The app creation process

In order to create an app from SharePoint, we first of all need to create the data structure. The process we are about to follow applies to SharePoint lists, therefore we must begin by creating our basic data structure.

Preparing your list within SharePoint

This is the first time that we will look at creating an app based on data that we have already created and, for that, we will need to create a list within SharePoint. As previously mentioned, if the list can be viewed in the modern user interface, then you can access the Power Apps menu and customize the form.

We need to start building our lists to hold our data. These could either be single lists or lists that use lookup columns to reference from other lists on our SharePoint site. We can create columns using all of the SharePoint data types; however, there are some limitations that you should be aware of. The more complex fields such as calculated columns and the Managed Metadata columns, and the newer fields...