{How to } Schedule Solution Deployment for later date on Pipelines in Power Platform

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to deploy the solution using pipeline in power platform for later date.

Lets gets started.

Login into www.make.powerapps.com

I assume you already have pipeline configuration in place, if not please follow my previous series of blog posts related to pipeline configuration.

Here

Open the Pipeline solution: 

      

Now click on the Pipeline(refer to below screenshot).

Then the pipeline deployment setup will appear.

Click on the Deploy here and select the later radio button and set the date and time and click next.

Then deploying solution window will appear, you can change the version number also the deployment notes can be added to the description section and Deploy.

Finally as you can see scheduled to deploy date and time is set, if you want to cancel the deployment you can do so before that date.

That's it for today.

I hope this helps

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to switch to different directory from Power Apps maker portal

Hello Everyone,

Today  i am going to share how to switch directories from Power Apps Maker Portal.

Lets gets started.

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Click on the little gear icon - settings on the right handside of the maker portal and then click on the Power apps settings.

Then click on the directories and choose the appropriate directory to work.

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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Power Apps for Windows desktop

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show new feature on Power Apps for Windows.

 Lets gets started.

Turn on your windows desktop.

Now you can download the Power Apps from windows appstore as well as Sales Hub.

How do you do that?

Just search for Power Apps and download and then you can pin it to your task bar.

Next time you can access power apps from the task bar directly.

That's it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to check Model Driven App form sizes in real time on form designer view

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show different form sizes on model driven app form in a real time on modern UI in Dataverse.

Let's gets started.

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Go to the solution and select a table and create a new form.

Different form sizes:

Desktop (1920 x 1080)

Tablet (1024 x 768)

Phone (411 x 731)

Responsive (581 x 1021)

Above image is "Responsive (581 x 1021 ) when you select the size then automatically adjust in real time.

It will be very useful for the form designers.

Similarly when we select the Phone (411 x 731 )

Then if you select the Tablet (1024 x 768)

Finally Desktop (1920 x 1080) screen size looks like below screenshot.

So this screen size in real time designer view is really game changer for the designers.

That's it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to create a contact email column automatically on a form from dataverse

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to share how to create a contact email column automatically if the table don't have one.

Let's gets started.

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Open the solution and add the new table to it.

Check the "Can have a contact email" box, what it does is Rows in this table can have email addresses(for example, info@gmritsolutions.co.uk) if the table didn't have an email column, one will be added.

That's it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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When to use Elastic Tables(Preview) in Dataverse

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show what is use of the Elastic Tables(Preview) in Dataverse.

Let's gets started.

What are Elastic Tables in Dataverse?

Elastic table is managed by Microsoft Dataverse.  Elastic table have same features as standard tables in Dataverse but they have a unique features and capabilities powered by Azure Cosmos DB.

Note: Elastic table data storage consumption come under the Dataverse database capacity use.

 

So what is the purpose of the Elastic tables?

Elastic tables are designed to handle large volume of data in real time. By using the elastic table we can import large volume of data and store analyze it without scalability, latency or any performance issues.

Elastic tables supports:

CRUD Operations(create, read, update, delete) including API Multiple operations bulk deletion and requests from plug-ins.

Relationships: One to many and many to one.

Record ownership, change tracking, auditing, mobile offline and Dataverse search.

Security features support:

When creating elastic table you can set:  Either user or organisation owned, field level security.

When to use Elastic tables and other information you can click here

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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{How to} add canvas app to Microsoft Teams

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to add your canvas app to Microsoft Teams.

Lets gets started.

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Click on the apps and then select the app you want to add to Microsoft Teams, click on "..." you will see the add to teams.

Click on the add to teams..

Then your App will appear on Microsoft Teams and click add:

You can add either to your teams channel or chat.

As an example  i have selected as add to the teams and in order to create a tab, you need to select the organisation and click on "set up tab".

Then new pop up will appear and click on the save button.

New tab "Floor Estimates" will appear on the Microsoft Teams channel.

That's it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@uk365guy)

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How to wrap a canvas app to distribute on IoS Andriod or google playstore

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to share your canvas app on IoS Andriod or Google Play Store.

Lets gets started.

Where do you see this "WRAP" on canvas app?

Login into www.make.powerapps.com

Click on App and if you have created canvas app before then you can see on the middle screen see below screen shot and select the "..." then you will see the WRAP.

What the WRAP Feature does?

It packages one or more canvas apps as a single native mobile app package using step by step wizard.

It lets power app create native mobile versions of your canvas apps as custom branded andriod and iOS Mobile apps.

You can distribute such wrapped native mobile apps to the end users through Microsoft Intune, Microsoft App Center, Google Play or Apple Business Manager or other native distribution methods.

How to wrap a canvas app and what are prerequisites and step by step guide here

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to activate an Dynamics 365 Environment which is Inactive and about to be deleted by Microsoft

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to activate the environment which is inactive and about to be deleted.

Lets gets started.

Login into www.admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com

Go to the environments..

You will see this message "Environment Inactive". Because of no activity.

Environment inactive. which has not been used for while so microsoft disable this environment and later deletes completely.

How to activate this environment ?

As you can see from the above screenshot the "Trigger environment activity",  Then the environment will be activated.

Click on the continue button.

After a few seconds, the environment's last activity will be updated to today.  

Then your environment will be come active.

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to create Dashboard with simple clicks from maker portal

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to create a Dashboard quickly from maker portal.

Part 11 series.

Lets gets started.

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Click on the Start with a page design.

On next screen click on the Dashboard(refer to the above screenshot)

Give it a name for the dashboard(refer to the above screenshot).

New screen will appear and select the dashboard view from the list and add to the navigation pane check box too.(refer to the above screen shot).

Dasboard is added the model driven app and save and play and publish your app with very few clicks(refer to the above screenshot).

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to create Header, main section, footer canvas app more quickly from Maker Portal

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to create a canvas app with Header, main section and footer more quickly.

Part 10 Series.

Lets gets started.

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Click on the "Start with a page design" 

Then new screen will be displayed, click on Header, main section, footer.  

We can add the content and the page adapts to different screen sizes.

This Page has:

1. A fixed-height header on top.

2. A fixed-height footer at the bottom.

3. A main section that fills the rest of the screen height.

Select this option if once created, connect the app to Dataverse, SQL, SharePoint etc...

New screen with Header, Main Screen and Footer will be displayed inside the canvas app.

Now its time to add the item from the insert pane or you can add a gallery and add datasource to populate the data.

You can also add image to the header, add background colour and footer accordingly.

I have designed the canvas app using header, main section and footer with very few click adding the datasource to the main section and image on header and footer with background colour.

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to create canvas app sidebar from maker portal

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to create sidebar for canvas app quickly from Maker Portal.

Part 9 Series

Lets gets started.

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Click on the start with a page design refer to above screen shot.

Then click on the Sidebar screen as show on the above screenshot.

We just add content and automatically screen will adjust.

This page has 

1. A fixed-width sidebar on the left.

2. A fixed-height header section

3. A main section that fills the rest of the screen width.

Select this option if we want to create a lightweight responsive app.

Uses data from once created, connect your app to Dataverse, SharePoint, Excel, SQL and more.

Once clicked on the sidebar, it will open the designer mode.

So i have added data source of the accounts from dataverse and cases too added image to header too.

You can added more functionality when clicked on the sidebar it will take you to edit screen and improve your App accordingly.

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to build Split Screen responsive canvas apps

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to share how we can create Split Screen responsive canvas app what are the configurations we need to do.

 

Part 8 Series.

Lets gets started.

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Click on Start with a page design.

Then on the next screen select the Split-Screen option.

Just add content! This page adapts to different screen sizes. It has two sections, each taking up 50% of the screen width.

Select this option if:

1. You want a lightweight, responsive app.

Uses data from Once created, connect your app to Dataverse, SharePoint, Excel, SQL and more.

Split-Screen:

The Split-Screen has two sections in the layout on the screen, each occupying 50% width of the screen on desktops. On mobile devices, the sections are placed one below other, each occupying up the entire screen width.

New screen will be displayed with dual screen see below screenshot.

As you can see the screen split into two left side container1 and rightsidecontainer1.

Treeview section Screen1 ScreenContainer1 with LeftSideContainer1 and RightSideContainer1.

You can start designing your canvas app by selecting an Item from the Insert Pane according to your App requirements

For more information about designing the app with responsiveness principles here

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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How to create Power Apps using an image or Figma file

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to create Power Apps using an Image or Figma file.

Part 7 series

Lets gets started.

Login into www.make.powerapps.com

Click on start with page design.

Click on An Image or Figma file.

On the next screen choose a content type to start:

1. Start from an image: You can draw an sketch and import as an image. 

for example: Registration Form or Survey form etc.. 

2. Start from Figma: You can start from the Figma UI Kit, its a tool to design your own image.

First we will see how to create an Power App using an image.

Click on the "Start from an image" as show on the above screen shot and click next.

In this example i am using sample image to create an Power App, refer to above screenshot and choose the format either tablet or phone and click NEXT.

Next screen it will show the components on the image form, it automatically recognize the text and diagrams and picks the appropriate data types check above screenshot and click NEXT.

Connect to a Dataverse table to connect or create a table on Dataverse.(refer to above screenshot)

Or you can skip for now if you are not sure of any data that you need and you want to do this later then you can choose this option.

In this example i am connecting new table so choose first option and click next.

Select a table to store data or choose an existing dataverse table or make a new one(refer to above screenshot).

So i have chosen new table and click next.

Next screen  will create the table properties like the display name and data type of the image we have uploaded. If you are happy with the columns applied and display name and data type you can click next.

Review screen will be displayed with the display name, name, data type. If you need to change anything you can go back and adjust it. 

Otherwise click on the "Create app"

New app will be created and its in design mode, if you are happy with the design then save and play and then publish your app.

If you want to create  Figma file in action follow this link to create figma file here

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps.

Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)

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