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App in a Day

Microsoft Power platform

Power Apps
Power Automate
Common Data Service for Apps
Business scenario
 Imagine an organization where every three years employees go through a hardware refresh cycle.
 We will streamline the device order, procurement and approval process and view aggregate reports.
 The employee-facing device ordering app needs to run in a web browser and on mobile devices.
Lab objectives
Build a Power Apps Canvas App for employee
facing device ordering experience

Use the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS


for Apps) to store the device orders in the
cloud

Build a Power Apps Model-driven App to


complete the procurement process

Use Power Automate to build an approval


workflow for device approval

Use Power BI to visualize device order data


(note: this module is optional)
Lab content Lab docs:

Package: http://aka.ms/appinaday
Unzip the package on your local machine
Follow instructions: “00-AppinaDay Lab Overview.pdf”

Contains 4 modules with a lab doc for each:


 01-Power Apps Canvas App Completed modules:
 02-Common Data Service for Apps
 03-Power Apps Model-driven App
 04- Power Automate

Completed Modules:
The \Completed folder contains solution packages that you can import
e.g. To work on Module 5 without completing previous modules -> see \Completed\Module4
Pre-requisites
Valid Power Apps Plan 2 license:
 Common Data Service usage requires a Power Apps Plan 2 license
 Visit https://powerapps.microsoft.com/pricing/ and click Free Trial
 If you are unable to acquire a trial license:
 Ask the instructor for a trial user account that you may use for this session OR
 Create your own Office 365 trial tenant – http://aka.ms/Office365E5Trial

Power Apps authoring environment:


 Launch https://make.powerapps.com using any modern browser

Power Apps mobile apps (Optional):


 PowerApps – iOS : https://aka.ms/PowerAppsiOS
 PowerApps – Android : https://aka.ms/PowerAppsAndroid
Provision environment and Common Data Service
This lab requires a new Power Apps environment and CDS database
that was provisioned for this class.
 Go to the Power Apps Admin center – http://admin.powerapps.com
 Select +New environment, fill out the form using a Trial Environment, and select Create Environment
 Select the Create database option
 Fill out the form, check the box to include sample apps and data and select Create my database
 Your new environment will be added to the list of environments
 IMPORTANT: The database has not yet been provisioned
 Select the environment you just created
 Wait for the “Provisioning database…” message to go away
 You may need to refresh the screen every couple of minutes
 Once the provisioning is complete, then proceed to create apps in the environment
Hands-on-lab

Module 1: Power Apps


Canvas App
Module 1:Learning objectives
 Sign-in and create a new Canvas App
 Connect to data sources
 Filter data
 Work with multiple screens and navigation
 Customize the user experience – galleries and controls
Hands-on-lab

Module 2: Common
Data Service for Apps
Module 2:Learning objectives
 Provision a CDS database
 Get familiar with standard entities
 Create a custom entity
 Customize entity fields and option sets
 Create calculated fields
 Use the Canvas app form control to save data to CDS
 Use the Office365 connector to get user’s manager info
 Configure Canvas app settings
 Save and share a Canvas app
 Run a Canvas app on a mobile device
Hands-on-lab

Module 3: Power Apps


Model-driven App
Module 3: Learning objectives
 Create a standalone Model-driven app
 Customize forms for the Model-driven app
 Create a Business Process Flow
Hands-on-lab

Module 4: Power
Automate
Module 4:Learning objectives
 Trigger a flow when a new record is created in CDS
 Send an approval request
 Conditional branching based on the approval response
 Send email notifications
 Update the CDS record with the approval status and the
approver’s comments
 Use the approval center on web and mobile
 Check the status of flow runs
Supplemental labs
 S01- Power BI
 S02- Microsoft Teams
 S03- Power Virtual Agent

These labs continue to build the app functionality from the prior labs
Crisis response labs
 CR01- Crisis Communication App
 CR02- Crisis Communication App

These labs are independent of the AIAD labs. They can be completed in the
AIAD environment, or another non-production instance.
Lab survey
http://aka.ms/AIADSurvey
Learning resources
http://aka.ms/powerapps-resources

http://aka.ms/flow-resources

Customer stories
http://aka.ms/PowerAppsStories

http://aka.ms/GJPepsiVideo

http://aka.ms/ArrivaVideo

http://aka.ms/HeathrowVideo
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