This was a perfect example of how i think you add so much value mate. When you focus of deep-diving a particular skill/subject. BRILLIANT (and though my tight-fisted company wont let me use Dataverse, this still gives me some immense value as i can now map SPO to Dataverse in your subsequent vids. You are a star! Going back to your 'Event Judging Power Apps Complete Build', I think there is some tremendous stuff in there that could be used in the format i think is your best approach - you demo'd variables within variables i.e. functions referencing variables that themselves referenced variables. I think this would be an invaluable deep-dive subject. Yours, the frog!
What a nice simple video of Dataverse. I will really love if you did and deep dive in to the access to the different column for the different user and show how to share it with other user between the dev en to the production env. Keep up the good work, have seen alot of your small tricks❤️
I agree with previous comments RE migrating Dataverse tables into other environments. I might be misremembering but it seems to me I ended up with two Contacts tables rather than just having the custom bits from the Contacts table in the first environment appended to the environment I was importing it into. Still totally worth learning/using Dataverse though, thx for your video again this week.
Great video! Question (non-developer here): We conduct hundreds of interviews a year. I need to create a digital interview rating app with a front end question submittal interface for raters. They submit questions, an analyst approves, the day of interviews the questions are loaded for raters to rate candidates. What’s the best way to handle this from a dataverse table perspective? Questions in one table, ratings in another?
Go check out this video. ruclips.net/video/7XXo9wjnJvc/видео.html It was built using SharePoint but it would 100% work the same way in Dataverse. 😎 I think it will give you the flexibilty you are looking for.
Idea for content (which has been done a million times, but not with all new controls) is Adding a person picker to a new form (Old Combo box?) . Submitting updates to the new form, when the user info has not changed. (Not using Patch!). I have had to use and If statement and the claims details... - Basically a deep dive in new controls / new form / Submit form where a people picker is involved 💥💥
Thanks for the idea. I will put in the brain and see what happens. Not going to be soon though, I still don't think people should be using the modern controls for production. 🤷 So still avoiding content on them for now.
I appreciate the bit at the end about licensing, but isn't it possible to sort of get around that using Dataverse for Teams? For example, if I build an app in a Dataverse for Teams environment, can't I share that with other users (specific users, not everyone) in the organization in a way that they can use it without a premium license?
Yes, as long as you stay in the D4T box so to speak. But man, D4T isn't the best, it has a lot of little gotchas, and we rarely use it in real world scenarios. So, I don't ever even think about it. I probably should more but...
@@ShanesCows In our situation (large private university) the money will never be there for premium licensing. I have a few SharePoint-backed apps that would really benefit from Dataverse, so D4T is kind of the only option I have, unfortunately.
@@ShanesCows I'm actually using D4T in a "real world scenario" -- in a very real way. It was the only way I could, because I could never get premium licensing. I've never tried use SharePoint for data. What exactly are the gotachas with D4T? What advantages would we have if we used SharePoint?
Thank you for this. Good info. I have found the Dataverse table and column prefixes cause problems when trying to migrate from one environment to another. Have you already done (or can you do one) a video on migrating your power app /power automate apps/flows and their custom Dataverse tables from a dev environment to a production environment?
I don't have any videos on it but I should. The problem, as you have found, it is only kind of works most of the times. :( I have never been bit by prefixes but nothing shocks my anymore. Those should get pulled through. HMMM.
@@ShanesCows I have also had problems migrating from dev to prod with power apps and power automate flow that use SharePoint lists. Even though the site name, list names, and column names were the same in the two SP environments, the GUIDs are different, so I found I had to go to each action that referenced a list item and update them, which was very time consuming. Any tips and tricks you have for developers on moving between dev and prod would be very helpful.
@@tompettijohnare you using environment variables for your data source? We just pop the variables in the solution, point to the DEV SP list etc. Use the variables within the flows and then when importing to Test / Prod you update the endpoint the variable looks at during the migration.
Where's the Dataverse icon that sat above "Tables" in the left-hand menu in past videos? Has that gone away? I have E5 and F3 accounts and I added a Power Apps Premium license 5 days ago. I don't see the Dataverse icon in the left menu, the default and the development environments both say that Dataverse is enabled but I am unable to create tables. Is there some administration I need to do? Microsoft support isn't helping.
I think you can get by without Solutions to start. But yeah, if you are doing any type of multi-environement then they become a must. Most people don't do do multi-environment in my experience. :)
Every seconds of this video worth it. Thank you.
Appreciate the kind words 🤩
This was a perfect example of how i think you add so much value mate. When you focus of deep-diving a particular skill/subject. BRILLIANT (and though my tight-fisted company wont let me use Dataverse, this still gives me some immense value as i can now map SPO to Dataverse in your subsequent vids. You are a star! Going back to your 'Event Judging Power Apps Complete Build', I think there is some tremendous stuff in there that could be used in the format i think is your best approach - you demo'd variables within variables i.e. functions referencing variables that themselves referenced variables. I think this would be an invaluable deep-dive subject. Yours, the frog!
Thank you my favorite green friend! Note taken, I always appreciate any feedback. Hope you have a hoppy week!
@@ShanesCows how dare you.... Toads Hop, Frogs Leap 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a nice simple video of Dataverse.
I will really love if you did and deep dive in to the access to the different column for the different user and show how to share it with other user between the dev en to the production env.
Keep up the good work, have seen alot of your small tricks❤️
Great suggestions! I will put it in the mental hopper for Dataverse content. Thanks.
I agree with previous comments RE migrating Dataverse tables into other environments. I might be misremembering but it seems to me I ended up with two Contacts tables rather than just having the custom bits from the Contacts table in the first environment appended to the environment I was importing it into. Still totally worth learning/using Dataverse though, thx for your video again this week.
A very good Introduction to Dataverse Shane. Great Video
Thanks for watching
Great video! Question (non-developer here): We conduct hundreds of interviews a year. I need to create a digital interview rating app with a front end question submittal interface for raters. They submit questions, an analyst approves, the day of interviews the questions are loaded for raters to rate candidates. What’s the best way to handle this from a dataverse table perspective? Questions in one table, ratings in another?
Go check out this video. ruclips.net/video/7XXo9wjnJvc/видео.html It was built using SharePoint but it would 100% work the same way in Dataverse. 😎 I think it will give you the flexibilty you are looking for.
Thanks for sharing Shane. I always manage to pick up at least one 💡from all your videos 💥💥
Idea for content (which has been done a million times, but not with all new controls) is Adding a person picker to a new form (Old Combo box?) . Submitting updates to the new form, when the user info has not changed. (Not using Patch!). I have had to use and If statement and the claims details... - Basically a deep dive in new controls / new form / Submit form where a people picker is involved 💥💥
Thanks for the idea. I will put in the brain and see what happens. Not going to be soon though, I still don't think people should be using the modern controls for production. 🤷 So still avoiding content on them for now.
Great video - i have noticed though that i cannot change the datatype on most columns once created
Yeah, I feel like they used to be more flexible 🫤 Guess you better get it right on the first try. 😎
@@ShanesCows yeah that’s it! Super content- love the way you deliver stuff.
Thank you Shane
you are welcome
I appreciate the bit at the end about licensing, but isn't it possible to sort of get around that using Dataverse for Teams? For example, if I build an app in a Dataverse for Teams environment, can't I share that with other users (specific users, not everyone) in the organization in a way that they can use it without a premium license?
Yes, as long as you stay in the D4T box so to speak. But man, D4T isn't the best, it has a lot of little gotchas, and we rarely use it in real world scenarios. So, I don't ever even think about it. I probably should more but...
@@ShanesCows In our situation (large private university) the money will never be there for premium licensing. I have a few SharePoint-backed apps that would really benefit from Dataverse, so D4T is kind of the only option I have, unfortunately.
@@ShanesCows I'm actually using D4T in a "real world scenario" -- in a very real way. It was the only way I could, because I could never get premium licensing. I've never tried use SharePoint for data. What exactly are the gotachas with D4T? What advantages would we have if we used SharePoint?
Nice, thanks Shane.
You are welcome, hope it helps.
excellent video
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this. Good info. I have found the Dataverse table and column prefixes cause problems when trying to migrate from one environment to another. Have you already done (or can you do one) a video on migrating your power app /power automate apps/flows and their custom Dataverse tables from a dev environment to a production environment?
I don't have any videos on it but I should. The problem, as you have found, it is only kind of works most of the times. :( I have never been bit by prefixes but nothing shocks my anymore. Those should get pulled through. HMMM.
@@ShanesCows I have also had problems migrating from dev to prod with power apps and power automate flow that use SharePoint lists. Even though the site name, list names, and column names were the same in the two SP environments, the GUIDs are different, so I found I had to go to each action that referenced a list item and update them, which was very time consuming. Any tips and tricks you have for developers on moving between dev and prod would be very helpful.
@@tompettijohnare you using environment variables for your data source? We just pop the variables in the solution, point to the DEV SP list etc. Use the variables within the flows and then when importing to Test / Prod you update the endpoint the variable looks at during the migration.
@@SenZubEanS Thanks
Where's the Dataverse icon that sat above "Tables" in the left-hand menu in past videos? Has that gone away? I have E5 and F3 accounts and I added a Power Apps Premium license 5 days ago. I don't see the Dataverse icon in the left menu, the default and the development environments both say that Dataverse is enabled but I am unable to create tables. Is there some administration I need to do? Microsoft support isn't helping.
It says now Tables. If you aren't saying it then someone needs to give you security access.
Solution layer is a must-know for beginners when using dataverse and solutions. I was trapped and tortured by it few weeks ago.
I think you can get by without Solutions to start. But yeah, if you are doing any type of multi-environement then they become a must. Most people don't do do multi-environment in my experience. :)
Thanks Shane, what´s about people picker?
You create a Lookup to the Users table 😎
@@ShanesCows Got it, the table name is 'Microsoft Entra ID'
What about multi select person,how to patch them and how to retrive them, as simple as like sharepoint.@ShanesCows