{"id":21786,"date":"2022-10-03T20:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/whats-new-power-apps-september-2022-feature-update\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:33:29","slug":"whats-new-power-apps-september-2022-feature-update","status":"publish","type":"power-apps","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/whats-new-power-apps-september-2022-feature-update\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new: Power Apps September 2022 Feature Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Welcome to the Power Apps monthly feature update! We will use this blog to share a summary of product, community, and learning updates from throughout the month so you can access it in one easy place. A variety of new and highly anticipated features are now available which we are very excited to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These updates are in addition to the announcements already shared the Microsoft Power Platform Conference in September including Cards for Power Apps, Coauthoring<\/strong>, and Maker matching<\/strong>. You can read more about them in Ryan Cunningham’s blog here, Power Apps brings collaboration to center stage with 3 big announcements | Microsoft Power Apps<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maker Productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n End User Productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are happy to announce support SharePoint list image columns for both read and write scenarios.\u202f It is currently being deployed and will be in all regions by Oct 7.\u202f Previously we only supported reading images. \u202fBut, you can now create a Power App to read, create, update and delete SharePoint column images directly in a Power App.\u202f You can also choose to get either the full version of the image or various thumbnail sizes:\u202f Small, Medium, and Large.\u202f Use specific thumbnail sizes for optimal performance. For example, use Small for a gallery or Medium for a form.\u202f Large images might be used for detailed inspection. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n With Named Formulas, you can simplify your app\u2019s initialization, reduce app load time, reuse logic, and improve the maintainability of your apps. Named Formulas derive from how this feature appears in Excel, in the \u201cName Manager.\u201d In Excel, you can name any cell and refer to that name throughout the workbook. It adds a level of indirection that allows you to move that cell reference by name rather than by location. And inspiring the introduction into Power Fx, it also allows you to bind a name to a formula that isn\u2019t in a cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today in Power Fx, you write formulas for the properties of the controls in your app. You can refer to those properties from other formulas to reuse the result of calculation. But you are limited by the controls and their properties. What if you could effectively create your own properties, create your own points of reuse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at Power Fx: Introducing Named Formulas | Microsoft Power Apps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The JSON format has seen widespread adoption in serializing application objects for systems communications and saving of state. Many services today offer RESTful services that communicate via JSON payloads, including services such as SharePoint and Azure DevOps. Power Apps provides a large amount of out of the box connectors, many of which talk to services via JSON and provide Power Fx types as input and output. But there are cases where either a service can provide very dynamic JSON payloads, or the data is provided as text but in practice contains JSON objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020 we released an experimental feature called Dynamic Schema which addresses specific scenarios such as custom fields on Azure DevOps work items. The standard connector for Azure DevOps can only know about standard Azure DevOps fields, but a \u201ccapture schema\u201d feature allows a maker to have Power Apps capture the output of the connector call and adapt the schema based on what the output provides. A maker can subsequently work with the connector in Power Fx as if the fields were always part of the connector\u2019s schema. This is a fairly static \u201cupdate\u201d to the schema that can be made when authoring the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The experimental release of ParseJSON addresses the other end of the spectrum and provides an important base in the Power Fx language and runtime to bridge the areas in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at Power Fx: Introducing ParseJSON | Microsoft Power Apps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Makers can now go ahead and manage related table navigation in the Related<\/strong> tab through modern form designer. With this feature, makers can navigate within the form to view a list of related table rows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at Add relationships in a model-driven app form in Power Apps – Power Apps | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n A completely new way to design and deliver mini-apps directly inside Microsoft Teams using low code. By embedding essential micro-experiences directly in Teams, you can bring your conversation and workflow together like never before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at What are cards? (Preview) – Power Apps | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Creator Kit, published by the Microsoft Power CAT team, is a collection of 24+ Fluent UI controls and templates for Power Apps makers to create delightful app experiences more rapidly. All controls and components included in the kit use the\u202fFluent UI<\/a>\u202fframework to help easily create consistent, beautiful, and effective user experiences for custom business applications. We\u2019ve gotten a lot of great feedback since initial release in May, and we announced the stable release of the Creator Kit in September, indicating the components are ready to be used in your production business applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The kit provides many improvements that will impact Power Platform makers, users, and admins: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at Introducing the Creator Kit \u2013 Efficiently create performant Fluent UI based Power Apps | Microsoft Power Apps<\/a> and Set up the Creator Kit – Power Platform | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Maker Productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power Apps supports the new SharePoint list image column type for both read and write <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Power Fx: Introducing Named Formulas <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Power Fx : ParseJSON function<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Managing related tables in modern form designer <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
End User Productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cards for Power Apps <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Efficiently create performant Fluent UI based Power Apps with the Creator Kit <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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