Testing the New Project Tracker Feature in Power Apps
In this video, UG Expert and Microsoft MVP Heidi Neuhauser tests out a new feature available in Power Apps.
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Key Takeaways
- Overview: In her live test, Heidi is exploring a new feature in the Power Apps maker portal that uses natural language prompts to define business problems and create solutions. She demonstrates the process by using a prompt to create a project tracking solution, which has the potential to save time for project managers when presenting plans to stakeholders.
- Creating tables: Next, Heidi shows how to create and modify tables in the Power Apps maker portal. She demonstrates how to generate tables for storing various project-related data and how to add a new table for contact information.
- Creating with Copilot: The speaker is using a natural language Copilot model to create various apps and flows for project management, team task tracking, and executive project overview. She notes that this function is easy to use, although detailed information about the apps and flows is not yet available.
- Model-driven and canvas apps: Further, Heidi explains how to create a comprehensive solution, including model-driven and canvas apps, but notes that flows are not yet created and will be available in future updates.
- Review: Once the app creation process is complete, Heidi then reviews the generated canvas app, noting that it provides a good starting point with useful design elements, despite lacking content.
- Lacking functionality: The app took five minutes to generate and added tables, but lacked views and forms, causing errors. Although the solution file columns, data, forms, and views were created, they were not added to the app.
- Impressions: Overall, Heidi notes that she was impressed with the natural language feature, which helped identify stakeholders, create data tables, and generate a canvas app and model-driven apps, although Power Automate flows are not yet functional.
