Power Apps Canvas and Model-Driven Presented by: Sarah Reinhart Stoneridge Software

Sarah Reinhart CRM Consultant Stoneridge Software Active CRMUG Chapter Leader Previously, Business Admin for the largest global CRM Dynamics enterprise Founded in 2012 in Barnsville Mn Rapidly Growing Consulting Firm with focus in AX NAV GP and CRM

Canvas vs. Model-Driven Apps Canvas Apps The term “canvas apps” refers to apps built through the WYSIWYG screen design that provides complete control over the interface. With a canvas app, you start with a blank canvas to create a very tailored user interface. Connect that user interface to your choice of 200 data sources. You can build canvas apps for web, mobile, and tablet applications. Model-Driven Apps Create and customize model-driven apps directly from PowerApps.com by using the app designer. Bring together entities, forms, views, dashboards, charts, and business processes to automatically generate powerful line-of- business applications. Build from your core business data and processes in the Common Data Service for Apps to model forms, views, and other components. Automatically generate a great user interface that’s responsive across devices. What you see is what you get

Canvas vs. Model-Driven Apps Controllable delegation limits SQL Views Simplified access to entities Improved app sharing experience Apps connect to SharePoint list can include Attachments GDPR Compliance Model-Driven Entity Forms Entity Views Business Process Flow Dashboards Metadate-driven responsive user experience Accessible apps out of the box Mobile player Canvas: Controllable delegation limits. Control delegation limits for non-delegable data sources that have up to a maximum of 2,000 records. This allows client-side operations to work on larger datasets. o SQL views. To avoid performance issues, use SQL views to combine data in SQL Server before bringing it into PowerApps. o Simplified access to entities through foreign key relationships. Intuitive access to entities included in a relationship (foreign key) in entities that are stored in the Common Data Service for Apps makes it significantly easier to use related entities in canvas apps. • Improved app sharing experience. The improved experience for canvas apps makes it easier to view the data sources used by an app and easier to set up user permissions to access that data. • Apps connected to SharePoint lists can include attachments. Apps connected to SharePoint Online can now be used to view and upload attachments, including images and documents. • Improved support ticketing for admins. Request help from a Microsoft support representative from the new Business platform admin center. • GDPR compliance. To support the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), administrators can support data subject rights requests for PowerApps users. Model-Driven: Entity forms. Create and customize sophisticated forms for Common Data Service for Apps entities directly from model-driven mode on PowerApps.com. Create forms with visual drag-and-drop designers by using a host of custom controls that are available from a rich control library. Entity views. Create and customize views for Common Data Service for Apps entities directly from model-driven mode on PowerApps.com. Use point-and-click tools to create filters, set the sort order, and choose which columns to display. Business process flows. Associate one or more business process flows with your model-driven app to focus your users' experience through a specific set of guided steps. Dashboards. Build and use custom interactive dashboards with rich chart controls that use data from Common Data Service for Apps entities. Embed Power BI dashboards in model-driven application dashboards for deeper cross-system data analysis directly from the application. Metadata-driven responsive user experiences. Model-driven application user experiences are automatically generated upon entity creation. A navigation model, basic forms, and a subset of views are available for customization. User experiences are responsive and metadata-driven. Applications provide consistent functionality across all surfaces, including web and mobile and support for rightto-left (RTL) languages. Accessible apps out of the box. Model-driven apps built using the Unified Interface infrastructure meet Microsoft accessibility standards . The applications enable users, including keyboard-only users and touch-only users, to perform key tasks. The apps work well with screen readers and won’t block other accessibility tools, such as one-click devices. Mobile player. Run model-driven apps on mobile devices. For tablets and phones, applications are automatically optimized for the device.

LAYOUT Canvas Model-Driven Canvas: With a canvas app, you start with a blank canvas to create a very tailored user interface. Model – Driven: With a Model-driven app, you start with a tile-based information structure and simplified interface make the process of building an app much easier, and you can create apps that are specific to your business roles and functions without having to write any code.

Improved App Sharing Experience Canvas Model-Driven Canvas apps. With the improved app sharing experience for canvas apps, you can quickly view the list of data sources used by an app and set up user permissions to access that data. Model-driven apps. Share model-driven apps with users by assigning appropriate security roles that provide access to the entities and data in the Common Data Service for Apps.

DASHBOARDS Drag-and-Drop designer Homepage dashboards Charts and list Entity-specific interactive Filtering and sorting Power BI capabilities Create rich, interactive dashboards to visualize data from the Common Data Service for Apps inside a model-driven application. The drag-and-drop designer simplifies the dashboard creation process for: • Homepage dashboards that include charts and lists from multiple entities. • Entity-specific interactive dashboards that allow visual filtering and sorting of information. Include rich Power BI capabilities directly inside model-driven apps by embedding Power BI dashboards in home pages. Dashboards can include data from any source, including the Common Data Service for Apps.

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