PowerApps

PowerApps

PowerApps is very easy to use and it links in nicely with Power BI for reporting :) Mobile users such as those with iPads are really happy. It often is quicker to roll out an application with PowerApps compared to custom mobile application development.

Power users/analysts get a high-productivity tool to rapidly assemble experiences, leveraging the building blocks (if they are required) built by professional developers and BI professionals.

PowerApps is to professional developer tools and platforms as…
Power BI is to professional business intelligence tools and platforms…

PowerApps works great as the professional developers make the building blocks for use (such as the APIs, for example, using Azure Functions). The knowledge workers can make the UI and on the BI side, simple models with power BI (also professional developers can make nicer models in SQL Server Analysis Services).

Note: PowerApps is not a tool built for all requirements. There are some scenarios that PowerApps is not the best tool for it. But there are also many scenarios that PowerApps can be used (especially in an environment that .NET or mobile developers are not available or not enough resource to develop something). PowerApps for mobile development is similar to what Acess was or what’s Power BI is.

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Help me know instantly what Tracing Mode is via a rename

By Adam Cogan in Azure, GPT, Microsoft, PowerApps May 26, 2023 0 Comment

Today I showed at NDC Oslo how to build a bot manually with C# and Blazor using the Azure OpenAI GPT services.

Then I showed how to do the same thing automatically with the new PVAs.

At the end I did a poll of the audience (about 300 people) – the Norwegians vote was about 80% saying they preferred the PVA solution.

Well done – the 1^st impression is awesome ⭐

Keep the $ attainable please… it is the danger point for adoption.

Little UX suggestion… Regarding this “Tracing Mode” screen.
I reckon I would rename it to “Query Execution Plan” or maybe just “Execution Plan”

Then you keep the same name as you have in SQL Server:

Free licence needed for external users

By Adam Cogan in PowerApps May 15, 2018 0 Comment

Currently restricted to those with Office 365 licenses.

Note: now that SharePoint Online and Teams support PowerApps apps natively, we need nicer licensing.

Note: A better way is to use an experienced developer and fill gaps by using Azure Functions.

Need a Sweet Responsive design

By Adam Cogan in PowerApps May 15, 2018 0 Comment

There are issues with responsive design.

Need more Speed

By Adam Cogan in PowerApps May 15, 2018 0 Comment

The SQL database connector is slow. Retrieving 100 lines + in a resultset takes about a second per row.

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Help me know instantly what Tracing Mode is via a rename

Free licence needed for external users

Add support for Office 365 data types

Don’t restrict us to only built-in controls

Need Global variables

Need a Sweet Responsive design

Need more Speed