Once you have data within a data source, you need to display it to the app user. There are a number of controls that can be placed onto the canvas that allow you to quickly and easily represent and interact with data.
Displaying data in a gallery
We learned about Gallery controls in Chapter 5, Exploring Controls, while we were investigating the main controls that are used within PowerApps. Galleries are similar to data tables in that they don't actually store data within themselves. They act as an interactive control with an underlying data source. The key time to use a gallery is if you wish to apply a little more design creativity and freedom since you are able to add a number of different controls. Now, let's connect a gallery to a data source and examine the resulting behavior.
There are two ways to connect a gallery to a data source:
- The first way is from within the Properties pane of the gallery, which will display all the data sources that are...
