Discover in this article how you can improve gallery item searches by leveraging the DelayOutput text property. What is DelayOutput property: When set to true, user input is registered after half a second delay. Useful for delaying expensive operations until user completes inputting text (i.e. for filtering when input is used in other formulas). Let’s explore the benefits of the DelayOutput property with an example. I’ve created a simple app featuring a gallery and a textbox with a search function utilizing the Search function. Below is the formula for the Search function that I have in the ..read more

As part of the preview feature, the Recycle bin kind of option is available under Data Management to recover table record data from any type of delete scenario within a specified configurable time frame. To use this feature, it must be enabled in the environment where you want to restore Dataverse table records. Enable restore table records in an Environment: Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as an admin (Dynamics 365 admin, Global admin, or Microsoft Power Platform admin). Select Environments and open the environment you want. Select Settings > Produ ..read more

Lets say you are a Power Platform Administrator and you would like to know about How many apps exist in my tenant or environment? Which of my environments had the most unique users? What were the top apps by unique users/app sessions? How many flows exist in my tenant or environment? What is the count of Successful vs Failed runs across Cloud flows? Did you know that Tenant-level analytics allows admins to view and compare insights derived from the Platform telemetry data across environments they manage. Tenant admins can view reports containing analytics that apply to all environments withi ..read more

In this article, let’s see how to achieve complex multi-combo box filters on collections. Here is what the app with filters looks like: Let’s first understand our scenario and then proceed with building the app. Scenario: I have the ‘Customers’ collection as defined below. Collection has ‘Status’ and ‘Fav Sports’ attributes ‘Status’ holds a single value (i.e., Active or Inactive) ‘Fav Sports’ holds comma-separated values. ClearCollect( Customers, { Name: "Rajeev", Status: "Active", 'Fav Sports': "Cricket" }, { Name: "Jayansh", S ..read more

Did you know that by using the valueof attribute, you can create filters that compare columns on values in the same row. Scenario 1 : Find Contact records where the firstname column value matches the lastname column value The following FetchXML has valueof attribute, which matches firstname with value of lastname and returns matching Contact records. <fetch> <entity name='contact' > <attribute name='firstname' /> <filter> <condition attribute='firstname' operator='eq' valueof='lastname' /> ..read more

In this article, let’s see how to export GitHub issues to a CSV file using the Git CLI. The steps I am going to show you are tailored for a Windows machine, but the steps for non-Windows machines are mostly the same. I will also share the official documentation link in case you encounter any issues. Lets get started with the steps. Install the GitHub CLI: Refer to this documentation for steps to install CLI on various OS. Since I’m using Windows OS, if you’re a Windows user, follow along. Open the command prompt and execute following command: winget install --id GitHub.cli Note : Make su ..read more

ShowColumns, AddColumns, RenameColumns and DropColumns are Power Fx functions which helps you to shape your collection. In this article, I will try to explain these functions with a simple scenario. Scenario: Create a new Canvas App. Add a Dataverse Contact table as a Canvas App DataSource Read the Contact table to a Collection and by default, all the columns of the Contact table are added to the Collection. We will shape the collection to keep only the required columns. Add a new column ‘Fullname’ to the collection. Rename columns and remove unwanted columns. Let’s get started and execute o ..read more

I have a button added to a Gallery control, and I want it to always be positioned to the right side of the gallery. So, as shown below, I set the X property of the button control to a specific number, which positioned the button to appear on the right side of the gallery. However, when I play the app and change the resolution, the button moves to the left, which is understandable since we provided a static X property. To stick the button to the right of the Gallery/Containers, use the following formula: X : Parent.Width - {current-control-id}.Width You can even test the custom page on the ..read more

Did you know that you can quickly copy the columns Logical and Schema names from the column’s context menu? Open a Solution and select the Table Go to Columns and select a column > Advanced > Tools Use either Copy schema name or Copy logical name to copy ..read more

Imagine you’re new to Power Platform and eager to learn from others’ experiences in app development. Did you know that you can explore and download amazing apps/solutions of others from a sample gallery? Go to Microsoft Adoption portal and navigate to Solutions > Sample Solution Gallery. Let’s discover how to explore and find a Power Apps solution, then put it to use. Steps to find a Power App solution and download: Open the Microsoft Adoption portal and navigate to Solutions > Sample Solution Gallery Filter by Products > Power Apps Select the app you’re interested in and navigate ..read more