Tag Archives: Canvas Apps

Automating UI Testing for Canvas Apps with Power Platform Test Engine

Canvas Apps in Power Platform provide a flexible way to build rich, custom user interfaces using a low-code approach. However, as these apps grow in complexity—handling multiple screens, dynamic logic, and business-critical processes—the need for automated, repeatable UI testing becomes critical. Automated testing is essential to ensure application reliability by consistently validating functionality across different… Read More »

How to Use User-Defined Functions and User-Defined Types in Canvas Apps

Building Canvas Apps in PowerApps presents a challenge. Microsoft has provided great built-in functions, but what if your App needed something other than the built-in functions? You would have to create workarounds—repeating formulas, juggling nested logic, and spending extra time managing it all. It worked, but it wasn’t ideal. Now, Microsoft is upgrading the process… Read More »

Creating Custom Data Views in Canvas Apps with Power Fx Functions

While working on a Canvas App within Power Apps, we encountered a scenario where we needed an automated calculation to handle tax computations. Typically, this would require creating a new calculated field within the Dataverse to perform the calculation. However, adding a calculated field to the Dataverse seemed unnecessary in this case, as the calculation was… Read More »

Pro Tip – How to use UpdateIf() in Canvas App

Let us explore the use and functionalities of the UpdateIf() Function using some simple examples. Requirements Suppose, we have created a data table in our canvas app, where we have some records. We have created an option set field on the Account form with the name ‘Preference’ where we have different options i.e. Basic, Premium,… Read More »