Lab 9

Within this lab, we are going to add two additional elements to our asset tracking app by capturing a picture of the asset and the barcode at the point of entry. The reason for using a barcode during this lab is because most products ship with at least one identifying barcode on them, making testing the solution much simpler.

Activity 1: Updating the data source

First of all, we need to update our data source to be able to receive the two new pieces of data:

1. Open the Excel spreadsheet, Assets.xlsx, which we have been using as our asset store throughout the previous labs.
2. Add a column with the title Asset Photo[image].

3. Add a column with the title Asset Barcode:

   

   Figure 11.11: Excel spreadsheet with added columns

4. Save and close the spreadsheet.

Now that we have prepared our data source, let's update our app so that we can feed data into it.

Activity 2: Updating the Power App to capture a photo

Now, we are going to add two new data cards to the input form in the asset management...