SQL Server Environment Variables in Power Apps
A few weeks ago Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server Environment variables which will be able to support your Power Apps deployments as part of an ALM Process
Tag: Power Apps
YAML Code view in Canvas Apps
With the Microsoft announcement of Code view in Power Apps Studio, developers can not view and use the source code in YAML format and Power FX format. This allows selection of particular controls and see the YAML code that makes up that control
Smart Paste in Model Driven Apps
There are many times that we want to copy contents from documents that we are working on into our Dataverse application. Normally what we would be doing is copy a single element at a time from our document and paste it into our app.
Data Workspaces in Maker Portal
For IT pros that have worked with database modelling for much of their career, the latest feature available in the Maker Portal, Data Workspaces will be a great tool to start working with.
Blocking unmanaged customizations is now GA
On May 7th, 2024 Microsoft announced the General Availability of blocking unmanaged customizations in your environments. This new feature will prevent users from making unmanaged changes in the test and production environments as well as restrict the import of unmanaged solutions into production.
No more quotes for Power Fx column names
Until recently, there would be a certain subset of functions were you would need to enter the names of the column within double quotes. Starting with the latest version of Canvas Studio (version 3.24042), there will be a syntax change as to how the column names will be displayed within function arguments.
Focused Views for all entities
Focused views, which was originally introduced as part of the Dynamics 365 Sales app allows viewing and managing records and their associated activities on a single page. It provides the ability to not navigate back and forth between screens.
Pipeline and Solution updates in Power Platform 2024 Release Wave 1
In the last few weeks there have been various updates to Pipelines and Solutions in the Power Platform and Power Apps as part of the 2024 Release Wave 1. In this post, I will provide an overview of these three updates and links to additional information about each of these.
Changes to Release channels for model-driven apps
Microsoft provides new and updated features for model-driven apps on a regular basis. Until recently, those feature updates were rolled out in two release waves called the semi-annual release waves, which is the default setting for all of the existing apps and environments.
Masking sensitive data in Dataverse
As part of the 2024 Power Platform Release Wave 1, Microsoft has released (currently in Public Preview) the ability to create secured fields and mask either all or parts of the field based on regular expressions. This would allow us to show parts of the secured fields (such as the last 4 digits of a social security number) on the form without having to deal with custom scripts and not having the ability to export the full data of those fields.