Top 25 Power Apps Tips, Tricks & Best Practices for Makers

This Power App Tutorial video includes TOP 25 Microsoft Power Apps tips, tricks and best practices. The Tips, Examples, performance optimization techniques and How To's showcased in video are built keeping Power App makers (beginner, intermediate) in mind.

Top 25 PowerApps Tips & Tricks include:

• Select the right data sources for your Power Apps
• Power Apps connectors
• Know your PowerApps license
• Limit number of data connections in Power Apps
• Power Apps coding standards and guidelines
• Code commenting and formatting
• Formula Reference Guide for PowerApps
• Use Monitor Tool
• Power Apps UI design, using HTML control, Modern fluent controls, UI inspiration, etc.
• Power Apps Components and Component Libraries
• Make configurable components, 10 reusable components & Creator Kit
• Power Apps Delegation for Beginners
  (working with 500 or 200 delegable limit)
• Minimize Power App controls (not more than 500 per App)
• Optimize Power Apps On Start function
• App Checker: Remove unused variables and media files
• Reset multiple controls in Power Apps
• Avoid if condition for Boolean outputs
• Nested if else Vs Switch function - Power Fx
• Using With function to avoid repeated formulas
• Use Variables and Collections
• Cache lookup data, avoid N:1 query in Galleries, nested galleries
• Use Version Notes and Publish Power Apps regularly

Helpful Links:

Power Fx formula reference for Power Apps

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/formula-reference

Comparing Microsoft Lists, Dataverse for Teams, and Dataverse:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/teams/compare-data-sources

Tips and best practices to improve performance of canvas apps:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/performance-tips

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/considerations-for-optimized-performance-in-power-apps/

Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release planner

https://experience.dynamics.com/releaseplans/?app=Power+Apps&status=planned&rp=all-plans

Understand delegation in a canvas app

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/delegation-overview

In this Video

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction to Top 25 Power Apps Tips, Tricks & Best Practices for Makers

00:21 - Select the best data source for Power Apps

01:07 - PowerApps connectors (standard vs premium)

01:33 - How to find out your license in Power Apps (license plans)

02:07 - Limit data connections in Power Apps

03:49 - Power Apps Canvas coding standards and guidelines

05:11 - Comments in Power Apps formula bar - single line and block comments

05:55 - PowerApps formula reference (Power Fx)

07:13 - How to get latest authoring version of Power Apps and Track release planner (new features)

08:25 - Power Apps design ideas and examples

10:02 - Hide the top navigation bar when running Power App

10:40 - Use Components in Power Apps

11:51 - Examples of Power Apps Components<