How to Create a Canvas App from SharePoint List

We will use SharePoint as a data source, so we will start by creating a list.

Step 1- Go to the SharePoint Home screen, click on +New and select the List.

Step 2 - Fill in the list name and description and, leave the Description field blank. This action will create a list with a default structure.

Step 3 - Click on the setting and select List settings to add and update the columns. This option will open all the configuration options available for a list, but we will be focusing on the Columns section.

Step 4- Add a list name i.e. "Clients" create a column and then set the column name.

Step 5 - Create another SharePoint list with the name Incidents.

Step 6 - For the customer’s name field, select the Lookup type, and then, in the Get information from dropdown, select the Clients list we created before.

Step 7 - For the Priority column, select the Choice type and replace the list of choices with High, Medium, and Low. Set the Default value as Low.

Step 8 - For the Comments column, specify the type of text to be Plain text to prevent formatting issues later when designing an app.

Step 9 - We are done with SharePoint list creation and now it’s time to add the data to the client list.

Step 10 - Add the date to the incident list.

Step 11 - On the list's toolbar, select Power Apps and then Create an app. This action will open up a dialog asking you the name of your application:

Step 12 - Input the App details, and at the final, this will look like as below.

Step 13 - Click the play button from the top right corner

List View

Detail View

Edit Screen

Happy learning!!