Training: Extending BC with Power Apps.

Creating an App for salespeople with Business Central from scratch

Would you like to learn how to create your own Power App with Business Central without coding? In this workshop, I will teach you step by step, and with a practical case, how to create an app for your salespeople that they can use on a tablet or mobile. We will mainly see:

• Using the best practices recommended by Microsoft for Canvas App
• How to access the environment and create your sales app
• Basic controls in Canvas Power App.
• Connectors and Connections in Canvas Power Apps
• The Out-of-the-box Business Central API
• How to use the standard Business Central SaaS connector
• Variables in Canvas App
• Advanced controls in Canvas Power Apps
• How to use Power Automate to execute actions in Business Central
• How to add functionalities to connect directly with Business Central:

Show a list of my customers
Create a new customer
Show a list of my items
Create a quote
Send a quote by email
Convert a quote into an order
Bonus

• How to create a custom API with extra fields
• How to use these extra fields in our Canvas App

Takeaways:

In this training session you will learn:

•  how to prepare your Power Apps environment and how to create your Canvas App in a solution to export it to another environment.
•  How to use the most common controls in Canvas App
•  How to start to work with Business Central data from a Canvas App
•  How to create your custom API to use it from Canvas App or other software.

Requirements:

• Your laptop
• Basic knowledge of Business Central as a user or consultant. 
• You don't need any prior programming knowledge, but although it is low-code, we will teach a little about variables in Power Apps and how to create a basic custom API page for Business Central