{"id":27489,"date":"2020-12-19T12:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=27489"},"modified":"2020-12-19T15:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T15:40:24","slug":"describe-data-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/describe-data-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe Data Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Data Sources in Power Apps refers to canvas apps that use external information stored in cloud services. Example &#8211; Table in an Excel file stored in OneDrive for Business. Apps access these data source by using&nbsp;Connections. Moreover, data sources can be connected to a cloud service, or they can be local to an app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Types of Data Source<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall now define the different kind of data source &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"connected-data-sources\"><strong>Connected Data source<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tables are one of the most common data sources, used to retrieve and store information. <\/li><li>Moreover, you can use&nbsp;<strong>connections<\/strong>&nbsp;to data sources to read and write data in Microsoft Excel workbooks, SharePoint lists, SQL tables, and many other formats<\/li><li>It can be stored in cloud services such as OneDrive for Business, DropBox, and SQL Server.<\/li><li>Data sources other than tables include email, calendars, Twitter, and notifications<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"local-data-sources\"><strong>Local Data Source<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using the&nbsp;Gallery,&nbsp;Display form, and&nbsp;Edit form&nbsp;controls, it is easy to create an app that reads and writes data from a data source. <\/li><li>When we ask Power Apps to create an app from data, these controls are used. <\/li><li>Behind the scenes, the app uses an internal table to store and manipulate the data that comes from the data source.<\/li><li>A special kind of data source is the&nbsp;Collection, which is local to the app and not backed by a connection to a service in the cloud, so the information can not be shared across devices for the same user or between users. Collections can be loaded and saved locally.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"creating-data-sources\"><strong>Creating Data Sources<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Remember, Power Apps are not used to create a connected data source, or modify its structure; this implies the data source must already exist in service somewhere. <\/li><li>Also, you create a connection to it from your app. <\/li><li>However, the collection data source&nbsp;can&nbsp;be created and modified inside an app, but are only temporary.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/working-with-data-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Working with Data Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/microsoft-power-platform-fundamentals-pl-900-free-practice-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/testpreptraining.ai-4-750x117.png\" alt=\"Data sources Microsoft Exam PL-900 Free Test\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Sources in Power Apps refers to canvas apps that use external information stored in cloud services. Example &#8211; Table in an Excel file stored in OneDrive for Business. Apps access these data source by using&nbsp;Connections. Moreover, data sources can be connected to a cloud service, or they can be local to an app. Types&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Describe Data Sources - Testprep Training Tutorials<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about data sources, types, and creating data sources. 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