Microsoft Power Automate for Power Apps developers

Name: Microsoft Power Automate for Power Apps developers
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Learn how to overcome Microsoft Power Apps limitations using Power Automate Flow

Created byAlireza Aliabadi

Last updated 11/2023

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What you'll learn

When you need to use Power Automate Flow in Power Apps projects
Different ways to call Power Automate Flow from inside Power Apps
Typical mistakes in Power Apps-Power Automate integration
Simple and complex data exchange between Power Apps and Power Automate
Troubleshooting integration issues and common errors

Course content

8 sections • 47 lectures • 8h 14m total length

Who can benefit from this course?2:38
Check if this is the right course for you!
The course roadmap5:18
Course outlines:
Creating a Flow that can be called from Power Apps
Scenarios in which we have to use Power Automate in Power Apps
Understanding synchronous and asynchronous calls between Power Apps and Flow
Exchanging simple and complex data types between Power Apps and Flow
Using Power automate and Power apps without direct call and why should we care about it
Using Power Automate to connect Power Apps to other REST APIs
Security and deployment of Power Apps and Power Automate integration
Before we start, lets see how ready you are3:42
JSON, Power Apps and Power Automate

Creating and testing a Flow that Power Apps can call6:29
Build a very simple Flow in Power Automate
Test the Flow and make sure it works
Creating a PowerApps app that calls Microsoft Flow4:29
Let's recap what we learned so far3:02
Power apps now uses the Powerapps V2 trigger for all flows, which are instant and require per-user permissions, and flows cannot be called across different environments or tenancies.

Understanding the difference3:26
Understanding the difference between synchronous and asynchronous calls
Creating a PowerApps app that fires a Flow and monitors the outcome11:45
Let's plan out the work and do our work setup
Enabling synchronous call on Power Automate Flow9:45
Learn to enable synchronous calls from Power Apps to Power Automate by adding a response action, making the flow wait for completion and refreshing the UI.
PowerApps-Power automate call isn't perfect9:05
Does PowerApps lock the screen when synchronous call is in progress?
What happens when we navigate to another screen?
Let's find out!
Typical considerations8:44
Block the screen during a flow by overlaying a rectangle with a spinner to prevent interaction. Provide feedback and manage synchronous versus asynchronous calls in Power Apps and Power Automate.

Simple vs complex input parameters for Power Automate Flow11:54
Learn how to pass simple and complex parameters from Power Apps to a Power Automate flow using the Power Apps v2 trigger, and add the data to a SharePoint list.
Understanding JSON/Complex parameters6:33
In this lecture we learn how to pack multiple parameters in a JSON string.
Processing a JSON/Complex parameter inside Power Automate Flow8:50
In this lecture we create the Flow that accepts the JSON string, parses the properties and inserts the values to SharePoint list.
Do we really need to use JSON parameters while we can use simple values instead?15:41
In this lecture we discuss about the reasons for using JSON instead of simple parameters.
Capturing return values from Flow call12:07
Learn how to capture return values from a Power Automate flow in Power Apps by defining the JSON schema, binding the response, and returning a result.
Let's practice what we learned so far - Project definition5:38
In this lecture and next 3 lectures we build a project to experience the design process and data modeling for message exchange between PowerApps and Power Automate
Creating SharePoint lists for project8:11
Let's create lists for the project inside SharePoint
Building a complex JSON object inside PowerApps21:34
In this lecture we create a PowerApps screen that creates order object in JSON format with an array of order items inside it.
Processing the complex JSON order in Power Automate Flow22:02
This is the post important lecture in this course.
In this lecture you will learn how to process a complex JSON object sent from PowerApps, in Power Automate and send every property to the right list in SharePoint.

Is it really necessary?1:47
Explore when to call a Power Automate flow from Power Apps without using the trigger, and assess the best scenarios, architectural implications, and potential challenges.
Let's actually call a Flow from PowerApps without PowerApps trigger12:10
Let's see how we can actually fire a Flow without PowerApps Trigger
Workflow scenarios are not as simple as the client thinks8:54
Creating PowerApps part of our project20:44
Learn how to build a Power Apps canvas app backed by a SharePoint list and integrate Power Automate for multi-step approvals, including submitting, manager approval, and director review.
Completing the project by building the Flow and testing it23:36
Preparing security and licensing3:29
Explore security and licensing in indirect calls between Power Apps and Power Automate, via a simple app adding a SharePoint list item and a flow copying to a second list.
Difference between direct or indirect calls in security13:15
Saving on licensing fees using Power Automate10:04
Better alternative to Power Automate - Logic Apps15:31
In this lecture we discuss Power Automate limitations for large implementations and have a quick introduction to Logic Apps.
Warnings on indirect call between PowerApps and Power Automate5:15
Let's summarize what we learned so far in this section and get aware of potential issues

What are we going to learn in this section?2:45
Creating our first REST API using Power Automate12:20
Create a rest api with Power Automate using the when an http request is received trigger, passing parameters via the relative path or a json body, and test with Postman.
Calling our first REST APIs using Postman10:22
Learn to call rest APIs from Power Apps using Postman, with get and post methods, relative paths, json bodies, and status codes like 200 and 202.
Capturing REST API response15:22
Discover how to capture title and age with a post, create a SharePoint item, return the id, and fetch items with get, highlighting maintainability and security of a web api.
Calling REST APIs from inside a Flow17:36
Calling a REST API from PowerApps using custom connectors23:31

Introduction to security requirements8:35
Creating Azure AD Group and granting permissions to PowerApps, Flow & SharePoint9:34
Create an active directory security group, add members, and grant run permissions to Power Apps and instant flows; grant contribute access to SharePoint lists, with inheritance broken as needed.
Creating, using and securing Shared Mailbox13:34
Introduction to Power Platform Environments8:46
In this lecture we learn about Power Platform environments and how to create them.
Deploying a PowerApps-Power Automate "Package" to another environment11:40
If all the flows that you use in your solution are directly called from PowerApps, then this might be your easiest way to deploy your PowerApps/Power Automate bundle.
Deploying PowerApps and Power Automate in a solution - part 19:11
Build and deploy complete Power Platform solutions by including apps, flows, and connections in a single solution. Export as unmanaged or managed for dev and QA environments, with read-only production.
Deploying PowerApps and Power Automate in a solution - part 228:47
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Let's review what we learned in this course and plan the next steps

Requirements

Familiarity with Microsoft Power Apps
Familiarity with Power Automate
Familiarity with JSON (Java Script Object Notation)

Description

If you are a PowerApps developer, you know very well that there are some limitations especially when it comes to performing background tasks. Power Automate is a great extension to Power Apps functionality. This course is all about utilizing Power Automate capabilities to extend your PowerApps project.

This course is not a Power Automate training course. It is all about:

Understanding scenarios that Power Automate Flow can help solve a PowerApps limitation
Learning how to call Power Automate Flow from PowerApps
Learning to exchange simple and complex parameters between PowerApps app and Power Automate Flow
Understanding scenarios that Power Automate can be called indirectly from PowerApps without using a direct trigger
How to build non-sequential workflows using PowerApps and Power Automate integration
Security and permission delegation between PowerApps and Power Automate
Building and using Shared Mailbox in PowerApps - Power Automate integration
Understanding Power platform environments
Deploying solutions that involve PowerApps and Power Automate integration to different environments
Learning how to call REST APIs from Power Apps using custom connectors and Power Automate
Using REST APIs to break complex Power Automate Flows to smaller and more manageable flows.

Please keep that in mind that this is an intermediate level course. It is a bit fast pace and requires basic knowledge of PowerApps and Power Automate. Feel free to message instructor in case you need help understanding basic concepts to continue with this course.

Who this course is for:

Microsoft Power Apps developers that would like to utilize Power Automate functionality to their App

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 12min

Creating a Flow that can be called from Power Apps3 lectures • 14min

Scenarios in which we have to use Power Automate in Power Apps3 lectures • 20min

Understanding synchronous and asynchronous calls between Power Apps and Flow5 lectures • 43min

Exchanging simple and complex data types between Power Apps and Flow9 lectures • 1hr 53min

Firing Power Automate Flow from PowerApps without PowerApps trigger (V2)10 lectures • 1hr 55min

Using Power Automate to connect PowerApps to other REST APIs6 lectures • 1hr 22min

Security, Permissions and deployment to another environment8 lectures • 1hr 37min

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