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1. Learn Microsoft Power Apps Basics: Hi, Welcome to Microsoft
Power Apps, the basics. So I just starting out
in Microsoft Power Apps. This is what you will
learn in this course, are to bother great
apps, but no coding. Your apps with your team. And it tends to form
your ideas into apps. And so much more to learn our apps now and see
you inside the course.
2. Get Power Apps: Hi, This is Brian. Hello and welcome to the
wonderful world of Power Apps. To be able to open Power Apps, you just need to go
to Power Apps.com. And I already have it open
over here for this website. And it's very easy to start. You just need to click here, Start free and all you need
is a Microsoft 365 accounts. So when we talk
about Power Apps, you can see the
description over here. Everyone can quickly
build and share low-code apps with
Microsoft Power Apps. So the good thing with
this one is you can create an application from
scratch, okay? And there's pretty much
minimal coding required. So it's really designed to make a quick app that's
suitable for your needs. And the good thing with microsoft Power Apps is that there's a lot of
templates that we will also be going through
so that you can have a better idea of what
you can make here. You could see right,
there's building professional grade apps
the easy way, right? And it's very easy to
get started over here, as I'll show you
throughout the course. Now, once you're ready, I'll click Start free, and we'll go straight to
Power Apps over here. So when we talk
about apps, right, pretty much there are
two main starting points that you need to be aware of. First is the apse, like the application that
we will be creating. Alright? And then the second one
is the data source. So when we say data source, there's quite a number of
options that you could see. Over here. You have the Dataverse,
we have SharePoint. If you're familiar with
SharePoint lists, right? You could use this
to store your data. And we also have Excel. So pretty much if
you're familiar with storing your data
inside Excel workbooks, that this would be
perfect for you. Alright, if you have
an SQL database, then you can also use this as the starting point
for your application. Because pretty much for your
application to work, right, it needs to enter with
data and to be able to store or write data
or update data, right? You need to have a source. So this are the, pretty much the
different sources that you can start with. But the good thing with this one is let's go over here, right? There's more create options
if I click on this, okay? So we have different templates as well that you can start with. So once you've decided on which data source you're
going to be starting with. You can also have a look here on the different templates that
you can play around with. Like if you have a
specific need, right, then you can just
start here and then customize asked you go along. So there's quite a number, let's say with this
budget tracker as well. Okay, You could have a quick preview as
well over here, okay, And then if you want
to use this template, if you just go for it,
I'll click Cancel. But you can have quite
a number of apps that you can see over here,
ready-to-use expenses. There's a PDF reader, there's browser as well, right? There's also estimators. There's quite a number. So
you could just quickly lord inside Power Apps on
what you can create. But what we will do right
now is we will be creating an app that's going to
be like a phone book. Very simple, right? We want to, Let's say we have
a company and have you just want to have everybody's
contact in here in this app. And then we can use
the app to update the different contexts that we have inside the phone book. And one thing that I want
to tell you is that this is best practice to be able to use a SharePoint list when it
comes to storing data, because there's structure
inside the SharePoint list and there are also no limits when it comes
to the number of rows, Let's say as compared
to an Excel file. Okay, So for learning purposes, we are going to be using Excel as a Quickstart
because it's very easy to just set up an Excel workbook and then store our
data in there. But when it comes to
setting up SharePoint, you might not have a
SharePoint site ready. So we will be using
an Excel workbook to just show you the
possibilities of Power Apps, and then you can
work from there. So another limitation as well to keep in
mind when working with Excel files is that when we have the Excel file opened, it will be locked to
that specific user. So just keep that in
mind when it comes to using apps with
Excel data source.
3. Create Excel Data Source: Now when it comes
to our next step, I know you want to create
an app right away, okay, I know you're excited, but before we do that, we need to work
first with Excel, because what we need first is
to set up our data source. So as discussed, we are going to be working with
the Excel workbook. So we need to create this, and it's very easy to do so. So I'll jump straight over here. We have office.com open. So you can see, right, we can just create our
Excel workbook from here. I can go for a new
blank workbook. Or you can also go to
OneDrive and then just create your Excel
workbook in spine. Now what I have
open right now is I already have created
a blank workbook. Okay. These are contacts. This is like our phone book over here or like a directory. And what I want to work with
is pretty much this field. Let's say let's have
FirstName, LastName, and we have our e-mail
address over here now. Okay, So pretty
much, pretty simple, but it's up to you if you want to add more fields details, feel free as well. If you want to add the phone number or
whatever that you need, like details regarding
the employees or team members, then feel free. And what I'll do right
now is I'll just add like a couple of
rows of data over here. Let's add John over here. Okay, and then I'll
add, my name is, well, okay, so we have couple
of rows of data setup. And one thing to take note off
is for Power Apps to work. You need to have this
formatted as an Excel tables. So to be able to do that, I'll go to Insert and
then I'll go to table. And my table has headers,
and I'll click Okay, now we have our table ready and then let's just go
over to Table Design. It's certainly
named as table one. But we can also
change this to say to contacts table or let's
say contact table. So we can just
rename this as well. And then once we have
everything ready, you have your data source. And now we can continue
working inside Power Apps.
4. Creating the App: So now we will be
jumping over to the exciting part which
is creating our app. But before that, I just want you to have a
quick look over here. This is our data
table and this are the fields that we
will be working with. First name, last name,
and email address. Because you will see on
how Power Apps we'll be using this in creating
our first app. So now I'll jump
over to Power Apps. Okay, since we have our
Excel workbook ready, I'll select this
right now for Excel. Okay, and then what
will happen next is we will look for the Excel workbook that we have created and then select
that and Power Apps. We'll do the rest. Now, I already have a connection
to my OneDrive account, so we can do that as well. You could just go for
new connection and then have it connected
to your OneDrive. Once we have that, you
can see over here, right? We have our contacts, like Excel workbook over here. So I'll select that as well. And then you could
see that it's able to see the contact table
inside our workbook. This is what we have
named it a while ago. I'll just jump straight here
and go to Table Design. And you could see the
name ask on TAC table. So Power Apps is
able to read that. And then we can just select
that table so that this is what Power Apps
we'll be working with. Now, I'll click Connect. Okay, and then let's
just wait for it to do the work for us. Okay, So now that we
have Power Apps ready, you can see our app
as well over here. And then next is we
will be exploring on what it has created for us.
5. Previewing the App: So now we're inside our app
and one thing to take note of is it's able to load the contents of our Excel
workbook, which is really cool. So there was snow coding
done on our part. It's done everything
by Power Apps. And one thing to take
note of is, for example, if your app right now
doesn't have data inside, then this brings me back to the point that I've
raised, right? That when it comes to having
your Excel workbook open, make sure it's closed. Because let's say if it's
open in another tab, the Excel workbook, Right, Then Power Apps won't
be able to access it because it's locked
to that specific tab. So it's very important to
have it closed, right? And then Power Apps
would work normally are as expected and be able
to read your data source. So that's one of the
limitations when it comes to working with Excel workbooks. What we can do right
now before I'll go through the
different details, technical details over here, what I'll do is let's just have a quick overview on
what this app can do. So what I'll do is
I'll jump over here. You can see this Play button
is for previewing the app. You can also press F5. So I'll just click
on this and you can just have your app. It asks that you just
have a quick look. So we have pretty much like basic function I this in
here we have searching. So let's say I'll just type
in John over here and you can just filter right away who
the different records. You can even also refresh
as well over here, right now we have our sorting. So you can just
change the order. Swell. We have the plus button
for adding a new record. So let's say that's
just click Add over here and a new email address. Let's say we have gone
though my Excel Online. And then we have
John's name over here and then we
have built swell now at school for
check and it's able to save as well a new record
for John Doe over here, okay, And then you also have details so you can click
on the arrows over here. Let's say I just wanted to check details off my record over here. And they could just
make changes as well. You can click on edit or you can also delete
the specific item. Let's say, let's change
this to double n. Let's say just pick on submit
and go back as well. And you can see that changes are made to
our record over here. Actually edit this again
just to make it consist. Then you get to see
the changes as well to the email address. And I'll go back and we have
this as well over here. Now, the question right now, if, if this reflected through
our X0 data source. So I'll open right now the Excel spreadsheet
or the XL workbook. And you can see that what we
have done inside the app, you can see the changes
as well made over here. So you can see my
name right now having double n and the email
address as well. It's been updated. And we have the John
Doe entry as well, which is really cool because you have created an
app from scratch. There's no coding required, and it has the basic
functionality. And it was able to find
the different headers or fields that we want to
use for our application. We can see that a new
column was added over here, which is pretty much a unique identifier that's
being used for Power Apps. So you can just ignore that, okay, just to leave it as it is. And you can just go
straight back to Power Apps and just continue
with your application. Now, don't forget to close this one so that
you won't run into issues when it comes to
working with your app in here. Okay, So this is pretty much the simple overview on
what our app can do. And that's really cool because it's all out of the
box provided for you. And what we are going
to be doing as well is really going to be making
some changes over here. And one of the things is
pretty much when it comes to interacting with
elements over here, you just click on your
inside the app over here. And let's say you just
want to change the name, you can just double-click. So what I'm doing right
now is I'm double-clicking the texts and say
this is our contact. Or let's say this is
our company directory. Just type in the name with a different name and you can
just go for review again, then you can see the changes
that we have made over here. And another cool thing is
while we're in this mode, pretty much we're
modifying the app. You can also hold the LP. Because right now, if I
click on a specific element, right, you can make
changes to that. But one of the cool thing with Power Apps is when
we hold the Alt key, then it's like it just moves
you to the preview mode, which means that you
can just go straight. Okay, so if I click
on this right, you could just make
changes to this bottom. But if I hold the Alt key, it's like we have jumped to preview mode and it
will allow you to interact with specific element instead of making
changes to them. So I'll hold the Alt key, I'll click on this, right. And it brings me straight
to the details page inside, right, for this specific
record, for my record. So it is really cool technique. I want to jump from
previewing, right? And then you want to
edit the elements again. You could just go
straight and click out. And I'll click on this button while holding out right now. And it brings me back
to the big screen. Okay? And then let's say
I want to jump over here and jump back. And it gives me a quick preview of what
I'm doing right now.
6. Tree View: Now let's focus
on the tree view, which is on the left
side over here. So if you have this closed, right, it's very easy
to open the preview. You can see this icon over here on the left side.
I'll click on it. And we have the tree view. And what I'll do is
let me just have this full screen so that we can have a better look over here. Now, when it comes
to the tree view, pretty much what we
have is the list of different screens and
components of our application. So you can see over here, I'll just minimize this. And you can see that we have three default screams that
are created inside our app. So we have the browse screen, we have the details screen, and then we have
the edit screen. So browse screen pretty
much is this one which is showing all of the records
inside our Excel workbook. And then we have
the details screen. So I'll just click
on that right now. And you can see the details that are pretty much
don't over here. And we have the edit
screen as well. So you can see this
editable fields are specific records,
so really handy. So we have three different
screens over here. And then let's go back
to the main screen. And if you've
opened this, right, you can see the different
elements inside our screens. So for example, if I select
Browse gallery over here, you can see this
being highlighted. So it's a really cool
way because for example, if you're unsure or
if you're having a difficult time when it comes to selecting
a specific element, you could either
go to three view. And then let's say I want
to select the search icon. So I'll select this. We have the search icon
selected right now. Or you can also do the
opposite way in which has just selecting the actual
element via the interface. And you can see which item or element is
selected inside the tree view. So for example, if I select
this button over here, you can see that this
is the icon view item. And then you could also just
browse through and then see what are the
different elements as well for our other
screens over here. And you can just play
around just to have a better understanding on
what is the A1 inside. And then if we jump
over into components, we don't have any at the moment, but we will be working strictly with the
three screens as well. And I will be showing us
well on how we can create our own screen later
inside our app. So stay tuned for that.
7. Edit Properties: Now let's talk about editing
properties inside our app. So when it comes to
editing properties, you might have noticed on the right side
over here, right? This is pretty much
the properties if we want to customize
the elements inside. So for example,
let's say we have the company directory
over here, right? Instead of
double-clicking on this, you can just select
this element, right? Yes, texts over
here, this label. And then we can just jump
over to the right side. And you could just have multiple
changes done over here. So for example, let's
say I'm not happy with this specific
label over here is just a generic name. You could also change this to, let's say company
directory labor. You just change this over here. And if you notice
on the right side, okay, if I jump over here, you can see that the name of the element has changed
because of discipline. So you can make
changes as well, okay, so that it's a lot more
readable to the human eye. Instead of having technical
names on our left over here, we can also make changes.
Let me select that. You can also make changes
to the text over here, okay, There's different fonts, the font size, or the
different styles that you can play around with over here. Now, what we'll do is, let's say, let's try out
the different bonds. Let's say we want to change
this refresh icon over here, okay, and then you
can change the icon. So let's go through
the properties. A good Just change this to different eigen that would
be more suitable for you. Now, what I'll do right now is, let's say for the
Browse Gallery, this is pretty much
the Browse Gallery. Write the list that has
all of our data over here. And let's see, we're
not happy with how this is displaying our data. You can also make
changes to that. So if I jump over to Properties, you have the Browse gallery over here, properties as well. Okay, The data sources
to contact table. So that's perfectly fine. We have the layout
and the field. So let's just have a
quick look at our layout. Let's say we have the
current setup is title, subtitle and buddy, let's say, let's change this to title. So if I select this, what you can see is pretty much only the email address that's
being displayed like that. Because we just want
one field to be displayed over here can
make changes as well. Let's say we want a title
and subtitle. Okay. And then now we have
the e-mail and then we have the first name over here. Now, the other change
that we can make as well as pretty much for the fields because you might be wondering, okay, I'm happy
with this layout. But can I change? Like, okay, I don't want
the email to display. I just want the first name and last name to be
shown over here. We can make change as well. I'll select edit over here. And you could just change, let's say, I don't
want the first name. I want to be shown
here, the last name. And then for the title field, I want first name to
be shown over here. Now, let me close this
and you could see, right, I'll select the
Browse Gallery again. And you can see that it's able
to take effect right away. We have our first
name over here. We have our last name as well
being shown to our fields. And it's really easy to do so with the properties over here. So pretty much we have everything
set up by a Power Apps, but if you want to have
changes made as well, customization and
just go over to Properties and then make
the necessary changes. And you can just
have fun over here, there's quite a number of options that you can
just play around. We have the borders, we
have the callers, right? So let's say, let's try it out. Let's just see what's
going to happen. And you didn't even
change color over here. Let's say you want it
to be colored green. Hey, have fun, and just add some life to your
application over here. So let's say I'm just happy with this color and green
as well over here. But there's quite a
number that you could just play around
with this over here. Just have fun with
the properties, and then see what you can come up with your
own application.
8. Insert New Item: Now let's talk about inserting new items or new elements
into our application. So right now, let's
say you're happy with the level of customization that what you have
done with the app. But let's say we want to create a new page that our
users can navigate to. Be able to do that, we need a new icon on the top over here and then have the
users click on the icon. And it's going to bring them to the new Help page or the new screen that
we will be creating. So first things first, we need to have a new icon over here so that users
can click on that. To be able to do that. There's pretty much two
ways you can work with. So for example, we have
the Insert menu over here. I'll select that and you have the different elements
that can play around with. So for example, let's
say I want the icon, the question mark
to be inserted to this application
or to this screen, then you could just check for that specific icon over here so you can see the
question mark over here. Now another way is to go to the left side and you can see the plus sign over here, right? There's the insert up over here. I personally like this
better because their search. So let's say I just want to
go straight to the point. I could just type in
the question mark. We have the icon over here, but you can also use this to have a quick preview
on the different options. There's quite a number that
you can play around with. It comes to the variety of elements that you can
use inside Power Apps. So let's go back over here. Let's say I'm happy with
the question mark, okay? But to be able to make
space over here, right, we need to resize this
or maybe just change the text to directory so that we can have some
space over here. Okay, and then add our question
mark to our application. Now I'm dragging the
question mark right now. I could just maybe
resize this a bit. Then it's very easy to just move the elements so that we can have a consistent look and feel. So once we have this over here, I'll select this and I'll go to our properties
over here as well. And then maybe change
our color because our items over here
are color of white. And we can change this as well
to color it white so that we can have a
consistent look and feel across the different
icons over here. Now, we can also
change the name. We have icon one, which
is not really helpful, but we can change this
as well to let's say health Page icon over
here, I'll press enter. And we have that
specific elements right now that you can also check
inside the tree view. And you can see our
Help page icon. It's already added over here. Okay, so we have the icon and you can
just change as well to whatever customizations that you would need for this
specific elements. But once we have our
new element over here, then the next step is to be able to insert our new Help page, which is pretty
much a new screen that we will be adding
to our application.
9. Insert New Screen: Now let's talk about inserting a new screen inside
our application. So what we have right now is we have our icon ready, Right? But we need a new screen. Once we click on this icon, on the question mark icon, it will redirect us to the
help page are pretty much like our helps for you
that we want to show to the user to
be able to do this. It's very easy to do. So we just go straight
to Insert over here. Okay? And then you can see
the option of new script, so let's select that. And then pretty much
inside the new screen, you can start with a
blank screen or you can also have a look
at the different, like ready-made
templates so that it's easier for you to have
a starting point. In our case, we would go for
the subsets so that we just show a quick message to the
user with our email address, for our support,
support email address. And then they could just
have the user view it. So let's select that once
we have this screen, so we're very easy, okay, nothing special
that we need to do. I'll just zoom out a
bit so that you can have a look at discrete. So nothing fancy, just this specific checkmark over
here and the texts. Okay, so this is going
to be our Help page. So what we want to do,
let's say we want to rename our screen as
something more descriptive. So let me just open
the tree view. And if you notice on the
left side right now, we have our tree
screens that we have created that actually Power
Apps that's created for us, but this is our new
screen right now. So let's say, let's
just rename this. It's very easy to sell. And then let's say this
is our help screen. Okay? Now I'm renaming
this so that it's easier for us like, okay, later down the road, or maybe two weeks from now, for example, you need
to make changes. It's very descriptive
that you can have a quick idea on which
screen is which. Now, once we have this renamed, what we want to do is
just add texts over here. So let's say, okay, let's say I need help. Then e-mail us at support
at Excel Online.com. There you go. And then you can also
change the icon. So pretty much any element
that you see over here, I'll just zoom out a bit, right? You can just change them. So for example, I'm going
to properties right now. And let's say, let's just change this to a different icon. Say, let's search for posts. So if you just make changes and then if it's a bit small for you can
also make this larger. So let's just make some
minor changes dirty. And you can also drag
and drop over here. Okay, I've dragged the iPhone, so let me just undo
that right now. There you go. Then what we have right
now is there needs to be a way for the user to be able to go back to
our main screen. So to be able to do that, we need to add a bottom. We are going to be going for
Insert over here, right? And then there's the
bottom over here. Now that's inserted
bottom and click on it. And there you have it. Very easy. There's
a bottom over here. And let's just
align it so that it just looks pretty centered,
but it's up to you. Okay? And then for the texts, we can just change this to, let's say, back to
main page or screen. There we go. Okay, and then you
could just make changes as you see fit. So pretty much you just sign it like what is best for
your desired look. So very easy, okay, this is pretty much
our Help page. You can add images as well, just make it fancy,
It's all up to you. And the next thing that
we need to do is to add functionality so that our
bottoms will not work.
10. Actions: Now let's talk about actions. So pretty much we have
all of the components compete because if you go back
here to our browse screen, we have our question
mark bottom, right. And then ideally, the plan is, once you click on this
question mark button, it will redirect you to the help screen over here that
we have just created. And then clicking on
the button over here would bring us back
to our browse screen. Yes. All of the components are
there, the new space, are there Still
one missing link? How do we add the action or the interaction that once
you click on this button, it will bring you back
to the browse screen. So this is where
actions come in. So to be able to add an action, this is like adding the interaction or interactivity when it comes to our elements. So to be able to do
that, it's very easy. There's this section
over here called action. So if you select this, right, There's different options
that you can just try it out. But for our purposes, for this question mark
over here, very easy. We just need to go to Action
and then select navigate. If I select this, right, if I select the navigate
action over here, you can see that
there's a drop-down. There's pretty much which screen do you want to navigate to? So given our question mark, what we want to happen is
once our user clicks on this, you want to navigate to
our help screen, right? Then there's pretty much
different transitions as well that you can just try out on how it
would look like right now. It's selecting faith by default, so we're okay with that. I'll just select that.
And you're done. If I select on this, you can also see
on the top right, but it's pretty much in
the form of a formula. So if you're familiar
like formulas in Excel, then this is pretty much
familiar territory for you. So you can see over
here, right? Navigate. And then it's telling to
go to the help screen. And the type of
transition is faith. So it's like explaining this in plain English
in a way, right? And it's fairly easy to read
on what it is trying to do. But if, for example, you're having difficulty with a specific formula or
specific function, then it's very easy to just look for the help page for this one. So for example, if
I want to check out Okay, For navigate, right? You just select
different categories of the functions
and then you can just search for that
specific function as well that you want
to experiment with. So it's a really cool
way because if you click on this formula button
over here, right? It just brings you
a whole list of different formulas that
you can use in Power Apps. So for example, let's
say you want to use a larger bell, right? Or an action over here. Because for example, let's
say you want to check out the navigate
action over here. You can just find it and there's a quick description on what
it's going to do for you. And then if you
click on Learn More which we will be doing
in a short while, it will give you more
detail regarding that specific formula so
that you can just have a better understanding
on how to use it. Okay, So that's pretty much for this one, for
the question mark, we're good with this,
but there's still one missing piece
that we need to do. So let's jump over to the
health screen, right? And then for this
specific button, we want this to navigate
back to our browse screen. So to be able to do
that same action that we need to do,
action over here, select navigate, and then
which screen do we want to go back to when you
click on that button? Browse screen is the one
that we want, right? And then if we select
this right now, you can see that our
formula over here, It's navigate back
to the browse screen and we're using the
faith and station. So it's looking good, which means we have all
of our actions ready. But the good thing
with this one, right, is we're not just limited
to the navigate actually, if I go back here, okay, what you can do as well is once Power Apps has generated
this app for us, you can also learn from their outer bottoms on what it's trying to
do or specific item. So for example, if I
select the US right now, right, you can see
the Refresh icon. And if we have a
look at the formula, you can see the refresh
formula being used. It's refreshing
the contact table. And if we jump over
to the sorting, then you could see that
the sort descending, which order is it
trying to start with? If we select the
plus icon, right? It's saying that it's trying
to open the new form, which is the editing
form right now. Okay? And then it's going to be
navigating to the edit screen. So there's a lot of
moving parts over here, but you can also learn by dissecting on what Power
Apps has created for you. And then if you don't understand a specific formula,
that is very easy, we just jump over to the
help page right now by looking for the specific formula and then selecting learn more. So what I want to show to
you right now is let's just jump over to the
help page already. Have it open right
now over here, right? And then for the help
page for Power Apps, there's quite a number
of formulas over here. So there's a lot of them, right? And it's a good thing because
you can now understand better which functions are
possible inside Power Apps, like what are the
different types of functionality that you
can play around with when it comes to
forming us now that's selected navigate
formula over here. And if we have a look right now, right There's the explanation and then the arguments
on what it's passing. And the cool thing as well, even the transitions,
they have a preview, like a quick preview for each specific transition so that you can select which one, Like what's going to
happen when you transition from one screen to the next. And the syntax and different
examples as well on how we can use this
specific function or formula inside power. So HEPA, look at this page, is just quickly go to
learn more over here. And you can just learn a lot of what you can do
inside Power Apps. Okay, so now we have
all of our actions set, but the most important
part is to be able to test out our new
screens, right? I'll renew actions if everything
is working as intended. So to be able to
do that very easy, we just jump over
to the preview. You can press F5 as well. I'll click on that. And then let's test out our Help page. So you can just select
back to my screen, right? And it has now transitioned
or navigated back to our me browse
screen over here. And then let's just try
out the question mark. If I click on this, it
goes to our help screen. Okay, so everything's looking
good and you can just have a quick test right next, selecting the records
just to make sure that everything is
working as intended. And if I select the plus
button is still working. Good, then I'll select the Help icon again,
back to my screen. So make sure to test
everything out as well. It's very easy to do so inside Power Apps by just selecting
the preview option.
11. Additional Options: Now let's go over the
different additional options that's enabled
inside Power Apps. So let me just close the tree view and then
let's open this up over here so that you
can have a better look over here inside data, pretty much the different
connections, right? When it comes to
loading our data, you can see it over here. We have the contacts table right now to our Excel workbook. And you could just
make changes to your data sources over here. Now, let's jump over to media. So you can also upload
your own images, videos, or audio files so
that you can use it inside your app as well. One of the cool things is integrating with Power Automate. So you can also create
new flow, right? And then you can
add that automation to the app that's
going to be triggered. Okay, over here. Okay, so if you
haven't checked out my Power Automate
course so that you can also have an idea on how you can integrate
other applications. So it's like opening a whole different world on what you can do
inside Power Apps. And then for advanced tools, which is out of scope
for this course, we have monitoring
and tests over here. Okay, so have a quick look at the different options
inside Power Apps.
12. Save and Distribute the App: Okay, so now that we
have our app ready, we have tested everything. Everything's working great. And we are happy with all of the screens that
we have created. Okay, so the next logical step is to be able to save our app. So that next time around we can just continue our
work over here. So to be able to do
that, it's very easy. We just go over here to File and then you can
just select Save. And there's also a version notes so that you
can just type in on what are the changes that you have created, last saved. So that is very easy
to just understand on what are the changes that
you have done over time. So once we're happy with this, I'll click on Save. And it's going to be saving
it straight to Power Apps. Now, the next step, because the good thing
with this one is it's also possible to share our app
with multiple people. So for example, if you have
more people in your team, it's not just you working on developing this app
or designing this app. Then you can also share this with people
inside your team. To be able to do that I'll
select Share is gonna be opening a new tab for me. And then this is where
I can now start adding more people or users to my team. That's gonna be like
updating this app. So you can see over here, right, There's add people as
users and co-owners, right, to your app. Now, there's one
important reminder that I want to
emphasize with you. It's making sure that all of
the data connections, right, your data sources, it
has to be shared with all users because what we're
sharing over here, right? So for example, I'll just type in John's name over here, right? What I'm doing right now
is I'm giving junk axis, but this is for the app only. So it doesn't include the Excel file that we have
used and also the OneDrive. So just make sure that John or whoever specific
user that you are sharing to make sure that they
also have data permissions to the different data
sources that you are using for data
specific application. Okay. So with that out of
the way, right now, John is simply a
user for this app, so meaning that each can use the app I have
created right now. But if I select this, I can make him a co-owner. So you can see over here, right, can use edit and share the app, but not delete or change
the owner, right? But right now, the cool thing is you can have multiple people working on the design of your application so
that it's not just you, it's now a shared responsibility amongst your team, right? When it comes to improving
the application. So it's very easy to do that
over here in Power Apps, which is a cool thing when it comes to the sharing options. Now click share, and it's not
updating the permissions. And then the cool thing
right now is gone, can now make changes. The application as well. No, I'll close this. And another option
as well when it comes to distribution, right? I'll go back to apps so
that we can have a look at our app that we have just
created and updated. This is the one. Now if I select this for
distribution purposes, you can also export
the package, right? And you can also add to
Teams over here so that more people can be exposed
to your application. Okay, So that's pretty much
it when it comes to saving, sharing, and distributing
your application. And one more thing is one important thing that
you need to do once you have seen the changes that
you have made to your app to make sure that
gets reflected right, you need to click Publish
once you're happy with this, so that it now gets reflected throughout the different
people who are using your app. So you need to
publish this version. And once we're happy, right? Power Apps will do this for you.
13. Mobile App: Now the cool thing
is Power Apps also has a mobile application
so that you can just open the apps that you have developed or treated
inside your mobile phone. So when it comes
to mobile, okay, you're not just limited
to the specific OS, so pretty much Android or iOS. If you have an iPhone, you can pretty much use
Power Apps as well. So I have no installed
Power Apps and I have logged in as well
to the same account. So if I go over to
all apps right now, you can also see the one that we have created,
this specific app. Right now, I'll just select this and it's going to be
opening the app right now. And over here, you can
see pretty much all of the functionalities
are the same bottles that I have created over here. So we have our list I can
just sorted right now. I'm just tapping on my phone. Okay. And then I can click
on Add that he can see the View record over here, k or x over here, and just check out the
details of my record. Then you can see
that pretty much everything is working
as intended on how we have created this
inside our web browser. So that's really cool. Now, let me just select
the question mark as well. Just have a quick look of the help screen that
he has created. You can see the
texts, you can see the icon and our bottom. And let me just test the back to Main Screen button
and see if it works. Okay, So that's
really a cool, okay, everything is working as intended and you can
just have as well, like different team members
that you have shared too. They can also
install our apps to their level faults and use the same apps that you
have created together. And the cool thing
is, if you know Power Automate and you
have integrated like specific functionality
inside Power Apps than the possibilities
are endless. And I hope that you have
enjoyed Power Apps and have seen a glimpse of what
it can do for you.
14. Thank you and Congratulations!: Thank you and congratulations
on completing this course. So I hope that this
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