There are two ways to build an app with Power Apps. “Canvas App” (My favourite) and “Model-driven app”. In this article , let’s see how we can build an app in less then ten minutes with Canvas App, starting from data.
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1. Start from data
We should start from data using one of connectors available, such as Excel, SQL Server, Dataverse or SharePoint.
For this article, I created a SharePoint list , starting from template “Travel requests”. The Idea is create a mobile app to allow users create travel requests.
2. Build App
Let’s build 🙂 Go to https://make.powerapps.com/ , login with our account, on “Start on data”, click on “SharePoint”:
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Then, choose “Connect Directly” (In my case , I use a list on SharePoint Online):
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Click on “Create” button, and put url of SPO Site who host our list:
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Click “Go” , then choose the list, click “connect” and wait….
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Now? we have our app , ready to use or customize!
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Our App, is ready to use with Add, edit, delete and search functions.
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I spent more time to write this article then create app 🙂
In my opinion, this is the fastest way to create a Power Apps, If you don’t like it, you can use it as starting point to learn how to build and app, or to create a poc for your users or customer.