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Use Environment Theme Colors for Custom Pages in Model Driven Apps

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:02:55 +0000

If you are using custom pages in your model driven apps and would like to use the same colors as the default theme of the environment, this post will answer your question.

Step 1. Add the Themes table (system table) in your custom page

Themes table in Data

The table will get added as Themes_1 as there is already a Themes object used for something else on a custom page.

Google Photos in Power Apps

Fri, 28 May 2021 21:00:49 +0000

Ever wanted to build your own photo library in an app without using much code? In this post, you will learn how to connect to the Google Photos API and get photos from your Google account in Power Apps / Power Automate.

Before you start

In order to build a custom connector for Google Photos and use it in Power Apps, you will need at-least these before you start building

Embedded Canvas App - "We are having trouble displaying this app" Error

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Issue
Are you trying to embed a canvas app in a model driven app and seeing this error - “We are having trouble displaying this app”?

We are having trouble displaying this app

Solution

There is a Canvas App Entity/Table that the user needs ‘Read’ access to. To provide this access, navigate to
Advanced Settings -> Security -> Security Roles -> -> Customizations -> Canvas App -> Provide Read Access at Organization level

How to Scan Receipts Using AI Builder

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:59:37 +0000

https://youtu.be/1-PMh-flerU

How to Scan Receipts Using AI Builder
# AIBuilder #PowerAddicts #PowerApps

In this video, you will learn how to create an app in Power Apps to scan receipts using the AI Builder.

Some helpful resources -
Power Apps Blog Post on Receipt Processor - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/process-receipts-with-ai-builder/

Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/prebuilt-receipt-processing
Use In Power Apps Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/prebuilt-receipt-processor-component-in-powerapps
Use in Power Automate Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/flow-receipt-processing

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How to create an app to Scan Receipts

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:48:44 +0000

https://youtu.be/Kjb-Hnt_GpY

Comments:

How to create an app to Scan Receipts – ECELLORS CRM Blog - Jun 6, 2020

Provision Teams using Power Apps and Power Automate

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:56:57 +0000

If you are an Office 365 admin who wants to streamline requests to create teams in Microsoft Teams, this blog post was written exactly for you. Those who aren’t admins, share this blog post with your Office 365 admin and push them to implement this. It’s a win for all!

Solution Overview

Step 1 - Download the .zip package from my GitHub repo.

Step 2- Install the flows and the Power App

Import the following package in Power Automate / Power Apps in the following order -

Managing Events Using Power Platform

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:00:18 +0000

https://youtu.be/ACD-E_1ihds

Managing Events Using Power Platform

Spotify Custom Connector for Power Platform

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 08:44:17 +0000

Difficulty Level : Intermediate

License Requirement : Community Plan or Power Apps / Power Automate per app or per user plan

If you are not interested in the inception of this, skip the very interesting story and just jump to Let’s Create.

This whole idea started when I was on a road-trip from Cincinnati to Orlando with my #FlowFam ( Jon Levesque , Anton Robbins and Ed Gonzalez). We had more than 12 hours to spend and to make the most out of it we could only do one thing - Make a flow!

A trip to remember - Microsoft Ignite Day 2, 3 and 4

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:20:49 +0000

https://youtu.be/e_97F47hzm8

A trip to remember - Microsoft Ignite Day 2, 3 and 4 What a trip this has been. I got to meet so many of the community members and got to spend some great time with them. I believe conferences are more about the people you meet. Ofcourse, the sessions are great and I am so happy that I could attend a lot of them and could then personally connect to the speaker. You can always watch the sessions later, however, the personal connections you make are priceless. And ofcourse you should also enjoy the non-conference part as well and hang out at the parties which are hosted every night by several companies. And DO NOT MISS THE UNIVERSAL PARTY! This video shows my journey at Ignite this year which I wanted to share with all of you just for fun. Hope you enjoy it!

I was in the Keynote - Microsoft Ignite Day 1

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:22:51 +0000

https://youtu.be/YEHG0cxoqVs

I was in the Keynote - Microsoft Ignite Day 1

Validate a URL in PowerApps

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:46:59 +0000

Do you have a form where you ask a user to enter a website URL ?

There is no direct way to validate URL in PowerApps today, however, you can use IsMatch function along with Regular Expressions to do this.

Here is the expression you need to validate a URL -

IsMatch(URL_Input.Text, "(?:http(s)?:\/\/)?[\w.-]+(?:\.[\w\.-]+)+[\w\-\._~:/?#[\]@!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=.]+$")

That’s it, now you can use this to change the border-color of the Text Input box so that the app user knows when he URL entered is incorrect.

July 2019 - Cincinnati PowerApps and Flow User Group Meeting

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:32:34 +0000

https://youtu.be/q-aJzStXt4k

This month we have a speaker all the way from Poland - Tomasz Poszytek . He has done some amazing work with Adaptive cards that he will be sharing with us. You don’t want to miss it. Also, our very own Shane Young will be sharing all the major updates from MBAS. There were 400 features announced in the 2019 Release Plan Wave 2!!! Agenda- 1. Adaptive Cards - what is it, what is used for, how to use it - Tomasz Poszytek 2. MBAS 2019 Updates - Shane Young 3. Q&A

AI Builder Quick Demo - Business Card Scanner | Object Detector | Form Processor

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:21:17 +0000

https://youtu.be/WtLQzXaE1Yw

In this video, you will see a demo of the new AI Builder’s capabilities -
1. Scanning a business card
2. Detecting the type of Swag
3. Processing an Invoice

This video is a part of the AI Builder Video Series in which we will explore three different capabilities of the new AI Builder in PowerApps and build the AI Models and canvas apps from scratch.
1. AI Builder Quick Demo - Business Card Scanner | Object Detector | Form Processor -https://youtu.be/WtLQzXaE1Yw
2. Scan Business Cards and save info to Sharepoint / Outlook / CDS | PowerApps AI Builder -https://youtu.be/5TS9nm32ySc
2. Magic of the Object Detector | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/cdoQ5xlLwmE
3. Quick and Easy Processing of Invoices | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/jLrFI8JNsFg

Magic of the Object Detector | PowerApps AI Builder

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 03:22:33 +0000

In this video, you will learn how to build an AI Model to detect objects using the new AI Builder in PowerApps and then add the detected items into your amazon shopping cart. This video is a part of the AI Builder Video Series in which we will explore three different capabilities of the new AI Builder in PowerApps and build the AI Models and canvas apps from scratch. 1. AI Builder Quick Demo - Business Card Scanner | Object Detector | Form Processor -https://youtu.be/WtLQzXaE1Yw 2. Scan Business Cards and save info to Sharepoint / Outlook / CDS | PowerApps AI Builder -https://youtu.be/5TS9nm32ySc 2. Magic of the Object Detector | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/cdoQ5xlLwmE 3. Quick and Easy Processing of Invoices | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/jLrFI8JNsFghttps://youtu.be/cdoQ5xlLwmE

Quick and Easy Processing of Invoices | PowerApps AI Builder

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 03:22:33 +0000

In this video, you will learn how to build an AI Model to process forms / invoices using the new AI Builder in PowerApps. This video is a part of the AI Builder Video Series in which we will explore three different capabilities of the new AI Builder in PowerApps and build the AI Models and canvas apps from scratch. 1. AI Builder Quick Demo - Business Card Scanner | Object Detector | Form Processor -https://youtu.be/WtLQzXaE1Yw 2. Scan Business Cards and save info to Sharepoint / Outlook / CDS | PowerApps AI Builder -https://youtu.be/5TS9nm32ySc 2. Magic of the Object Detector | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/cdoQ5xlLwmE 3. Quick and Easy Processing of Invoices | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/jLrFI8JNsFghttps://youtu.be/jLrFI8JNsFg

Scan Business Cards and save info to Sharepoint / Outlook / CDS | PowerApps AI Builder

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 03:22:33 +0000

In this video, you will learn how to build a business card scanner in PowerApps using the new AI Builder and then store the info in SharePoint / Outlook Contacts / CDS . This video is a part of the AI Builder Video Series in which we will explore three different capabilities of the new AI Builder in PowerApps and build the AI Models and canvas apps from scratch. 1. AI Builder Quick Demo - Business Card Scanner | Object Detector | Form Processor -https://youtu.be/WtLQzXaE1Yw 2. Scan Business Cards and save info to Sharepoint / Outlook / CDS | PowerApps AI Builder -https://youtu.be/5TS9nm32ySc 2. Magic of the Object Detector | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/cdoQ5xlLwmE 3. Quick and Easy Processing of Invoices | PowerApps AI Builder - https://youtu.be/jLrFI8JNsFghttps://youtu.be/5TS9nm32ySc

Comments:

Leon - Aug 3, 2020

Quick Tip - Use Flow to publish your PowerApps on a regular basis

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:29:01 +0000

Flow Screenshot

It is a good practice to publish all your PowerApps regularly as sometimes the enhancements/features don;t show up until you publish the app.

You can use Flow and the “PowerApps for App Makers” connector to publish your apps on a regular basis. ( I do it on a monthly basis)

Hope this helps.

Link to the flow files here - https://github.com/thatapiguy/Publish-All-PowerApps-using-Flow/

Comments:

Michael - Feb 5, 2023

April 2019 Cincinnati PowerApps and Flow User Group Meeting

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:30:27 +0000

https://youtu.be/CTdirqy0440

PowerApps and Power Automate license based on Office 365 license

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 16:22:46 +0000

This blog post is based on the Licensing document released by Microsoft in April 2019. The intent of this blog post is to help you understand the licensing better based on the Office 365 license you currently have.

If you have any of these Office 365 Licenses -

Office 365 Business Essentials

Office 365 Business Premium

Office 365 A1 for Students

Office 365 A1 Plus for Faculty

Office 365 A1 Plus for Students

PowerApps Challenge

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:12:52 +0000

In this video we will show a step by step approach to solve the 3 tasks mentioned in this challenge by Audrie Gordon - Challenge Form Challenge 1. We will create a PowerApp with 2 data sources such that the user can read the data but can’t edit it. Challenge 2. Tracking inventory of PowerApps Swag using Flow. Challenge 3. Saving a photo to a Sharepoint Document library using Flow and adding some more meta-data to it. https://youtu.be/T7aLyuEwmw4

Send O365 Docs as PDF | Power-N-Apps E3

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:35:49 +0000

Welcome to Power-N-Apps! In this week’s video, the PowerApps Gaming guru Brian Dang shows us his scavenger hunt app, and we also discuss how to convert office 365 docs to PDF using Flow and then read it in PowerApps. Join us in this power journey and let’s learn together. Show notes To follow Brian on twitter: https://twitter.com/8bitclassroom To follow me on twitter : https://twitter.com/that_API_guy To follow me on my blog: https://thatapiguy.tech https://youtu.be/_NVU2jfG5Y8

Gamify Physics with PowerApps | Power-N-Apps E1

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:04:11 +0000

[audio src="/uploads/2018/11/power-n-apps-e1.mp3"][/audio] Welcome to Power-N-Apps! You can think of it as “Power and Apps” , “Power in Apps” or as I pronounce it - “Power naps” :D . These sessions are equivalent to having “power naps” as these will give you the right amount of content to get you more energized and pumped about PowerApps and Flow. In these videos, we will build something from scratch, talk about the latest updates, review some cool PowerApps / Flows and also have Q&A throughout the session. In our first episode, we discuss about the new canvas apps sharing experience, display names of columns, Flow online conference & flow checker. We also demonstrate how you can send a contact card vcf file using flow and integrate it with PowerApps. And we show how PowerApps can be used to Gamify Physics. Looking forward to a great start! Join me in this power journey and let’s learn together. Link to show notes https://youtu.be/KDIwAk9WjUE

Click-through PowerApps Analytics

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:52:02 +0000

Introduction This blog post will walk through a simple approach to create your own click-through analytics. Extend your reporting options to include statistics which will raise visibility into how your app consumers navigate your applications, enabling you to use data to validate assumptions on app usage and design. I have attached the MSAPP files and the datasource sample(excel spreadsheet) so you can play around with the app to understand it better and then implement the same approach in your apps. Workflow overview – To explore the app, follow these steps – Step 1: Install the app from the MSAPP file that I have attached below. Step 2: Save the excel spreadsheet “AnalyticsDemo.xlsx” in your OneDrive and add it as a data source in the app using the OneDrive connector. Step 3: After saving and publishing the app, open the app and click on some icons and navigate around the app. Check whether the data gets collected in the Excel Spreadsheet. (Note: Sometimes it may take a few seconds before the data gets updated so you might have to close and open the spreadsheet once) Step 4: Use the OneDrive excel spreadsheet as a data source in a PowerBI report and create different graphs/statistics based on what you would like to measure. Below is an example to get you started – Capturing Interaction points- The main functions that I have used to capture the user interaction are the Patch and Collect functions. To start with, you would probably like to collect some basic user information before you capture any further interaction points of that user. To do this, I used the below formula in the OnStart property of the app-Collect(AnalyticsDemo,{UserName:Office365Users.MyProfile().DisplayName,UserEmail:Office365Users.MyProfile().Mail,LoginDate:Today(),LoginTime:Text( Now(), "\[$-en-US\]hh:mm:ss" ),Latitude:Location.Latitude,Longitude:Location.Longitude})This will create a new record in the Excel data source and because we are using the OnStart property, the basic user information will get collected only once, i.e., when the app is opened by the user. For capturing user details, I have used the Office365users connector. For any further interaction points / clicks , I used the Patch function to update data in the record that was created above. Below is an example of the Patch function used in the OnVisible property of the Products screen –``` Patch(AnalyticsDemo,Last(AnalyticsDemo),{ProductScreen:“Y”})