Beginning PowerApps: The Non-Developers Guide to Building Business Mobile Applications

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14. Importing and Exporting Data

Tim Leung¹ 

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Reading, UK

 

Getting data in and out of PowerApps is useful because it enables apps to integrate with wider business processes.

Exporting data is particularly useful for reporting and backup purposes. Importing data can be very useful for data migration purposes, or for setting up apps for first-time use.

The are several ways to import and export data from PowerApps. These techniques may appear straightforward, but beyond the simple task of working with a single table of data, there are some difficult challenges that we can face. To import sets of related data, how do we maintain the linkages between parent and child ...