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Reading Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group successfully holds its Q2 2023 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q2 2023 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Editor - What to do if the variables or collections view is missing in Power Apps Studio

If you're struggling to find where to view variables and collections in Power Apps Studio, this post may help you.

Text - The easiest way to copy text to the clipboard

If you want app users to be able to copy the contents of an app to the clipboard, the new Copy function makes this task super simple!

Formula - How to convert a single delimited string to rows and columns

This post demonstrates a method we can use to convert semi-structured strings to rows and columns.

Controls - How to use the Tab List control - Examples

Do you want to use the new Power Apps Tab List control but don't know how? If so, this post provides some practical examples of how to use this new control.

Formula - How to get the dates for the current week

Do you need to retrieve the days of the current week? If so, this post shows the formula to carry out this task.

What AI features are coming to Power Apps 2023?

What AI features are coming to Power Apps in 2023? This post summarises the recent announcements from Microsoft.

Formula Editor - Why should you enable the new formula bar? Old vs New compared.

The formula bar in Power Apps Studio has recently been updated. Find out what's new and whether you should enable this new feature.

Text - How to split input strings by carriage return followed by the colon character

The syntax to split a string by multiple characters can be tricky. Therefore, this post provides a demonstration of how to split an input string by a carriage return and colon characters.

Certifications - How to renew Miorcosoft certifications for 12 months

To maintain the validity of Microsoft certifications, it's necessary to complete a renewal assessment every 12 months. What's this process like? This post summarises the process that I followed when I recently completed this task.

Formula - How to display a count of grouped non-blank and blank rows

If you need to produce a count of non-blank rows, this post walks through an example scenario and highlights the use of the little-known function, CountA.

What's new in the updated Maker Portal navigation menu? A comparison of Old vs New

The Power Apps Maker Portal has been refreshed with a new left-hand navigation menu. This post describes what's new and compares the old menu with the new.

User Group - UK Reading Dynamics365 and Power Platform User Group Meetup Dates 2023

If you're in England and local to the Thames Valley region, here are the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup dates for 2023.

Controls - How to set height of nested galleries dynmically

When working with sets of nested galleries, it may be necessary to specify a variable height for each instance of a child gallery in order to avoid empty white space or scrollbars. This post provides an example of how to carry out this task.

2023 Release Wave 1 - The 5 best new features planned for Power Apps 2023

The 2023 Release Wave 1 plan describes Power Platform features that are scheduled for release between April 2023 and September 2023. What features have been planned for Power Apps? In this post, I summarise the notable enhancements that are planned for Power Apps.