Practice Lab 1.2 - Publisher and Solution

Scenario

In this lab, you will create a publisher and a solution.

Exercise 1 - Create publisher and solution

In this exercise, you will access the Power Apps maker portal, the Practice environment and create a new solution.

Task 1.1 – Maker portal

1. Navigate to the Power Apps Maker portal https://make.powerapps.com and sign in with your Microsoft 365 credentials if prompted again.

2. Switch environments by using the Environment Selector in the upper right corner of the screen. The Contoso (Default) environment will be selected by default.

3. Select your Practice environment from the list.

   

4. Select Apps from the left navigation pane. You should see a single app, Solution Health Hub, listed. You may also see Fabrikam Milestones and Portal Management apps being provisioned.

5. Select and expand Dataverse from the left navigation pane. Select Tables. You should see standard tables from the Common Data Model.

Task 1.2 – Create a publisher

1. Select Solutions from the left navigation pane. You should see several solutions including the Default solution and the Common Data Services solution.

   

2. Select the Publishers tab.

   

3. Click + New publisher.

4. In the Display name text box, enter Fabrikam.

5. In the Name text box, enter fabrikam.

6. In the Prefix text box, enter fab.

7. Click Save.

   

Task 1.3 – Create a solution

1. Select the Solutions tab.

2. Click + New solution.

3. In the Display name text box, enter [my initials] Practice solution. The Name text box should be automatically populated.

4. In the Publisher drop-down, select Fabrikam.

5. Click Create.

   

Exercise 2 - Add components to the solution

In this exercise, you will access the Power Apps maker portal and select the Practice environment.

Task 2.1 – Add table

1. Navigate to the Power Apps Maker portal https://make.powerapps.com.

2. Make sure you are in the Practice environment.

3. Select Solutions.

4. Select the Practice solution you created in the previous exercise.

   

5. Click on Add existing and select Table.

   

6. Select the Account table.

   

7. Click Next.

8. Click Select Objects.

9. In the Columns tab, select the Account Number column.

10. Select the Views tab.

11. Select the Active Accounts view.

12. Select the Forms tab.

13. Select the Account form.

14. Click on Add.

15. You should have selected 1 view, 1 form, and 1 column for the account able.

    

16. Click on Add.