Control your Controls

This session was presented at Power Apps Summit by Sandy Ussia in March 2019

In this session, I will take you on a grand tour of all the major PowerApps Controls in the toolbox. This is unmissable if you’re just starting out on PowerApps.

Why Watch This Session?

Want to learn how to utilize the correct controls in Power Apps for the situation you are in? This session will help you do just that. Sandy’s presentation is solely in Power Apps demonstrating the various properties of controls. How you can pull off very interesting methods to controlling screens and data using variables and other cool Power Apps nuggets.

Highlights for me?

A huge takeaway from this session is learning about how you can use groups of controls inside a single screen and show or hide them using a variable. This makes duplicating things like menus and repeatable controls much simpler and more efficient for your app!

Want a deeper look inside the session? 

Here is my quick breakdown of the session and what to expect.

1:30 Button Control Properties

How buttons can set properties of controls and other items using variables.

7:45 Radio Control Properties

How to format your collection of items for a radio control either from a data source like SharePoint or using set values that you predefine yourself within the app. How to use the selected radio control to change how items are displayed within your app and what is visible or non-visible to the user.

11:33 Drop Down Control Properties

How you can change an image based on the selected item in the drop-down menu. You’ll also learn how to format and find the user selected item in the formula to return the correct results.

13:50 Combo Box Properties

Learn the difference between a dropdown box and a combo box and how you can access arrays and table data in a combo box. How it can be much more beneficial when multiple values need to be selected by the user.

15:44 Date Picker Properties

Allow users to select dates in a form and how you can format that date in an appropriate way. How you can use selected dates to manage calculations in Power Apps.

19:40 Check Box and Toggle Properties

Manager similarly they are Boolean controls allowing users to give a yes/no response which can then be taken to manage other aspect of our data, app or controls to do other interesting things.

22:00 Slider & Rating Properties

Allow users to choose from predefined values rather than inputting numbers into a text box. Use the value of this data to control visual reports such as pie charts and bar charts.

25:15 Timer Properties

Using timers to control animations for menus and dialogue boxes such as sliding and expanding. You can use these to manage the user experience within the app such as delaying screens and data from loading.

37:10 Export/Import Properties 

Use buttons that Import or Export data from Power Apps either from collections, external data or tables. 

40:10 PDF Viewer

A control that allows you to display a document in the form of PDF. Learn how to use the PDF viewer to display PDF links in the form of a URL.

43:30 Power BI Tile

With a Power BI license, bring your Power BI dashboards into your Power Apps. Bring in reports and workspaces to show map, list and other various types of data.

Conclusion

Take control of your controls in Power Apps. Learn how you can use different controls to design engaging user experiences using basic to advanced techniques.