Hiya Pretty much every time I run a project kick-off meeting involving tools like SharePoint or PowerApps, I always ask the group the following question: “If you had <insert goal here>, how would things be different to now”? (Replace <insert …

Some seriously powerful (and free) PDF functionality in PowerApps and Flow Read more »

Background Hi and welcome to the third article that describes how to make a PowerApps-based activity feed based on SharePoint search results. If Google’s search algorithm has landed you here for the first time, then I suggest going back to …

How to make a PowerApps activity feed via SharePoint search–Part 3 Read more »

Background In a recent project, I developed a portal for the Project Management function of a global multinational. One of the key design principles we took into the engagement was not to simply make an electronic version of a Project …

How to make a PowerApps activity feed via SharePoint search–Part 1 Read more »

Hiya I have been recording various videos over time of some advanced PowerApps and Flow concepts/solutions. All of these are either workarounds for current limitations in PowerApps or Flow or work I have done with my daughter, Ashlee.  I have …

From Rick Astley to Fidget Spinners: A slew of PowerApps and Flow video tutorials Read more »

Hi and welcome to the final post in this series of articles that examined how we can work around an unsupported function in PowerApps and Flow. Along the journey we have learnt about app principals, the SharePoint REST API and …

PowerApps, Flow and Managed Metadata fields–part 4 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This method looks to be superseded.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 »

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 »