{"id":34685,"date":"2023-05-11T17:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=34685"},"modified":"2023-12-19T14:28:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:58:25","slug":"creating-canvas-app-using-ai-copilot-preview-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/creating-canvas-app-using-ai-copilot-preview-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Canvas App using AI Copilot (preview) option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might have heard about <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> and it being considered a new way to improve productivity. We might be aware that it helps in developing applications by reducing human efforts. Creating an app manually could be a difficult task as it requires concentrated time, creativity, and energy. What if it could be done just by saying what one wants? This blog talks about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/services\/ai-solutions\/microsoft-dynamics365-powerplatform-chatgpt-copilot-consulting-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Copilot<\/a> (preview) feature in Power Apps. After enabling the feature, one can create an app for AI assistants. One can make Canvas App just by describing what one wants even if one isn\u2019t technically proficient.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This feature is available in the United States region only<\/li>\n<li>The en-us language is enabled in the browser<\/li>\n<li>This feature needs to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/admin\/create-database\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Dataverse Database<\/a> in the working environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To enable Copilot, you need to enable AI Builder and Copilot Preview. To enable both, the user must be System Administrator or Global Administrator and follow the steps below:<\/p>\n<p>1. Sign in to <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power Platform Admin Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on the <strong>Environments<\/strong> option in the left panel &gt; Select <strong>specific environment<\/strong> &gt; Click on <strong>settings<\/strong> &gt; then click on <strong>Product<\/strong> &gt; Click on <strong>Features<\/strong> &gt; Turn on <strong>Copilot<\/strong> and under AI Builder, enable AI Builder preview models. By default, these features are enabled.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34694\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"498\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1Canvas-App-2.jpeg 498w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1Canvas-App-2-300x87.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s see how we can create a canvas app by having a conversation with Copilot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Sign in to <a href=\"https:\/\/make.powerapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power Apps<\/a>. After login, you will see the AI assistant on Power Apps Home Page as seen in the below screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34693\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1920\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2-1024x476.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2-768x357.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2-1536x714.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2Canvas-App-2-660x307.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Enter the description of your app in the textbox. Let&#8217;s say, I want to create an app for an Employee management system and then click Enter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34692\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1487\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2.jpeg 1487w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2-1024x479.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2-768x359.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3Canvas-App-2-660x308.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1487px) 100vw, 1487px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Then AI will create a table for your app and generate some sample data also. You can also modify the table through conversation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34691\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1362\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2.jpeg 1362w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2-1024x487.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2-768x365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4Canvas-App-2-660x314.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" \/>Please find some suggestions below that we get from the AI assistant:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/services\/microsoft-power-platform\/microsoft-power-apps-canvas-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Canvas-App.gif\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1.<strong> Add Column<\/strong>: You can add more columns as per your choice. To add columns in the table, enter the command in the textbox such as add column for Experience and Leaves then click on Enter and wait till you get a response from the AI assistant. As per description columns will be added to the table.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34690\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1887\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2.jpeg 1887w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2-1024x481.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2-768x361.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2-1536x722.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5Canvas-App-2-660x310.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1887px) 100vw, 1887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> Change column data type<\/strong>: Click on the View column icon to view the properties of the column. You can modify the data type of the column. To change the data type, you can describe changing the data type of column experience to Text and show experience in years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34689\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1920\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2-1024x476.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2-768x357.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2-1536x714.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6Canvas-App-2-660x307.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Add more rows<\/strong>: You can add some rows and change the column\u2019s value of a specific Employee. In that way, you can continue to edit the table as per your choice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34688\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1920\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1-1024x476.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1-768x357.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1-1536x714.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7Canvas-App-1-660x307.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4.<strong> More suggestions<\/strong>: You can tell the AI assistant what you want, and AI will generate a Dataverse table. You can also ask for suggestions from Copilot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34687\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1920\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1-1024x476.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1-768x357.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1-1536x714.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8Canvas-App-1-660x307.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are done with the editing part, click on create app button to create Canvas App<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34686\" style=\"border: 1px solid #0a0a0a; padding: 1px; margin: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App.jpeg\" alt=\"Canvas App\" width=\"1911\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App.jpeg 1911w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App-1024x474.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App-768x356.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App-1536x711.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9Canvas-App-660x306.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1911px) 100vw, 1911px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Copilot helps you to build Canvas App faster and with ease. Even with minimum technical knowledge, one can build the app correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have heard about ChatGPT and it being considered a new way to improve productivity. We might be aware that it helps in developing applications by reducing human efforts. Creating an app manually could be a difficult task as it requires concentrated time, creativity, and energy. 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