Only so many problems can be solved with

off-the-shelf SaaS
Only so many problems can be solved with
off-the-shelf SaaS

Custom software
development
is time consuming and costly
Only so many problems can be solved with
off-the-shelf SaaS

Custom software
development
is time consuming and costly

Everything else is a
missed opportunity
to optimize.
One connected platform that empowers everyone to innovate
Declarative Logic Imperative Logic Advanced Topics
• Think Excel • Events and State • Connectors
• Controls, Properties, Changes • Flow and Stored
and Formulas • Variables Procedures
• Simple and Compound • Saving Data Changes • OnStart
Data Types • Screen Navigation • Patch
• Data Sources • App From Data • ForAll
• Relational Data • Setting Values • Offline Data
• Simple Master/Detail
Form
• Delegation
• Rules
Think Excel
What if you could build apps
as easily as you build spreadsheets?
What if you could leverage all of
your existing Excel knowledge?
Screen.BackgroundColor = If( IsBlank( Name ), Red, Black )

Sub Button_OnClick
Screen.BackgroundColor = If( IsBlank( Name ), Red, Black )
End Sub
 Excel
B1’s cell value depends on A1’s cell value
Automatically recalculated as A1 changes

PowerApps
Label1’s Text property depends on
TextInput1’s Text property
Automatically recalculated as
TextInput1 changes
 Excel
Formulas can reference any cell in the
workbook
The entire workbook is recalculating all
the time, even if we can’t see a sheet or
hidden column

PowerApps
Formulas can reference any
control property in the app
The entire app is recalculating all
the time, even if we can’t see a
screen or a control is invisible
 TextInputBox.Default

 TextInputBox.BackgroundColor

 TextInputBox.Text
 123.456
“Hello World”
True False
1/12/2017 12:00 PM
1/12/2017

IsBlank
Blank
 { FirstName: “Fred”, LastName: “Jones” }

 Table( { FirstName: “Jane”, LastName: “Doe” },

{ FirstName: “John”, LastName: “Smith” } )
 [ 123, 456, 789 ]
 Filter, Search
Sort, SortByColumns
AddColumns, DropColumns, RenameColumns, ShowColumns
GroupBy, Ungroup
 Gallery, Display Form Data Table
Edit Form
 EditForm, NewForm, SubmitForm
Collect, Patch, Remove, Update
 SalesOrder.Account.Contact.FullName

 SalesOrder.SalesOrderItems
SalesOrderID AccountContact SalesPersonWorker OrderDate Status
101 { ContactID: 12,
FullName: “Sherlock Holmes” }
{ WorkerID: 44,
Name: “Joe Black” }
1/1/2017 “Shipped”
Today
102 { ContactID: 14, { WorkerID: 44, 1/14/2017 “Placed”
FullName: “Doctor Watson” } Name: “Joe Black” }

Tomorrow
SalesOrderID AccountContact SalesPersonWorker OrderDate Status SalesOrderLIne

101 { ContactID; 12, { WorkerID: 44, 1/1/2017 “Shipped” Product Quantity UnitPrice
FullName: “Sherlock Holmes”, Name: “Joe Black” { Name: “Mag Glass” 2 12
PhoneBusiness: “(206) 321-5422”, Email: “jb@conto.com”, SellingUnitPrice: 12 }
Name: { GivenName: “Sherlock”, BusinessUnit: “C&R”, { Name: “Microphone” 1 30
Surname: “Holmes”, …} SellingUnitPrice: 30 }
MiddleName: “Bruce” }
… }

102 { ContactID: 14, { WorkerID: 44 1/14/2017 “Placed” Product Quantity UnitPrice

FullName: “Doctor Watson”, Name: “Joe Black” { Name: “Aspirin” 1 9
PhoneBusiness: “(206) 321-5421”, Email: “jb@conto.com”, SellingUnitPrice: 10 }
Name: { GivenName: “Doctor”, BusinessUnit: “C&R”, { Name: “Notebook” 1 10
Surname: “Watson”, …} SellingUnitPrice: 12 }
MiddleName: null }
… }
Choices
Understand delegation Delegable data sources
 Button.OnSelect, Screen.OnVisible, App.OnStart,

; ;;
Set

Navigate, UpdateContext

Collect, Clear, ClearCollect, Update, Remove

SaveData, LoadData
Set, UpdateContext, Navigate Collect
Navigate( Screen2, Transition, ContextVariablesToSetOnScreen2 )

Back
 Browse Screen Detail Screen Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search

Detail Form Edit Form

Gallery

Account Entity
 Browse Screen Detail Screen Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search

Detail Form Edit Form

Gallery

Items

Sort
Account Entity
Filter
 Browse Screen Detail Screen Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search

Selected
Item Detail Form Item Edit Form
Gallery

Account Entity
 Browse Screen Detail Screen Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search

Detail Form Edit Form

Gallery

Remove Account Entity

SubmitForm
 Navigate
Browse Screen Back Detail Screen Navigate Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search Back
Back
Back
Navigate
Detail Form Edit Form
Gallery

Account Entity
 Browse Screen Detail Screen Edit Screen
Name P E + < Name 3 $ X Name P

Search
EditForm
NewForm
Detail Form Edit Form
Gallery

Account Entity
 7
Data binding is one way – separate in and out
 Default
Text SelectedDate

 Use Reset Default

Default Text
7
 Default Text
7

Default
7
Text
OnStart
Patch( DataSource, OriginalRecord, Updates )
Edit Form

Defaults function

 Errors

 Patch( DataSource, Original,

Form1.Updates, Form2.Updates, Form3.Updates )
ForAll( Table, Formula )

Collect

 UpdateContext, ClearCollect, Set

Collect
SaveData
 Doesn’t work when Web Authoring, must use native studio or players

LoadData
 Can do this from OnStart

Connection

Patch
 Can use ForAll to Patch only records that have changed
 IfError( Try, Catch )
 Notify( Message [, Type ] )
ShowError
 Patch
http://powerapps.com

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Community/ct-
p/PowerApps1
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