{"id":27570,"date":"2020-12-20T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T12:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=27570"},"modified":"2020-12-20T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T12:14:33","slug":"data-connection-using-connectors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/data-connection-using-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Connection using Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We can add a data connection to an existing canvas app or to an app that you may be starting from scratch, in Power Apps. Also, the app can connect to SharePoint, Microsoft Dataverse, Salesforce, OneDrive,\u00a0and many other data sources. As a prerequisite, you are required to Sign up\u00a0for Power Apps, and then\u00a0sign in\u00a0by providing the same credentials that were used to sign up. We will now elaborate some of the steps to perform the data connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Open a Blank App<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, on the\u00a0Home\u00a0tab, select\u00a0Canvas app from blank.<\/li><li>Secondly, specify a name for your app, and then select\u00a0Create.<\/li><li>Then, if the\u00a0Welcome to Power Apps Studio\u00a0dialog box appears, select\u00a0Skip.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps for Adding Data Source<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, in the centre pane, select\u00a0Connect to data\u00a0to open the\u00a0Data\u00a0pane. But if this were an existing app and the screen already contained a control, select\u00a0View\u00a0>\u00a0Data sources\u00a0to open the same pane.<\/li><li>Secondly, select\u00a0the Add data source.<\/li><li>Then, if the list of connections includes the one that you want, select it to add it to the app. Else, skip to the next step.<\/li><li>Next, Select\u00a0New connection\u00a0to display a list of connections.<\/li><li>Thereafter, in the search bar, type or paste the first few letters of the connection you want, and then select the connection when it appears.<\/li><li>Lastly, Select\u00a0Create\u00a0to both create the connection and add it to your app.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Connectors<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There are some connectors, like Office 365 Outlook, that require no additional steps, and we can show data from them immediately. <\/li><li>Then, other connectors prompt you to provide credentials, specify a particular set of data, or perform other steps.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps to Identify\/Change a Data Source<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p> In order to update an app, we are required for identifying or change the source of data that appears in a gallery, a form, or another control. Following are the steps to identify or change a data source &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, select the control, like a gallery, for which you want to identify or change the data source. Then the name of the data source appears on the\u00a0Properties\u00a0tab of the right-hand pane.<\/li><li>Secondly, for displaying  more information about the data source or to change it, select the down arrow next to its name. Thereafter, more information about the current data source appears, and you can select or create another source.<\/li><\/ul>\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>We can add a data connection to an existing canvas app or to an app that you may be starting from scratch, in Power Apps. Also, the app can connect to SharePoint, Microsoft Dataverse, Salesforce, OneDrive,\u00a0and many other data sources. 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