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Translating Your InfoPath Formsto PowerApps

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Laura Rogers

IW Mentor

Email: Laura@iwmentor.com

Twitter:

@WonderLaura & @IWMentor

Microsoft SharePoint MVP for 7 years

Live in Birmingham, Alabama

Blog: www.wonderlaura.com

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Agenda

Intro Form Building Your Next StepsComparisons

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Introduction

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• Click a button in the ribbon

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• Click a button in the ribbon

Step 1: Customize a List Form

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Getting Familiar with the Interface

• The Data

• Tree View

• Screens

• Galleries

• Forms

• Cards

• Buttons / Navigation

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Tree View

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Views / Screens

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Screens – like views in InfoPath

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• OR

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• OR

Properties

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Rules

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The Data

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The Data

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Forms – For user input

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Cards – Fields on Forms

• Click the checkbox to pick the fields needed.

• Click the drop-down next to each field, to pick a format.

• Different field types have different format choices.

• Advanced options can be used for any fields.

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Form Controls

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• Repeating tables in form library forms

• Data connections that are view only

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• Galleries or table controls

• Table control

Sub-Lists

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• Formatting rules

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• Pick the correct property first, like Color

• If( Value(TextBox1.Text) >= 0, Color.Black, Color.Red )

• More on this…

Conditional Formatting

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Conditional Formatting

• PowerApps Rules Pane

• Set a condition

• Setting the action is like recording a macro

• Example: If the Title hasn’t been filled in, disable the Next button.

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• Publish form to SharePoint

• No version control

• No draft version

• Not easy to go from dev to prod

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Publishing

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Get to Know the Formula Bar

• The formula bar is your new best friend

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Actions

• For a button, use the OnSelect property

• Use semicolons in between them

• Common:

– Navigate

– SubmitForm

– NewForm

– EditForm

– Refresh

– Update

– Run a Flow

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Formatting / Colors

• First, find the property

• Use RGB codes or color names

• Use If statements for conditional formatting

• If( Value(Amount.Text) >= 0, Color.Black, Color.Red )

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Thanks for coming!

• Follow me: @WonderLaura and @IWMentor

• Free SharePoint Power Hour:

• Wednesdays 11 Central

• YouTube.com/WonderLaura

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Stay tuned for more great sessions …