Feature Comparison: Power Apps Table Designer Vs. Table Hub
In this video, UG Expert Heidi Neuhauser reviews the new interface for the Table Designer in Power Apps, highlighting some of the missing functionality.
Key Takeaways
- Overview: While building custom tables in Power Apps using the new Designer interface, Heidi found it to be lacking in certain aspects. This led her to switch back to the classic, more manual version of creating tables and columns.
- User adoption: To enhance user adoption, it’s important to add a date column and a tool tip. Tool tips can be added in the description field when creating new columns, and help users by providing definitions or explanations when they hover over the field.
- Lacking functionality: When adding a date field, you can select the data type and whether it’s required, but the Advanced Options don’t include all functionalities like the Description field for tool tips. While this new interface simplifies adding columns, it’s missing the full functionality available in the classic Power Apps method. Further, the new interface lacks options like calculated behavior, making columns searchable, form fill assistance, editing maximum character count for text fields, and enabling column security.
- Reminders: Remember to revisit and edit the columns in the detailed interface if you need to add tool tips, calculated behavior, adjust maximum character count, or enable column security. This ensures you have all the necessary functionalities for your columns.
