Hi budding PowerApps and Flow users… One (current) issue affecting both PowerApps and Flow is that neither support Managed Metadata Columns properly. I have a method to get around this issue, but it will take more than one post to …
PowerApps, Flow and Managed Metadata fields–part 1 Read more »
Hiya I will say up-front that I used to be a security guy, so what I am about to share with you makes part of me feel dirty. With that said, I think this method is worth sharing because I …
It’s not a proxy, it’s a Floxy! A way to display SharePoint PDFs in PowerApps Read more »
Hi all <TD: DR>My daughter, with no coding experience, won a contest put by the PowerApps team and we recorded a video on how she did it which you can find below</TD: DR> This little story starts with a tweet, …
How My Daughter Won a PowerApps Contest With a Fidget Spinner Read more »
Hi all <update>This method looks to be superseded. Please read this post and only use this method if you have trouble</update> Anyone new to Flow, who has come from a SharePoint Designer Workflow background, will automatically assume that Flow has …
The (currently) best way to update SharePoint document metadata using Flow Read more »
Introduction Hi again This is the second half to a post that will use the OpenWeatherMap API in PowerApps. The business scenario is around performing inspections. In the first post I gave the example of a park ranger or plant …
How’s the weather? Using a public API with PowerApps (part 2) Read more »
Introduction Okay citizen developers, listen up! This post and its forthcoming second part will teach you how to get PowerApps to connect to an online web service to add an extra dimension of awesomeness to your app. It also covers …
How’s the weather? Using a public API with PowerApps (part 1) Read more »
Hiya A client recently asked to make a PowerApps proof of concept audit app for safety inspections. The gist was that a user would enter an audit number into the App, take a bunch of photos and make some notes. …
A Filename Generation Example for PowerApps with Flow Read more »
At the time of writing, a common request for PowerApps is to be able to able to upload photos to SharePoint. It makes perfect sense, especially now that its really easy to make a PowerApp that is bound to a …
A Clever-workaround for Saving Photos to SharePoint from PowerApps Read more »
Hiya This is the third post in some articles aimed helping strategic or business focused users understand the SharePoint 2013 and Office365 “apps model”, and what it means for the future of SharePoint. In part 1 of this series, I …
So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 3) Read more »
Hiya This is the second post in some articles aimed at demystifying the SharePoint “apps” model for the strategic or business focused user. In case you are not aware, Microsoft have gotten a serious case of “app fever” in recent …
So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 2) Read more »