Blog - Recent Posts

Editable Gallery - How to set a control value dynamically when a user changes the value of another control

Learn how to set control values dynamically in a gallery without unintentionally changing all rows in the gallery.

Formula - How to rank times including joint times and ties

This article walks through how to rank items (such as race times) including how to deal with ties

SQL Server - Grandfathered licensing model to end on October 1, 2024

If you've licensed apps using the old Power Apps licensing model, here's a reminder that it ends very soon on October 1st, 2024.

Reading Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group successfully holds its Q3 2024 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q3 2024 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Bug - How to fix problem with the advanced section of the properties pane appearing blank

If the items in the advanced section of the properties pane are missing, here's what you can do to resolve this problem.

What happened at the Power Apps track at the Low Code Power Summit 2024?

The Low Code Power Summit in London was an amazing event - here's what happened at the Power Apps track.

Designer - The upcoming ability to copy and paste source code from the designer will be a fantastic enhancement

A great feature coming soon is source code copy and paste functionality in the Power Apps editor. This post takes a glimpse at this new feature.

Error - Diagnosing the error "Network error when using the Patch function" when saving data with a form

A confusing error that can occur is the error "Network error when using Patch" when attempting to save a record by calling the SubmitForm function. This post explains a possible cause of this error.

Apps - How to add predefined stock background images

If you're looking to improve the look of your app by adding background images to screens, it's easy to do this by adding predefined stock images. This post takes a look at this functionality.

Dataverse - How to work around the error "multiple levels of many-to-one relationship expansion aren't supported"

Have you encountered the error "multiple levels of many-to-one relationship expansion aren't supported" when attempting to write some formula? If so, this post clarifies the meaning of this error and describes how to work around the issue.

SQL - How to return data from Stored Procedures to Power Apps

If you're looking to call SQL Server Stored Procedures from Power Apps, this post walks through this new feature and demonstrates how to display and use the return values from an app.

Reading Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group successfully holds its Q1 2024 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q1 2024 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Data - How to show the distinct rows from 2 data sources or collections

If you want to combine the contents of 2 collections or data sources and return the distinct rows, this post walks through an example of how to carry out this task.

Data - How to implement circular rotational date sorting

There can sometimes be a requirement to implement circular or rotational sorting, particularly in the case of data that contains dates. This post describes the formula to carry out this task.

Dataverse - The easiest way to modify Dataverse data outside of Dataverse and Power Apps

If you need an easy way to add, edit, and delete the records in Dataverse, this post describes a simple method that you can use.