This year Power Apps has seen some amazing features released with even more to come through the rest of the year. Although September isn’t quite over, there have been some great announcements and we’ve highlighted our favorites below. Also if you missed the August Power Apps updates, check out the Microsoft blog here. Anyone who has worked with JSON in Power Apps, knows this new feature is going to make a huge difference. Originally when you needed to work with JSON in Power Apps, you either had to write complex formulas or use Power Automate to parse JSON and write data back to Power Apps. Power Fx: Introducing ParseJSON Anyone who has worked with JSON in Power Apps, knows this new feature is going to make a huge difference. Originally when you needed to work with JSON in Power Apps, you either had to write complex formulas or use Power Automate to parse JSON and write data back to Power Apps. See the documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/working-with-json Power Fx: Introducing Named Formulas Many Excel users have been able to learn Power Apps formulas quickly due to Power Fx being the language used in Excel. Many features and concepts have been introduced and now another great Excel tool, Name Manager is coming to Power Apps as Named Formulas. Named Formulas are defined formulas that remain up-to-date in the App.Formulas property. An easy way to understand them is if you think about Global Variables. For example if you have a global variables set in the OnAppStart property and you want to update them in your app, you would have to use a control or action update that variable when you need to change the values. With Named Formulas, they can reference table values and control properties and they always remain up-to-data without having to manually update. Some advantages of using Named Formulas
For information, see the documentation: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-fx-introducing-named-formulas/ Creator Kit – Efficiently create performant Fluent UI based Power Apps Initially released in May, the Creator Kit has gotten some great feature updates and now includes 24+ Fluent UI controls and templates for Power Apps makers to create apps faster and with great UX/UI Design. The Creator Kit can be used for both Model-Driven and Canvas apps. For information, see the documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/creator-kit/overview
Here are some other top features to take a look at:
Beyond September, there will be more Power Platform updates and features to come throughout the next few months in the 2022 Release Wave 2. Comments are closed.
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