United States of America
Session Abstract
The Canvas App Form Control has been a source of frustration for many across the Power Platform community due to rigid layout options, and general mystery surrounding the order of operations. Users that attempt to customize their SharePoint List and Library forms through the Power Apps integration feature, eventually wind up deleting the Form Control immediately in favor of alternative controls that offer greater flexibility, structure, and ease of use. This GCC-friendly presentation and demo will show how to leverage flexible containers, named formulas, with a smidge of timing, to create dynamic and responsive form controls and applications that work with your data to enhance the end-user experience. Topics covered during this session will include Canvas App Form Controls, Flexible Containers, and Named Formulas; nuances of the Form Control Data Cards, with how and when to leverage them for the best user experience; plus, tips, tricks, and non-documented discoveries for creating responsive form layouts based on user input. By the end attendees should have a better understanding of the nuances of the Canvas App Form Control; know how to leverage flexible containers to create responsive layouts; use Named Formulas to create apps that are quickly updatable; and understand how various data types operate between the form and a data source like SharePoint or Microsoft Lists.
Note to event organizers
This session could be a straight presentation, over the course of 55-mins, but would be most impactful as a combo presentation and hands-on session, over a period of 2-3 hours.
Cat Schneider
Experienced data specialist and Power Platform+SharePoint+Teams enthusiast with a demonstrated history of innovation for the past 14+ years of work in the public sector. Skilled in Microsoft-based Applications, Quality Assurance, and Databases. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) focused in Biology from Florida State University. Self-taught coder with a never-ending thirst for learning more, and helping others to learn and better their coding skills.