SharePoint lists (and now Microsoft Lists) are an easy way to quickly create lists of data for use in a Power App. Makers can quickly create lists, add fields, and populate data for canvas apps. However, not all apps are equal from a complexity perspective. If the app is simple and contains data that is […]
Tip #1394: Make connections as other people
I’m writing a Power Automate flow, and I want to have other connections like OneDrive and Outlook owned by other accounts, such as a service account. Yash Agarwal had a great suggestion on how to handle this: Share the flow with the service account as an owner, then open the flow as the service account […]
Tip #1389: Better screenshots through browser sizing
If you are working on documentation and you ever need to take a screenshot of something that appears in a side panel, such as a Power Automate approval or a model-driven app quick create form, and there is a lot of white space between the content and the bottom button, it can look unsightly in […]
Tip #1388: Check if someone is out
I’m creating an approval flow with Power Automate, and if the approval email gets an out-of-office response, I want to route the approval to somebody else Reader That’s a really good idea–say the manager is on a two-week vacation at the time the approval comes in, you don’t want to wait until she comes back […]
Tip #1386: I miss the green bar
If you use the new solution import process at make.powerapps.com, you might miss the old green bar that told you how far the import had proceeded. The good news is, while the green bar is gone, the underlying data that fed the bar is still there. You can query the importjob entity to see how […]
Tip #1385: Can not see environment
The administrator gave me a role in a Power Platform/Dynamics 365 environment, but I cannot see that environment in the environment selector from make.powerapps.com or the Power Platform Admin Center. Lots of people lately So if you cannot reach an environment after being granted access to it, I’ve discovered the following seemingly fool-proof method of […]
Tip #1380: “Sign in required” error when signing in to Power Apps
You try to log in to https://make.powerapps.com, but you can’t log in because you get a “sign in required” dialog with the error “a silent sign-in request was sent but none of the currently signed in user(s) match the requested login hint.” If you get this error, clear your browser cache or recreate your browser […]
Tip #1379: App People vs. Flow People
The wand picks the wizard Nick Doelman Too tired to read? Why wouldn’t you listen instead – t.j. It’s been my observation that with a few notable exceptions, people in the Power Platform community primarily focus on Power Apps or on Power Automate. Lots of people will use both, but generally people are more “app […]
Tip #1373: Dynamics 365 Mobile, Quick Create, and form issues
You create a model-driven app and open it in the Dynamics 365 mobile app or the Power Apps app (now supports model-driven). But when you click new record, you get a form but you cannot enter in data correctly — maybe there are some missing fields or something else is wrong. Dynamics 365 mobile uses […]
Tip #1369: New user cannot see environment
I recently saw the following scenario in several environments: New user added and license for Dynamics 365 or Power Apps assigned User granted security role in an environment User can only see default environment when going to make.powerapps.com or power platform admin center, but they see all environments at Power Automate. The reason for this […]