Flip the switch: two option (yes/no) fields in model-driven Power Apps

Flip the switch: two option (yes/no) fields in model-driven Power Apps

Lets look at how the humble two option field can be better visualised and used in more creative ways in your model-driven Power Apps. We do this by using Custom Controls out of the box and PCF components. Plus a bonus feature (although technically not a two option field behind the scenes) shows a really smart example of how you can you a flip switch to set a timestamp, two visual benefits in one field!

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Sticky notes are dead: digital Kanban boards for Dynamics and Power Apps

Sticky notes are dead: digital Kanban boards for Dynamics and Power Apps

Unfortunately the 21st century world of co-located, socially distanced teams the traditional Kanban board in all its post-it note glory is a thing of the past. Lets look at how we can use custom controls and Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) for model-driven Power Apps to help our users and teams to better manage their workloads.

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Gridlock: custom control views & sub-grids in model driven apps

Gridlock: custom control views & sub-grids in model driven apps

Exploring more unified interface custom controls in model-driven apps. Focusing on sub-grid and view custom controls which are available natively. There is already a wealth of functionality available' out of the box', you just need to know where to find it. This post will cover Editable grids, Nested grids and Reference panels.

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Attractive Activity Calendars in Model-Driven Apps

Attractive Activity Calendars in Model-Driven Apps

Lets look at how we can use out of the box custom controls and nifty site map navigation to create a one stop calendar for you and your team to see at a glance all the activity going on with your customers and prospects. So you can keep tabs on conversations easier in a virtual world where it’s easy to have no idea who is meeting who from their respective solo home offices.

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From Azure Queues to model-driven Power Apps for social media analytics

From Azure Queues to model-driven Power Apps for social media analytics

The second step in creating an immersive, AI enriched social media monitoring and analysis model driven app. Retrieving messages from an Azure queue which is full of AI enriched data and displaying it to our users in meaningful and enjoyable ways

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