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Read more about the article Collect External Responses in Dataverse Using Microsoft Forms
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Collect External Responses in Dataverse Using Microsoft Forms

A common requirement is the need to collect responses from users outside of your organization. Anyone who's spent a good deal of time within Power Platform knows this can quickly turn into a very complex task! I don't want to license external users and I don't want to build a Power Page to collect some simple form responses! Surely there's got a be a simpler way? Well, with the help of the pre-filled URL feature in Microsoft Forms, and a little Power Automate, there is! Scenario: Event Response Submissions In this example, I'm gathering Power Platform Conference Event…

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January 6, 2026
Read more about the article PowerApps Week of Selector Component
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PowerApps Week of Selector Component

Have you ever needed to filter data based on the week of? To use a select-able dropdown, you first need to figure out the week start date based on the current date, week end, build a dynamic collection, filter, date add, sequence… yada yada, blah blah! Instead of doing all that in multiple apps, why not build one reusable component that handles all that tricky date calculation logic? That’s exactly what we’ll cover in today’s post. Component Goals Develop a reusable component that displays the week of start and end date in a dropdown Allow the user to…

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November 12, 2025
Read more about the article PowerApps Modern Buttons Icon Name Cheat Sheet
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PowerApps Modern Buttons Icon Name Cheat Sheet

Modern Controls in PowerApps Canvas Apps have been with us for a few years now. And while they are still in preview at the time of this post, some controls are more “mature” than others from my experience. One of these is the button control. Unlike the classic button control, the modern one can include an icon within the button making for a better visual experience to the end-user. Indeed, there are 73 modern button icons to choose from. Where I had some challenges however, is that I wanted to know all the icon names so I can…

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October 8, 2025
Read more about the article Intro to Deep Linking in PowerApps
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Intro to Deep Linking in PowerApps

Instead of opening an app's main screen, there are scenarios where you'd want to directly take a user to a specific screen. This post will explore how to deep link to a specific record in both Canvas and Model Driven Apps. Example Use Case Consider an example where app contains Purchase Orders. When someone creates a new purchase order (PO), Power Automate sends an email to the manager with a deep link to the corresponding PO. The deep link directly to the main form for that PO. A Deep link in an email navigating to the Main Form…

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July 6, 2025
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Calculate Age using PowerApps

On the surface, the calculation for a person's age in PowerApps seems simple enough: use the DateDiff function to take the current date and the difference between their birthdate and return in years. However, in PowerApps, it's not quite so straight-forward! For example, let's say the current date is 6/5/2025, and someone's birthdate is 7/4/1989. Using DateDiff: DateDiff(Date(1989,7,4),Date(2025,6,5),TimeUnit.Years) The function returned 36 and not 35 like we would expect! The person wouldn't be 36 until it's 7/4/2025. Turns out, the PowerApps DateDiff function behaves differently than it's Excel counterpart. Unlike DateDif function in Excel which, by default, calculates…

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June 7, 2025
Read more about the article Get SharePoint Column Descriptions into a PowerApps Form
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Get SharePoint Column Descriptions into a PowerApps Form

Within a SharePoint list, it's common practice to add a description to your columns. Naturally, you would want to provide a description to aid users in filling out the form. The out of the box form experience in a SharePoint list will display descriptions automatically. However, if you're building a Canvas PowerApp using the Form control, you’ve probably noticed the descriptions are missing. Frustrating! The description fields are present in the default SharePoint list form. The same list connected to a PowerApps Form...no descriptions show. 😐 To address this limitation, I’ve seen some workarounds—like hardcoding the description directly…

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May 31, 2025
Read more about the article Format Date and Time to 12-Hour AM/PM in PowerApps Forms
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Format Date and Time to 12-Hour AM/PM in PowerApps Forms

When you use a form control with date and time fields in PowerApps, it automatically generates a data card with a date picker, plus two dropdowns for hour and minute—in 24 hour time. Now, I don’t know about you, but here in the U.S., where we’re used to the 12-hour AM/PM format, it’s kind of surprising that Microsoft hasn’t made this behavior easier to configure! Therefore, I sought to build my own solution to this annoyance by achieving the following goals: Combine the Hour, Minute, and AM/PM format into one single dropdown control. Allow for interval-based time selection…

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April 18, 2025