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The Power Automate apply to each loop often runs slowly because it executes actions sequentially one-by-one. We can improve the performance of Apply To Each by using parallelism to have multiple threads running at the same time. Parallelism increases the…
Power Apps using a responsive design look amazing on all devices whether they are on computer, a tablet or a phone. They are made possible by responsive containers. When a screen changes size, the responsive container also re-sizes itself and…
The Power Apps IF Function performs a logical comparison to see if the result is true. Then it conditionally executes the next lines of code based on whether the result was true or false. The examples on this page show how…
Power Apps dynamic forms can be created once and reused across multiple applications. The questions it shows, and the type of inputs it takes, are controlled by a collection of form configuration values. No re-coding is necessary to redeploy it.…
This week I sat down with Shane Young from Power Apps 911 to discuss all things Power Apps. It started off as an “Ask Me Anything” style event for our subscribers. But it quickly became a forum where we shared…
When a user opens the Power Apps canvas app for the first-time they see a message “Almost there… the app needs your permission to use the following. Please allow the permissions to proceed.” This is potentially confusing to the user…
With the all new Power Apps Dataverse offline mode it’s easier than ever to build an offline capable mobile app. I am surprised by how little coding it takes to setup. Now offline mode is mainly a configuration task. No…
A modal dialog is a menu that appears on top of the screen and requires the user to interact with it before moving to the next task. Modals work best in situations where you want to intentionally interrupt the user’s…
There’s a better way to count the number of rows in a Power Apps gallery than the CountRows function.. The new AllItemsCount property allows us to easily get the row count. It also offers better performance than CountRows. In this…
Power Apps can be used to customize a SharePoint list form. For example, you might want to change a control type (example: dropdown to radio buttons), add data validation for email addresses, change the form’s size. It can do all…