A common request in Power Apps is the ability to do Cascading Dropdowns. We’ve posted about this before, but it’s always worth a re-visit since there’s different ways to achieve this. Today, I’m going to show you how to create cascading dropdowns in a Power App from an existing SharePoint list. Let’s dive in.
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As a Modern Workplace consultant with an emphasis in Microsoft 365, I deliver solutions architected in SharePoint Online with Teams and Power Platform. I could call myself a developer, an architect, a consultant, a data specialist etc. but I prefer to refer to myself as a therapist. It started out jokingly, but now that I’ve been an IT Professional for over 10 years, I’m more convinced than ever that I chose the right title.
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I probably don’t have to tell you this, but just in case, PowerApps are versatile no code or low code solutions you can create to simplify processes for your end users. One of the most common PowerApps is a personalized form for data entry or selection. PowerApps has a lot of built in controls that are a breeze to just click and add, but if you don’t mind getting your hands a little dirty you can really tailor your app and make it easy for users to put in data with integrity. One of my favorite ways to do this is with a cascading drop-down, or basically two drop-downs that have related fields. Whatever you select in drop-down 1 impacts the choices available in drop-down 2. For example, if you’re building an order form, you might have a drop-down for category, then a second drop-down for product. Let’s look at how you might put that together.
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Editor's Note: Please check out our new blog post on this subject, written by Rob Perillo.
Licensing for Microsoft products and services is often confusing, befuddling, or downright incomprehensible. The licensing for Power Apps and Power Automate is no exception, mostly due to two major sets of changes in 2019 and several minor changes during the life of the products. The goal of this article is to clear up as much of the confusion as possible by documenting Power Apps and Power Automate licensing.
This blog post was last updated on July 2, 2021.
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In my previous blog post we created a Chat Bot using Azure Static Web Sites, LUIS, SharePoint, Logic Apps, and Microsoft Teams. I had a blast digging into all the technologies and making them work together.
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