Model Driven Apps Crash Course: Power Apps & Dataverse

Name: Model Driven Apps Crash Course: Power Apps & Dataverse
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Discover the fundamentals of Power Apps and Dataverse to build efficient model-driven applications.

Created byAlireza Aliabadi

Last updated 9/2024

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What you'll learn

Build their first model-driven app using Power Apps.
Create and use Dataverse forms, views, and charts.
Design app navigation and add dashboards.
Connect multiple tables and build relationships.
Add Business Process Flows to guide app users.
Customize Dataverse views with filters, groups, and edits.

Course content

6 sections • 31 lectures • 4h 22m total length

Introduction3:06
Explore model driven apps in the power platform, how dataverse powers their features, contrast with canvas apps, and what you can build in this crash course with licensing notes.
Product License for you and your company3:30
Explore premium licensing or the free PowerApps developer plan to build model driven apps, set up a development environment with full admin rights, and distinguish it from production licensing.
Convince your management to get license for MDA development6:44
Convince management to invest in premium model-driven app licensing by presenting a finance demo built on a budget forecast in Dataverse, with export to Excel and import from Excel.
What will I learn in this course?2:12
Explore model-driven apps by building a hello world, mastering views, forms, data visualizations, charts, dashboards, and navigation, then design table relationships, forms, global search, and business process flows in Dataverse.

"Hello World!" as Model Driven App14:35
Create your first model-driven app by packaging a student table in a solution, configuring a publisher, building and publishing the app, and viewing a basic hello world experience.
Views in Model Driven Apps8:09
Drill into model driven app views to manage student data, customize columns, sorting, and filters, publish changes, and export to Excel while exploring active versus inactive views.
Using Dataverse forms in Model Driven Apps7:42
Learn to use Dataverse forms in model-driven apps, customize the main student form by adding first name and last name, publish changes, and manage active versus inactive records with status.
Visualize data in Model Driver Apps12:01
Learn how model-driven apps visualize data using Dataverse charts and Power Apps visualizations, add numeric fields like age and GPA, and configure views and forms for effective insight.
Adding charts to Model Driven Apps (System vs My Charts)6:29
Create and compare system charts and my charts in model driven apps, using the Power Platform designer to build, customize, save, and copy charts, then preview them in the app.
Creating dashboards and adding them to Model Driven Apps13:49
Learn to create a basic dashboard in Power Platform using Dataverse, add a chart, data list, and iframe, and attach it to a model-driven app.
Navigation design in Model Driven Apps15:27
Learn to design model driven app navigation by configuring the navigation bar, collapsible groups, areas, and pages, including home, recent, pinned, and external links via the modern designer.
We just had our toes in the water1:17
Explore the basics of model-driven apps in Power Apps and Dataverse, from data preview and editing to validation, views, forms, filters, charts, and navigation.

Introduction1:19
Bring multiple Dataverse tables into a model-driven app and explore their behavior in relationships, including many-to-many links, while importing Excel data to ensure matching names.
Creating two tables and a one to many relationship15:46
Create two tables with a one-to-many relationship in a model-driven app, linking product category demo to demo product, and import data from an Excel file into Power Apps Dataverse.
It's not about MDA, it's all about Dataverse forms and views8:41
Display one-to-many relationships in a dataverse form and embed it in a model-driven app, using product category and related products with a sub grid.
Update the view inside a Dataverse table form3:23
Update the product category form in dataverse with a custom view showing product name, category, and unit price, filtered by active status and sorted by product name.
Excel export and import with a lookup field10:15
Explore how to export and import products in Excel from a Dataverse app, manage product category lookups, and enforce data validation rules during import.
Adding custom pages to Model Driven Apps13:03
Add custom pages in the environment for a model driven app, publish them as screens with navigation, and insert data, headers, images, and SVG icons via web resources.

How to create and use "Quick create forms"9:47
Learn to enable the quick create form for a table, design a quick create view, and use it across your model driven app to add new records with plus button.
How to create and use "Quick view form"7:21
Create a quick view form to show related category data within a main product form in a model driven app, including the category title and description, and publish the changes.
Working with a Lookup view in the form6:44
Learn how to customize a lookup field in a model-driven app by editing the lookup view, adding columns like description, status, and icon, then publish updates.
Comparing Dataverse column formats in MDA and Canvas Apps15:03
Explore how Dataverse column formats shape forms and the user interface in model driven apps, including data types, validation, and input controls, contrasting with canvas apps.
Let's recap everything we can do with MDA forms8:40
Explore how model driven app forms create, view, edit, and delete records, use quick create and quick view, implement subgrids, tabs and sections, and get more components.

Dataverse views offer more that filter and sort1:22
Explore how Dataverse views in model-driven apps extend beyond filter and sort with global search configuration and view components for grouping and editing.
Configuring Dataverse search and related views in Model Driven Apps14:58
Configure the Dataverse global search in your environment, enable table search, choose searchable columns, add tables to the app, and publish—then wait for indexing to surface results.
Adding grouping and editing to MDA views12:05
Explore adding grouping and editing to model driven app views with grid components, showing related products under categories, and examine read-only vs editable grid behavior and limitations.

What to expect from Business Process Flow4:34
Explore how a business process flow guides product data entry in a model driven app, adding fields for website availability, description review, safety certificate number, certificate verification, and return policy.
Adding field to be used by process flow to the Dataverse table6:03
Add fields in the Dataverse table to support the process flow, including available on website, description reviewed, safety certificate number, safety certificate verified, and return policy note, with form adjustments.
Basic yet stupid rules of building Business Process Flow5:15
Build a model-driven business process flow with stages, conditions, and data steps to enable branching for a single table. Ensure condition data comes from the preceding stage and save.
It's time to build out Business Process Flow and test it17:42
Learn to design and test a complete business process flow in Power Apps using a demo product, including stages, data steps, conditions, and activation in a model-driven app.
What is next?5:14
Explore model driven apps in Power Apps with Dataverse, understand license considerations, and learn how external and virtual tables integrate with model driven apps, compared to canvas apps.

Requirements

No prior experience with Model Driven Apps required.
Access to Power Apps and a Dataverse environment.
Basic understanding of Microsoft Power Apps.
A computer with an internet connection for hands-on practice.

Description

Welcome to the "Model Driven Apps Crash Course: Power Apps & Dataverse"! This course is designed for anyone who wants to start building model-driven apps using Power Apps and Dataverse. If you are new to these tools, don’t worry – we’ll start with the basics and guide you through each step.

In this course, you will learn how to create your first model-driven app and explore features like views, forms, charts, and dashboards. You’ll also learn how to use multiple tables and create relationships between them, which is an important skill when building more complex apps.

We’ll show you how to enhance your app with Dataverse forms, add custom pages, and use special features like Quick Create and Lookup views. You'll also discover how to add a Business Process Flow, which helps users follow a specific process inside your app.

By the end of this course, you will be able to create simple yet powerful model-driven apps that use data from Dataverse. You’ll also gain a better understanding of how these apps can improve your business processes.

Whether you're a beginner or have some experience with Power Apps, this course will help you develop practical skills that you can use in your work or projects. Join now and start building your own model-driven apps!

Who this course is for:

Beginners who want to learn Model Driven Apps in Power Apps.
Business professionals looking to streamline processes with custom apps.
Power Apps users wanting to expand their skills to Model Driven Apps.
IT professionals or developers interested in Dataverse.
Anyone curious about creating data-driven apps without coding expertise.

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 16min

Your first model driven app8 lectures • 1hr 19min

Adding multiple tables and relationship to Model Driven Apps6 lectures • 52min

What is possible using Dataverse forms in MDA5 lectures • 48min

Level up your Dataverse views for Model Driven Apps3 lectures • 28min

Adding Business Process Flow to Model Driven Apps5 lectures • 39min

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