In the previous postwe saw how we can create a new custom entity in common data model. In this post let\’s do a quick walkthrough of how we can consume it in powerApps and create/update data for that entity from powerapp.
In the bottom left corner of the powerapp portal you will find the button to create a new app
Select if you want to use the powerapps studio for windows or the powerapps studio for web to create the new app. In this example I choose Powerapp studio for Web
Microsoft provides out of the box templates for creating apps. Let\’s create a simple phone layout app for connecting to CDM database via Common Data Service
You will land on the connections page. Here we can see the CDM database we created in previous post. Once you select the CDM DB then you can see the desired entity . Notice we can see our custom \”Approved vendors\” entity
Click Connect
The app building service will run and take around a minute to build a default app for the selected entity
You will land in the designer window of the created app. The system created a basic 3 page app (based on the template we selected) to view and edit the data of the entity and also shows the data in the preview.
We can navigate to different pages to see how it looks
Now let\’s save the app on the cloud, to do this go to File –> Save as –> Select the cloud option and give it a name and save it
Once this is finished you can access the app from other devices.
I installed powerApps on my Android phone and logged in. The new app was visible under My apps.
On opening the App I can view the data on my mobile phone.
Below are screenshots from my mobile
Notice that the vendor ID field shows the lookup by fetching the data from the CDM vendors entity
Once the record is saved we can edit it again
We can go back to CDM database and view the data of the entity. The new records we created from the App is visible here.
Users can build their own apps without writing a single line of code by leveraging the out of box available templates. Store them on Cloud and share with other users of their company.
This is a big game changer as smart users can now leverage all the tools and power from the cloud to be more productive and use the systems in much powerful and smarter ways.
