Blog - Recent Posts

Jan 28, 2023

Power App Makers can now create up to 3 Developer Environments per user!

Microsoft has improved the developer experience by allowing up to 3 developer environments per user. This post describes this new preview feature in more detail.

Environments
Jan 26, 2023

Save the Date - Powerful Devs Conference February 15 2023

If you're a developer and you want to learn how to better leverage the Power Platform, I recommend that you register for the upcoming Powerful Devs conference.

Events
Jan 25, 2023

First UK Reading Dynamics 365 & Power Platform User Group meeting

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

Community
Jan 22, 2023

Dataverse - How to create Entity Relationship diagrams

Entity relationship diagrams can help us visualise and better understand the schema of a database. In this post, we look at how to create an ER diagram for a set of Dataverse tables.

Dataverse
Jan 20, 2023

Data - How to group data in a gallery and calculate sums

When displaying records in a gallery, it can be very helpful to show the sums of values. This post provides a walk-through on how to carry out this task.

Formula
Jan 14, 2023

Dataverse - How you can more quickly bulk update data using the SQL language

If you need to want to update records in a Dataverse database using SQL commands, one way to carry this out is to use XrmToolBox and the SQL4CDS plugin. This post provides a summary of how this works.

Dataverse
Jan 05, 2023

Dataverse - How to fix the bug in the 'Business Rules' editor that prevents numeric values from saving

When there is a mismatch between the language of Dataverse and the language of the editor, business rules can fail to save with an error that looks like this - 'Enter a value from -922,337,203,685,477.00 through 922.337,203,685,477.00'. This post describes a workaround for this issue.

Dataverse
Dec 19, 2022

Training - List of Virtual Training Day Events in January and February 2023

Here's a list of Microsoft Virtual Training Day events in January and February 2023 - ideal if you're looking for some free online Power Platform learning.

Dec 07, 2022

Barcodes - How to scan barcodes - a summary of the 3 available barcode scanning controls

Power Apps provides 3 different controls for scanning barcodes. How do these controls differ and what are the circumstances in which we would use each control? Read this post to find out more.

Controls
Nov 24, 2022

Formula - How to calculate compound interest

If you need to calculate compound interest from Power Apps, this post describes the formula to carry out this task.

Formula
Nov 11, 2022

Data - What to do when the data panel is missing in designer

If you open an existing app in the Power Apps designer and can't find the data panel is missing, here's a workaround that you can try.

Nov 03, 2022

Editor - How to save and overwrite an existing app in Power Apps

If you're stuck on where to find the option in the modern app designer to overwrite an existing file, this post provides more details.

App
Nov 02, 2022

PCF - How to get the IP address of the client

If you need to find out the IP address of the client in a canvas app, this post walks through how to accomplish this task with the help of a PCF control.

Pcf
Nov 01, 2022

Demo app - How to save data like a pro - Southcoast Summit Presentation

If you're looking for tips and tricks on saving data, here's a link to a recent presentation that I did with Power Apps expert Gerard Simpson.

Talks
Oct 30, 2022

Error - How to fix "Sign-in to continue" loop problem in the model driven app designer

If you encounter the 'Sign in to continue' error in the Power Apps designer, here's what you can do to fix the problem.

Error