    Playing with vectors – SVG in canvas apps
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Transferring SharePoint list apps from one site to another
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Building and customizing the list on the source site
            Exporting the app
            Configuring the destination site
            Transforming the exported package
            Importing the new package
        How it works…
    Troubleshooting using the Power Apps canvas Monitor
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Provisioning the SharePoint list
            Building the app
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Extending screen real estate using the canvas control
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Changing Azure SQL Server connections in Power Apps with ease
        Getting ready
            PowerShell
            Azure SQL databases
        How to do it…
            Creating the environments
            Building the app
            Exporting the app
            Transforming the exported package
        How it works…
        There’s more...
    Renaming files in SharePoint document libraries
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Creating the SharePoint document library
            Building the cloud flow
            Configuring the document library
        How it works…
Advanced Techniques with Power Apps Component Framework
    Technical requirements
    Setting up your environments
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Node.js/npm
            Microsoft Power Platform CLI
            Editor – VS Code
            Editor – Visual Studio 2017 or later
            Configuring the Power Platform environment
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Configuring Font Awesome
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Creating the project
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Building the application logic
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Deploying the solution
        How to do it…
            Building the solution
            Deploying to the environment
        How it works…
    Testing the component on a canvas app
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
Reaching Beyond the Organization with Power Pages
    Technical requirements
    Setting up Power Pages
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Extending the Dataverse solution
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Building the help desk interface
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
    Configuring user access and security
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Setting up permissions
            Securing page access
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Automating record attributes
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
        How it works…
        There’s more…
    Adding custom fonts to the portal
        Getting ready
        How to do it…
            Preparing the local version of the portal
            Using preinstalled fonts
            Using fonts from Google Fonts’ repository
        How it works…
        There’s more…
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