Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps - Training (2024)

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Advocates of Power Apps often brand the platform as easy-to-use. This statement is misleading to an extent. While it's true that Power Apps is easier to learn, compared to traditional programming, there's still a lot of hard work involved.

Metadata means “data about data” and it defines the structure of the data stored in the system. Model-driven apps can't be created without Dataverse tables.

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Crucially, model-driven apps are built upon Microsoft Dataverse, a customisable database, in which users can add their own tables or use those provided.

Model-driven app design is an approach that focuses on adding components such as forms, views and charts and dashboards to tables using an app designer tool. Additionally, relationships connect tables together in a way that permits navigation between them and ensures that data is not repeated unnecessarily.

With MS Power Apps, you can build customized applications with a no to low-code approach. For this purpose, knowledge of the types of Power Apps is crucial. There are three types of Power Apps – Canvas, Model-driven, and Power Pages.

Import your data

Open an app and from the left nav select a table. On the command bar, select the file type to import from: Import from Excel: Select Import from Excel if you're using an Excel template. Import from CSV.

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