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We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Power Virtual Agents integration using “Chatbot” component that was introduced in May 2021 release as a preview feature. This feature provides the following capabilities: Add bot from Dataverse environment Add bot to all pages Add bot to specific pages Chatbot theming Chatbot component support portal theming by default. Chatbot component automatically updates styling to match with the portal theme configured using portals Studio. Support for expended and collapsed state Default state of chatbot will be collapsed, however it can be customized using advance configuration. Your feedback will help us continue to build on and improve the capabilities of this feature. We want to hear from you! For details, see the documentation. Thank you,Neeraj Nandwana

After we announced public preview of Power Apps Ideas, including writing Power Fx formulas with natural language and generating formulas from examples, we continued tuning the design and improving our AI model to make Ideas work better for you. Today, we’re happy to share some of the latest updates on Ideas with you. Transforming natural language to formulas Expanded support for more data sources – Data source connections are no longer limited to Dataverse; you can now use Power Apps Ideas with galleries and data tables connected to other data sources, such as Sharepoint and Excel. Supporting more ways to filter a data table – More data querying scenarios are supported including filter by Choice columns, Yes/No columns. Now you can try active ‘Contacts’ in Ideas to filter by Contact status. Improved understanding of natural language – In our efforts to provide an experience with language that really is “natural”, we made significant improvements to our AI model to make it smarter and understand more natural input. For example, instead of typing ‘Contacts’ whose ‘Full Name’ starts with “Yvonne”, you can simply type Full Name starts with Yvonne to get the same formula. Enhanced UI for formula suggestions – The formula suggestions are now displayed in cards, and there is a greater focus on the natural language description of what the formula is doing, so it will be easier for makers to review and understand the results. Programming by example Increased region and language availability – Programming by example has rolled out to all the Power Apps regions and languages so more makers can benefit from it. Improved formula results – We made significant improvements in our AI model to make the resulting formula suggestions less complex while still providing the same functionality. Simplifying complicated formulas not only makes it easier to understand and maintain the formula, but also significantly enhances performance. What’s next for Ideas Transforming natural language to formulas: Continue to add support of more scenarios including generating formulas to manipulate content of a label, changing color and visibility based on conditions, support filter by lookup columns. Continue to enhance the model so it can better understand natural language queries and provide more accurate suggestions. Improve the usability and discoverability of Ideas so it will become more handy and easier to find. Programming by example: Improve the model quality so it can generate accurate yet simple formulas. Improve the usability of Train with examples, so when the suggested formula doesn’t meet your needs, you can easily tune the results by providing additional examples.

Nagesh Bhat, Senior Program Manager, Monday, January 3, 2022 We are happy to introduce the portals search powered by Microsoft Dataverse search API with version 9.3.11.x (Note : Updates are currently rolling out) Dataverse search API delivers comprehensive search results by relevance.  Dataverse search is the same search service used in model-driven apps and other Power Platform services built on Microsoft Dataverse. Now portals makers can start previewing portals global search that uses Dataverse search service. See Dataverse search documentation for detailed overview and step by step configuration. We are looking forward to your feedback as we march towards general availability Your feedback will help us continue to build on and improve the capabilities of this feature. We want to hear from you!

This video discusses the various text types available in Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams. It provides insights on what each should be used for and discusses the Attributes of each as well.

This video will show you how to quickly create an app in Power Apps using an existing Dataverse table. The app will have multiple screens and will allow you to view and search existing records, add new records,...

Nagesh Bhat, Senior Program Manager, Sunday, December 12, 2021 We are announcing support for Microsoft Dataverse choices columns in Power Apps portals with version 9.3.11.x (Note : Updates are currently rolling out) Choices control on a page allows users to select multiple options from a pre-configured list. Portals makers can design web pages with lists and forms that use the choices control to provide create, edit, and view experience for end users on this column type. Professional developer support Professional developers can build customized pages using Liquid code and Web API services in portals where choices columns will now be available to them for use in FetchXML and Web API operations. We are looking forward to your feedback as we march towards general availability Your feedback will help us continue to build on and improve the capabilities of this feature. We want to hear from you! See documentation here for detailed overview.

Today, we are announcing the availability of Power BI quick reports in model-driven apps in preview. This update combines the capabilities of Power Apps, Power BI and Dataverse in a seamless way to help you visualize and understand your data – with one click. Power BI quick reports add to the flexibility of data visualization options already available in Power Apps. While charts and custom components allow you to create specific, custom visualizations in Power Apps, Power BI quick reports generate a report automatically based on the page context, combined with an understanding of underlying data types, with no prior set up required. Generate insights in Power Apps without losing context of your work To get started, simply navigate to a table’s home page grid in a model-driven app and select Visualize this view command at the top of the page. This button generates a Power BI report based on the underlying view. Any additional filters or column modifications on top of the view are also automatically added to the report to transfer that context from data to visualization. There are several options available to personalize this visualization to help you visualize the data in ways that are meaningful to you. You can close the dialog to go back to the view page to continue your work in the model-driven app from where you left. Enable Power BI quick report visualization in a model-driven app You can enable this capability for a model-driven app through the app’s settings area, available in the modern app designer in preview. Enabling this capability will display Visualize this view command on the grid pages of the tables in the model-driven app. Review documentation to learn more about this capability and the options available to interact with the Power BI visual. Let us know your feedback in comments or on Power Apps community forum.

This video will walk you through the available data types in Dataverse for Teams at a high level. This will help you understand what Dataverse for Teams can do for you.

This video will show you how to create columns in Dataverse tables in about 90 seconds. You will learn the columns you typically don't need to change as well as others you can update later. This will help you...

This video will walk you through creating a quick app in Dataverse for Teams using existing data in a Dataverse table. The app will allow you to see records, add and update records, delete records, and search existing records....