Power Platform Developers Weekly - Issue #91

🥇 Cover Story

In this blog post, Benedikt explains how the new Settings solution component is working and how you can start using it. A very detailed post covering every aspect of this new component. Kudos!!

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Mehdi goes rogue in this post by transforming a model-driven app into a multi-session app (unsupported). While he does that he uses the new settings component to showcase how useful this can be in various scenairos.

In this blog post, Temmy showcases a way to create complex auto-numbers with ease using Azure SQL sequencing.

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

In this article, Matt will teach you everything about creating awesome Power Apps patch forms and guide you through an in-depth tutorial.

Have you ever wanted to throw away the drop-downs that Power Apps supplies for time fields and simply have the user enter a valid time? Check this post.

😎 Power Automate

Sara navigates us through the hurdles when it comes to double expand queries in cloud flows. She shows us a brilliant way of getting the data from such queries.

In this post, Phil uses cloud flows to do a bulk delete operation instead of using the classic out-of-the-box bulk delete interface to schedule the job. He also explains the advantages and disadvantages of this method.

🚀 PCF & Custom Pages

Scott explains in which circumstances your code components can silently fail when trying to use the sort functionality.

👍 Everything else in Power Platform

In this blog post, Benedikt explains how it is possible to set Environment Variables and Connection References in Pipelines.

Now that the Power Apps Portals supports a progressive web app; Nick explains to us what does that actually means.

⛅ Around Azure

Use the Azure Resource Graph explorer and KQL (Kusto Query Language) queries to quickly discover any certificates that expire soon. Handy tips!

November comes to a close with the long-awaited ability to subscribe to scheduled cost emails, new cost recommendations for Azure Data Explorer and Cosmos DB, and 10 new cost saving opportunities, and 11 documentation updates. Enjoy!

🎮 Other Interesting Articles

Conditional Power Automate flow triggers for SharePoint Online Pages and NEWS Post - Mohamed Ashiq Faleel

Set other User’s time zone in bulk using User Settings Utility - Priyesh Wagh

Which web page was my Dynamics 365 Marketing form submitted from? - Amey Holden

Move to Next Stage using JavaScript in BPF - Venkata Polisetty

🎥 Videos

🔊 Podcasts

In this episode, Daryl and Scott speak with Tricia Sinclair about Power Platform School, and Voice Channel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service.

🐤 Tweets of the week

Clarissa Gillingham | #PowerAddict | #MVP@ClarissaGillin2

Wait a sec, when did this appear?! 🤩🤩🤩 #PowerApps #SecretUpdate #BadlyDrawnHappyFaces #YoThoseMSPaintSkillsTho This is a fantastic step in the right direction 🤓 #FindAndReplace in your #PowerFx formulae!! https://t.co/ZWMrmkUvK5

1:05 AM · Jan 19, 2023

Khalid 🎄@buhakmeh

💥 Nobody wants exceptions at runtime. ☢️ Keep everyone safe by using the as operator to perform a safe cast. 📦 Either get the value you are expecting or a nullable value type. @dotnet #csharp #developers #dotnet https://t.co/8T2w5RtZOE

1:05 AM · Jan 19, 2023

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