How to Integrate Instant Plugins in the Canvas App?

Dataverse Accelerator is a new Experimental feature released by Microsoft to use the low-code plug-ins in the Dataverse environment. Low-code plug-ins are reusable, server-side synchronous business logic workflows that executes in real time.

In one of my previous articles, I had explained about How to create an Instant Plugin using the Dataverse Accelerator and in this article, will explain the step-by-step process of integrating the Instant Plugin in the Power Apps.

Prerequisites:

1. Click on the below article link and create a Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome Profile.

   Create a Profile in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome

2. Click on the below article link to create Power Apps Trial 30 days or if you have already have an Powers Apps Tenant, skip this step.

   Create Microsoft Power Apps 30 days Online Trial Version

3. Click on the below article link to Enable the Dataverse Actions in Power Apps.

   Enable Access to Microsoft Dataverse Actions (Preview feature) in the Power Apps

4. Click on the below article link and follow till Step 7 to add the Environment Datasource in your Power Apps.

   Add the Environment Datasource in the Power Apps

5. Click on the below link to Create an Instant Plugin in the Dataverse Environment using Dataverse Accelerator.

   Create an Instant Plugin in the Dataverse Environment

Follow the below steps after the Prerequisites.

Step 1: Open Dataverse Accelerator App.

Step 2: Click on Plugins.

You can see the list of all Instant plugins created in this environment.

Step 3: Select the required Instant plugin and Click on Copy code snippet.

Power Fx code snippet succesfully copied to the clipboard.

Below is the copied code from the Clipboard.

PowerFx Code: Environment.dev_ConvertTextToUpperCase({InputText:Value})

Step 4: Open any existing Canvas App or Create a new Canvas app to test this Plugin in a new browser window.

For this example, I have added Modern Controls – Text Input, Button and Text.

Note: Click on the link to know the process to Enable the Modern Controls in the Canvas App.

Step 5: On Convert button OnSelect, added the below Power Fx formula, which calls the Instant plugin and stores the value in the OutPut Global variable.

Set(OutPut, Environment.dev_ConvertTextToUpperCase({InputText:txtInputText.Value}));

Step 6: Add the below Power FX formula in the Text control.

Output.ConvertedText

Step 7: Click on Play button to test the App.

Step 8: Enter the Text and click on Convert.

Calling the Instant Plugin in the background.

You can see the Text in the Upper-Case Letters.

Hope you have followed all the steps and called the Instant Plugin in the Canvas App.

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Below are my earlier articles that you can have a look.

How to Enable Access to Microsoft Dataverse Actions (Preview feature) in the Power Apps?

How to Create an Instant Plugin in the Dataverse Environment?

How to Install the Microsoft Dataverse Accelerator in the Dataverse Environment?

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