Wimmer Solutions Team Justin Barbara Meg SQL and PowerBI Developer SQL and PowerBI Developer Business Tool Support and Microsoft Retail Engineering Dog Mom Principal Consultant Marketing & Technology Data Management Solutions Systems Engineering and Project Management 12 years in development with 7 at a data-driven digital marketing agency
Data Engineering & Analytic Solutioning
2. Prepare 3. Transform 4. Publish 5.Govern 1. Integrate
Data Solution Lifecycle Integrate – Source Prepare - Storage Azure Cosmos DB 0r SQL Server Analytic Platform Services (APS) Azure SQL Data Warehouse 0r SQL Server Transform - Model Publish - Intelligence Azure Data Factory 0r SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) Azure Machine Learning 0r SQL Server R-Integration PowerBI, Reporting Visualizations, PowerApps Azure Data Catalog 0r SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Azure Data Lake Analytics Service Azure Logic Apps, Automation Intelligence Azure Stream Analytics or SQL Server Azure Event Hub 0r SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Azure Analysis Services, Tabular Semantic Model Governance - DevOps
Data Solution Lifecycle - Integrate Integrate - Source Azure Data Factory 0r SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) Azure Data Catalog 0r SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Azure Event Hub 0r SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Extract Azure Data Lake Store 0r SQL Server Analytic Platform Services (APS) Transform Load
Data Solution Lifecycle - Prepare Prepare - Storage Azure Data Lake Store 0r SQL Server Analytic Platform Services (APS) Azure SQL Data Warehouse 0r SQL Server
Data Solution Lifecycle - Transform Transform - Model Azure Machine Learning 0r SQL Server R-Integration Azure Analysis Services or SQL Server Analytics Service (SSAS) Azure Stream Analytics or SQL Server What will happen? Statistics, Data Mining, Optimization Prediction What’s happening? Dashboards, Scoreboards Monitoring Why did it happen? Excel, OLAP Analysis What Happened? Static & Interactive Reporting
Data Solution Lifecycle - Publish Publish - Intelligence PowerBI, PowerApps Reporting Visualizations Azure Logic Apps, Automation Intelligence Azure Machine Learning Studio Business intelligence driven applications for real-time workflow processing….automating your day to day operations.
Data Solution Lifecycle - Govern Governance - DevOps Planning Boards Integration Pipelines Code Repositories Deployment Archives
PowerApps Data Engineering Solutioning
PowerApps What is PowerApps? Low code development platform for rapid app and prototyping creation tool from data or resources already in existence General Availability since October 2016 InfoPath is discontinued and this is Microsoft’s cross-platform solution
PowerApps - Userbase Non-developers - Do not know code but need away to collect data and automate processes other then an excel spreadsheet Front-End Developer – Does not have backend dev to write SQL scripts or a DBA, but has a data source Backend Developer – Has data source but not great with HTML,CSS, UI/UX team to support them
Licensing Plan Selection PowerApps Basics Licensing Plan Selection App Types Office 365 Customers Standard Connections Flow Run limits Storage Limits Canvas App: Connects enterprise data sources including Common Data Service Plan 1: For users who need to run canvas apps and access on-premises data, data in custom applications and cloud services using premium connectors. Model View App: For apps the model multi-stage business processes and include richer business logic with full power of Common Data Service Plan 2: For users and administrators who need access to more capabilities. Run model-driven apps that can include custom code plug-ins and real-time workflows.
Canvas App Screens Galleries Forms Form Controls Flows
Model-Driven App Canvas App Site Map Dashboards Business Process Flows
PowerApps Solution Example
PowerApps Tips Start with your data Utilize the Formula bar Identify your userbase audience first. Responsiveness is not very robust. Mobile Phone Tablet View Not code No simple find and replace formula strings Paste screens and element but not fields generated from a data form
PowerApps Resources Resources are limited Shane Young - YouTube Channel 60 Videos on PA and 6 on Flow PowerApps and Microsoft Flow: Learning Resources https://aka.ms/appinaday - 17MB Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning PowerApps Essential Training: The Basics Learning Microsoft PowerApps
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