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Calculate ‘Total Days This Month’ Using Power Fx
New year, new challenge! This week I was asked to adapt one of our internal Canvas Apps that was used for an exercise challenge in December to track miles, so that the leaderboard resets to ‘0 miles’ at the beginning of each month. Our team’s goal is to log the… Continue reading…
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Handling Missing User Profile Photos in Canvas Apps
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time working with photos in Canvas Apps in order to create more of a visual impact in my user interface design. Often this photo can come from the Office 365 User’s profile photo upload but we can’t necessarily predict or control whether the… Continue reading…
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Create a Rolling Calendar Year in Canvas Apps
Earlier this week I had a requirement to create a screen that would help others forecast an activity for the next 12 months. Whilst I was happy working with the data model, ensuring that the year was based on this month and the next eleven was more difficult than I… Continue reading…
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Visualise Your Day’s Meetings in Canvas Apps
With Microsoft expanding their suite of apps every month, it can be difficult to create the right view of data for you to personally consume without context switching. Recently I have been exploring the Office365Outlook Connector in Canvas Apps to bring a day view of my calendar into a Power… Continue reading…
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Choosing The Right Data Source for Power Apps & Power Automate
One of the biggest challenges that we face when building apps and automations is the decision on where to store my data. Sometimes this choice may be dictated to us based on licensing and architectural factors, however, if you have a choice of options then this blog post is for… Continue reading…
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Consistent Y-Axis in Model-Driven App Charts
This week I faced a very old school problem with model-driven apps from the days of working on-premise with Dynamics CRM, I needed to show two different series on the same graph, but every time I would view the chart it would show me two different scales on the same… Continue reading…
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Reduce Columns Created in a Collection in Canvas Apps
One of the first lessons when getting to grips with Canvas Apps was that you should always use Collections where possible to reduce the number of calls to the original data source, and with any luck, you may see a performance increase as a result too. However, I often find… Continue reading…
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Keeping Calm Whilst Troubleshooting Software Bugs
As a manager of a team of consultants, I no longer have my own configuration problems anymore, so troubleshooting is a theme that plays into every single working day. When I started 10+ years ago, seeing an error would fill me with dread, sweat, and stress that I just couldn’t… Continue reading…
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Welcome!
I’m Aaron, and this is my blog where I share all sorts of Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365 experiences. I am the Head of Power Platform at an organisation that specialises in change management & digital adoption, and absolutely love engaging with people with real productivity challenges.
The user’s perspective is at the heart of everything that I do, and whilst this blog may not be the most technical, you can guarantee that each outcome will result in an improved user experience.
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