Power Platform Community Call – September 2022

Power Platform Community Call – September 2022

Call summary

Latest updates and news on Power Platform including community events, training opportunities and the Monthly Community Tip. Three demos delivered – Parsing JSON in Power Apps, UX Tips & Tricks for Model-Driven Apps, and You can be an author of an Independent Publisher Connector. Monthly Community Tip - Get notified before you run out of Office 365 storage space! - Andre Galitsky and Alex Baumgarten. This call was hosted by David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII and recorded live at the Microsoft Power Platform Conference, Orlando, Florida, on September 21, 2022. Questions addressed in chat throughout the call.

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Demo summaries

  • Parsing JSON in Power Apps – problem: Receiving information in JSON requires parsing to use it in a Power App. Learn about key-value pairs and RegEx. See a flow that takes a JSON string to parse, inserts information into an HTML table and then sends the result to a Power App – shows up as key value pairs in a gallery. Solution development lessons learned, and resources shared.
  • UX Tips & Tricks for Model-Driven Apps – as classic Power Apps capabilities are making their way to modern Power Apps and Power Apps Designer, learn about five configuration tips you can implement today to improve user experience in your model-driven apps. Better user experience meaning – user is not overwhelmed with irrelevant information or UI, or the user can make add/edit information in context rather than exiting app to make updates.
  • You can be an author of an Independent Publisher Connector – so, let’s review the independent publisher program in this neat 5-step process. Propose (tell all what you’re working on, fork repo, submit PR), Build (code, security, test flow, screen shots), Document (details on connector and actions), Prepare (validate files), and Submit (check all items completed, add screenshots). Please allow Microsoft a few weeks to validate your submission.

Agenda items

  • Latest updates and news on Power Platform - David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII – 3:50
  • Monthly Community Tip – Get notified before you run out of Office 365 storage space! - Todd Baginski - (Canviz) | @toddbaginski – 4:33
  • Demo - Parsing JSON in Power Apps – Cat Schneider – 8:31
  • Demo - UX Tips & Tricks for Model-Driven Apps – Chris Piasecki (CGI) – 15:53
  • Demo - You can be an author of an Independent Publisher Connector – Vivek Bavishi (Hitachi Solutions) | @that_API_guy – 26:59

Actions

Demo references

Request to present a demo during this call - aka.ms/PPCCDemoRequest

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