Summary

Within this chapter, we have explored the close relationship between SharePoint and Power Apps, and how Power Apps can greatly enhance the way that you work with data. First of all, we explored how we can create an app directly from SharePoint, which is different from how we created apps in previous chapters, either from scratch or from a template. This is especially useful if you are concentrating on getting your underlying data correct first before starting to develop the app itself. Just remember that not all of the data types within SharePoint will map automatically into your Power Apps form, so complex data types such as Managed Metadata or new data types such as Location will be created but will be read-only.

When generating apps from SharePoint, also keep in mind that it will generate an app based on the mobile canvas, so if you need a tablet canvas, then you’ll need to create that from blank and select SharePoint as the data source.

We also looked at how we can...