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How to Call a Dataverse Custom API from a Canvas App

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:01:32 +0000

Dataverse Custom APIs are a powerful extension model of the PowerPlatform. However, at the time of writing, there are no direct method to execute a Custom API inside the PowerApps Canvas App model.

In this post I will show how to call any Custom API from a Canvas App with the use of a generic Power Automate Flow and the new ParseJSON functionality.

UPDATE 17-FEB-2023

Dataverse Custom APIs can now be called directly from PowerFx in Canvas Apps and Custom Pages. ( still in experimental phase)

Embed Images in Model-Driven In-App Notifications

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 03:38:29 +0000

In-App notifications for Model-Driven apps ( still in preview at the time of writing) exposes a central notification hub in Power Platform model-driven apps and the notifications model provides a fantastic vehicle to deliver contextual and user-specific information.

In this blog post, I will continue my exploration of In-App notifications and show how we can spice things up a little bit and create visually rich and appealing 💎 notifications by embedding images inside the content.

Send Model-Driven In-App Notifications with Power Automate

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:15:43 +0000

I n-App notifications for PowerPlatform Model-Driven apps are now available in preview. The feature provides a central notification hub in the app and the notifications provides a fantastic vehicle to deliver contextual and user-specific information to end users.

While my last post showed how to enable notifications in model-driven apps, let’s see what the real deal is and start creating simple notifications.

As a use case, we will create a Power Automate flow that will notify users whenever a new article is posted on the official PowerApps blog (https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog). Something like this.

Enable Model-Driven In-App Notifications with Power Automate

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:45:22 +0000

In-App notifications for PowerPlatform model-driven apps has been released in public preview ( see official Microsoft blog post below). I am particularly excited about this new feature as it opens up very interesting scenarios that can have a significant impact on the user experience.

App notification with single action

Announcing public preview for in-app notifications in model-driven apps With this public preview, notifications can be send to users within the model-driven app and are displayed using a notification center and notification toasts. powerapps.microsoft.com

Dataverse Custom API: Function (GET) vs Action (POST)

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:45:30 +0000

The new Dataverse Custom API feature ( now in General Availability 🚀) empowers developers with the ability to create their own custom messages to extends the capabilities of the Power Platform. These custom messages are then exposed by the Dataverse endpoints (WebApi and Organizationservice) like other out-of-the-box messages (Create, Update, etc..).

While the Custom API model shares a lot of similarities with the traditional Custom Action model that is available since Dynamics 2013, it also exposes a bunch of unique features that are worth taking a look at.