Translating Your InfoPath Formsto PowerApps

LAURA ROGERSIW MENTOR – SHAREPOINT TRAINING

Laura Rogers

• IW Mentor

• SharePoint Trainer at iwMentor.com

• Microsoft MVP for 7 years

• Live in Birmingham, Alabama

• Blog: www.wonderlaura.com

• Author on 7 SharePoint books

• Twitter : @WonderLaura & @IWMentor

Agenda

Intro Form Building Your Next StepsComparisons

Introduction

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

Step 1: Customize a List Form

INFOPATH

• Click a button in the ribbon

POWERAPPS

• Click a button in the ribbon

Getting Familiar with the Interface

• The Data

• Tree View

• Screens

• Galleries

• Forms

• Cards

• Buttons / Navigation

Tree View

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

Views / Screens

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

Screens – like views in InfoPath

Properties

INFOPATH

• OR

POWERAPPS

• OR

Rules

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

The Data

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

The Data

Forms – For user input

Cards – Fields on Forms

• Click the “Eye” icon to pick the fields needed.

• Click the drop-down next to each field, to pick a format.

• Different field types have different format choices.

• Advanced options can be used for any fields.

Form Controls

INFOPATH POWERAPPS

Sub-Lists

INFOPATH

• Repeating tables in form library forms

• Data connections that are view only

POWERAPPS

• Galleries or table controls

• Table control

Conditional Formatting

INFOPATH

• Formatting rules

POWERAPPS

• Pick the correct property first, like Color

If( Value(TextBox1.Text) >= 0, Color.Black, Color.Red )

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Publishing

INFOPATH

• Publish form to SharePoint

• No version control

• No draft version

• Not easy to go from dev to prod

POWERAPPS

Get to Know the Formula BarTHE FORMULA BAR IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND

Actions

• For a button, use the OnSelect property

• Use semicolons in between them

• Common:

• Navigate

• SubmitForm

• NewForm

• EditForm

• Refresh

• Update

• Run a Flow

Formatting / Colors

• First, find the property

• Use RGB codes or color names

• Use If statements for conditional formatting

• If( Value(TextBox1.Text) >= 0, Color.Black, Color.Red )

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