Tag: PowerPlatform
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#PowerPlatformTip 84 – ‘Tabbing in Dynamic Forms’
When creating a dynamic form using a gallery in Power Apps, issues with the Tab key can occur. To resolve this, use a sequence matching the number of rows in the original collection instead of directly binding the gallery. This will ensure smooth Tab key function, eliminate flickering, and maintain data integrity. Improve user experience…
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PowerPlatformTip 83 – ‘Organize Power Automate Chat Messages’
💡 The Challenge: Managing Power Automate notifications in Microsoft Teams can become cluttered, especially when they all go to the default Power Automate chat. This challenge extends to sending automated messages to external contacts as well. ✅ The Solution: Create topic-specific group chats in Teams and use Power Automate’s Flow Bot to send messages or…
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PowerPlatformTip 82- ‘Automated Code Commenting’
💡 The Challenge: Writing code comments in your Power Apps formula can be time-consuming and sometimes overlooked, yet it’s crucial for maintainability and collaboration. ✅ The Solution: Leverage AI, specifically ChatGPT, to automatically generate insightful and detailed comments for your Power Apps formula. This tip is inspired by Shane Young. 🔧 How It’s Done: Prepare…
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PowerPlatformTip 81- ‘Fast DataSource Updates’
💡 The Challenge: You have a large data set in a data source (it could be SharePoint, SQL, or any other data source), and you need to update a significant portion of it. Using UpdateIf directly on the data source is not efficient and can take a long time to process. ✅ The Solution: To…
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PowerPlatformTip 80 – ‘Rapid Dynamic Forms with AI’
If you don’t want to miss out on any future #PowerPlatformTip posts, be sure to subscribe to my newsletter – you’ll be the first to know whenever I publish a new tip! 💡 The Challenge: Creating dynamic forms in Power Apps can be time-consuming, especially when Microsoft Forms doesn’t meet your needs due to its limitations…
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PowerPlatformTip 79 – ‘Retrieve Record Details Post-Update’
💡 The Challenge: When working with Power Apps, you often need to retrieve details of a record that has just been created or updated. This information might include the ID of the new/updated record, which is essential for further processes or user notifications. ✅ The Solution: You can efficiently obtain the details of the newly…
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PowerPlatformTip 78 – ‘Efficient Control Reset’
💡 The Challenge: In Power Apps, resetting multiple controls to their default state can be a tedious task if you are resetting each control individually using the Reset function. It not only makes the app less efficient but also clutters the code with repetitive statements. ✅ The Solution: To streamline the process and maintain a…
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PowerPlatformTip 77 – ‘Optimize Parallel Object Processing’
💡 The Challenge: Managing a large number of items in Power Automate’s “Apply to Each” action, especially when dealing with time-intensive actions such as approvals, can significantly slow down the process. The default concurrency limit is 50, meaning the 51st item will only start once one of the previous actions is completed. ✅ The Solution:…
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PowerPlatformTip 75 – ‘Boost Efficiency with Concurrency Control’
💡 The Challenge: By default, “For each” loops in Power Automate execute actions sequentially, which can be time-consuming when dealing with a large number of items. ✅ The Solution: Use the “Concurrency Control” feature in Power Automate to customize the degree of parallelism, allowing multiple actions to run simultaneously. 🔧 How It’s Done: 1️⃣ Navigate…
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PowerPlatformTip 74 – ‘Elevated Permissions’
💡 The Challenge: You want to run data connections in PowerApps with elevated permissions, allowing users with limited access to perform actions they normally couldn’t, like creating items in a SharePoint list they only have read access to. ✅ The Solution: Use Power Automate flows to run data connections in PowerApps with elevated permissions. This…