Blog - Recent Posts

Mar 22, 2023

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.

Designer
Mar 21, 2023

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.

Editor
Feb 27, 2023

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.

Text
Feb 25, 2023

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.

Feb 16, 2023

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.

Counts
Feb 15, 2023

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.

Maker Portal
Feb 14, 2023

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.

User Group
Feb 09, 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.

Controls
Jan 29, 2023

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.

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