Chapter 6
Building Data Solutions with Model-Driven Apps
IN THIS CHAPTER
Knowing when model-driven apps are the way to go
Working with the key components to build a model-driven app
Setting up your app’s interface by using forms
Designing views to help the user search the app’s data
Microsoft Power Apps simplifies interface design for model-driven applications (apps) so that you can focus instead on the data these apps handle. Instead of spending time creating screens (as you do with canvas apps; flip back to Chapter 5), your venture into data modeling ensures that every piece of data stored in your Dataverse tables has value. This chapter shows how to plan and build a basic model-driven app, focusing on using Dataverse forms, views, and basic application security.
Exploring Model-Driven Apps from a High-Level
Model-driven apps are entirely component-focused, meaning the user has limited control over the app’s layout. The components selected by the user determine the app’s structure, but instead of manually placing each component on a canvas, Microsoft defines the application’s ...
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