Power Apps Model-Driven Apps: Tutorial for Complete Beginners

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Power Apps model-driven apps are web-based applications built on your data model - think along the lines of a CRM system, or something you might have built with Access or any other database software - but with a full drag and drop interface, no code experience, that results in a fully accessible and responsive app. This video takes you through the core concepts of model driven apps, including tables (entities), columns (fields), views, forms and relationships - what they are, how they make up the app and how to build them. I also show you how to create a business process flow for your app, to guide the user through the steps and stages of a process.
0:00 - Introduction
0:18 - What is a model-driven app? (overview and demo)
4:48 - Microsoft Dataverse and out of the box tables
6:55 - Create a solution
7:44 - Create a table and columns
12:00 - Create views and forms
15:33 - Create relationships
18:32 - Create a Business Process Flow
22:00 - Create a model-driven app from your solution
23:51 - Play and test your app and add data
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[@riturajsingh169]

Hi Lisa, do you have any tutorials on how to add a print button to a model driven app ?

[@AishwaryaVishwanath]

I watched a fair few tutorials, and finally, this is what I was after. I liked how you showed what the app would look like/end result right at the start, so while building it, it all made sense. Very good tutorial, thanks! :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much for that feedback Aishwarya, that's so good to know, and so great it helped. I have more tutorials on model-driven apps coming, lots of interest in this stuff.

[@mustafaburhani4136]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, after hours of roaming across the internet I found exactly what I needed. It's fantastic how you have described each and everything in great details and with such patience. Looking forward for more videos.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Mustafa, really appreciate that and so glad you found what you were looking for here

[@lpdowdell]

Amazing explanation about model-driven apps: Lisa takes you from beginning to end by first demonstrating the output, then all the steps.

[@nikhilpradeep336]

Thanks Lisa ! The content was crisp and concise , exactly what I have been looking for. There are lots of video content on Canvas apps out there but not many for model-driven approach. The MS documentation for model-driven apps felt a bit confusing too; watching this video helped put all the pieces together. Looking forward to more detailed content on each of the components (Forms, Views, Dashboards, BPFs etc)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much Nikhil, I really appreciate that.

[@larrygleaner1683]

Thanks Lisa! I am just getting started with Power Apps, and these videos are exactly what I have been looking for. I like the step by step approach, very easy to follow, and it brings everything together.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thanks so much for watching.

[@SamWalkerBlue]

Great video again, Lisa! Always impressed by your ability to make your videos flow well as you talk through your points.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Sam, really appreciate that.

[@_samurai00]

I felt so engaged on your intro. Terrific content!

[@commonuser9316]

Lisa, you keep me impressed with the wealth of your knowledge and passion, which is reflected in the high quality of your tutorials. They are engaging and flow nicely. Thank you very much for all this content. Love it!!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Tony-mo9ev]

Many thanks for this rare tutorial, I've been looking for this Model-driven App. Hope to see the next level : intermediate up to advance :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, great to see so much interest in this, i will certainly do some more

[@ShoaibHaseebNUST]

The best one I got so far .Clear concise and effective all in one place . Presentation skills , tone and thoughtfulness are amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@nanakat9895]

You are excellent. As a beginner you do not need anything else. Your presentation flows smoothly, clearly and covers all core concepts comprehensively. Keep it up 💯👍

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much, really appreciate that.

[@paulasillars]

This is a great beginner tutorial on model-driven apps. I was having trouble from my reading to understand how it would be used. This is really easy to understand how and why an organisation might use this.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much, so glad to have helped you understand this

[@BigLeafDropper86]

Thanks Lisa, a great run-through of the basics

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks for watching Warwick.

[@jimfitch]

Love your enthusiasm! Thanks for a great introductory tutorial. Exactly what I needed to start my learning journey.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much Jim, that's awesome, and really appreciate hearing that, it's very encouraging. More tutorials for model-driven apps coming, I'm pleased there is so much interest in this area.

[@allyeatworld]

Amazing tutorial! The Microsoft Learn path was confusing me and I didn't have access to a Power Apps sandbox so I just went looking for a little high-level overview to help me understand what model-driven apps are, but this video was way so much more helpful than that! You explain things so clearly and in such a logical, step-by-step way that made perfect sense and was easy to follow. I immediately subscribed. Thank you so much!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thanks so much for that and very glad to have helped.

[@igortorrealba]

Lisa this is wonderful. I have been building power automate flows and some simple Power Apps and always thought they were too personal to support a business process, but now I understand that this is more appropriate! I will keep learning!!! Lots to rethink now!!!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, so glad to hear this has helped you expand your thinking and understanding, that's awesome. Thanks for watching and letting me know that.

[@rickylewis]

Great tutorial love how you explain everything so clearly. Thank you!😃

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Ricky

[@harishpranavjagannath9599]

Superb! I am not an IT-professional, but looking to leverage Microsoft Power Platform to transform some business processes---this tutorial was just what I needed! Dataverse, model-driven apps were all quite intimidating for me, but you have done a wonderful job with this example and taking the viewer step by step! Thanks so much!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, exactly what I'm aiming for, thank you so much and very glad to have helped.

[@simonball5602]

Brilliant introduction into dataverse and model driven apps. Thank you so much - I’m going to use this.

[@LisaCrosbie]

You're very welcome!

[@lifepoeticquotes9849]

You are Amazing. This literally covers major part of how a system works.

[@stephaniew5819]

Thank you for explaining this. I couldn't for the life of me understand even 'simplified' articles online, but I can see the practical application from your tutorial to the task I want to do on Power Apps.

[@LisaCrosbie]

So glad to hear this helped make it clearer for you, thank you so much.

[@salahsaleh5505]

Thank you so much for making Model-Driven App look so easy.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, I'm very happy to have helped you understand it.

[@kevinmcmullen5009]

Thanks for sharing this material Lisa, it's super helpful - definitely the best video I've seen on Model Driven Apps basics!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Kevin, really appreciate that.

[@Veles343]

Best explanation of model driven apps and dataverse that I've seen 👍

[@asesorestic]

Awesome Lisa. You're a pro!

[@naelalmoujtahed2602]

You are fast but I liked this, A lot of tutorials will waste a lot of time because it filled with unnecessary annotations, but yours is effective and practical... Great Job Thank You!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, hard to find the balance between wasted time and too fast, glad this worked for you.

[@mailmos98]

Thanks for this tutorial. I'm disabled and cannot keep up with my colleagues in a classroom situatiion so I intend self-teaching at home at my own pace. I've just built my 1st app by following your excellent tutorial and intend doing all your tutorials in the coming weeks. Thanks.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, this has absolutely made my day. This is why I do what I do, and I loved hearing from you that you've built your first app based on this. Awesome!

[@brayolokums1915]

Like the way you covered a lot of things in a short time. Thank you for this.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brianferris1]

Great video. I am studying for a Microsoft Certification. This helps tremendously.
Way to show all the moving parts and how they fit together!

[@LisaCrosbie]

wonderful, so glad it was helpful, thanks so much

[@CarlosSolisNow]

Nice work Lisa. So much better for newb's like me 💪🏾💪🏾

[@afolabioluwaseun7269]

i have got to comment on your demo, its top notch, youre a great tutor. understood virtually everything

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thank you!

[@PhilippeStefano]

Thanks a lot for this video. I really appreciate the pace and clarity of the Demo.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much Philippe, really appreciate that.

[@sdwinrow]

Great tutorial (as always). Thank you!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thanks so much Scott

[@nagarjunamaddela8224]

Wonderful explanation, it helped a lot.
Thank you so much! You are awesome!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much, that's so great to hear, and I really appreciate that.

[@mikesmith2315]

Thanks for this - excellent idea to start with the app and work backwards - not many have done this on YT !! Excellent presentation.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Yep, I reckon it's easier if you know what you're working towards and then deconstruct it, Glad to hear it helped and thanks for watching

[@imperialpalace9926]

Great session Lisa! Well explained and big helps to beginners like me. Thank you!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you, so glad it helped.

[@wjostl]

Thanks so much for this fantastically useful video - very very helpful, can't wait to work through your other tutorials!

[@LisaCrosbie]

You're very welcome, enjoy!

[@mikewashington4188]

Great video! I was able to follow understand because of your methods. Thanks 🙏🏿

[@LisaCrosbie]

That's wonderful, thank you so much.

[@waqasahmed7873]

Thanks Lisa your videos helped to pass Microsoft PL-200 exam. Keep rocking !

[@LisaCrosbie]

Oh, that's wonderful, thanks, and congratulations to you.

[@thanhbeenthere2780]

Well-done on the demo, very helpful Lisa, you should keep this channel running, it will pay off. Thanks

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks for the encouragement, I certainly plan to keep going.

[@thetutor9160]

Thank you so much. I just did Microsoft's tutorial and had no idea what it told me. This is so much clearer. Thanks!

[@LisaCrosbie]

So glad to have been able to help.

[@EroticFruits]

Thanks Lisa for sharing this great tutorial!

[@LisaCrosbie]

You are so welcome Komakino, thanks for watching.

[@trevlight]

Thanks for taking the time for this tutorial.. helpful!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful Trevor, thank you.

[@srikanthveeraraghavan5590]

Thank you Lisa. Your videos were very useful . I have cleared PL-900 today and more to go. :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome congratulations!

[@emilioroqueta4445]

Great video Lisa. Thanks for sharing!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks for watching Emilio

[@devendrakumartiwari8198]

Very nice and detailed explanation. Thank you.

[@annisamfitria]

Thank you so much for the tutorial and the details. You helped me to finish my task.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad I could help!

[@burger-iy2in]

Excellent video - great for giving me an overall feeling about what the platform does and how. Great work.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much

[@reginaldbal]

Thanks for this great tutorial Lisa.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Reginald, glad it was helpful!

[@oyebolaomoya381]

Thank you so much Lisa, quite helpful for me.

[@LisaCrosbie]

You're so welcome!

[@prashantvgaikar]

Thank you for this!!

[@DL-ih2eg]

Thank you for an excellent overview

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching.

[@KJC63]

Wow! 26 minutes --- I learned so much....thank you Lisa.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thanks so much.

[@johningram2153]

Fantastic demo. Thanks.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad you liked it!

[@LearnWithMuhammadAsif]

Great explanation!

[@sy21huang]

This tutorial is on point. Very simple and engaging.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Melchior

[@ramizmollah8279]

Surely this is a very good beginner tutorial. Thank you.

[@LisaCrosbie]

So glad to have helped, thanks Ramiz

[@kennytovar6394]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks for watching!

[@praneethsanjaya1337]

Nice tutorial. Clear explanation. Recommended

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, really appreciate that

[@trinhtri6608]

Thank you for your tutorial. Every things you made it become simple and easy understanding

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wonderful, thank you so much for that.

[@shivakrishna6012]

Thanks a lot for this content Lisa, Easy to understand..

[@LisaCrosbie]

Happy to hear that Shiva, thank you.

[@tristangeoffroy9286]

Thank you so much Lisa, ... it's crystal clear and so efficient. It saved me so much time. I just regret seing it just now. I hope you will continue

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much - and yes, I’ve just made a very long list of more videos to make on model driven apps - stay tuned!

[@tomasmunoz9971]

Awesome video thank you so much for this tutorial it really help me a lot!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thanks Tomas.

[@shivaninaeck2524]

Simple and easy to understand. Loved it.....

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad to hear that, thank you so much

[@Rajvtube]

Great Video, eagerly waiting for an advanced Model driven app having different flows based on conditions.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Great, I'll add that to the list!

[@prabhakaranshanmugam5295]

Best introduction video on Model driven Apps..

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much.

[@frenamakenson9844]

Thank you for this nice tutorial Lisa... very helpful

[@LisaCrosbie]

You’re welcome 😊

[@EvenPath]

Your channel is a god send - keep up the great work!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thanks, so much, really appreciate that.

[@alexsitdikov6853]

Thank you so much, you saved me a lot of time. Really appreciate

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad to hear that, thanks so much

[@champikamunaweera4239]

Thanks Lisa,, very well explained. Looking forward for more tutorials.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, thank you, plenty more to come

[@champikamunaweera4239]

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[@JCSent22]

Youre videos are amazing, its concise and direct, it would build my career a lot

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you, so glad to have helped.

[@JCSent22]

@@LisaCrosbie thank you, am currently building model driven app for the first time and dis is my reference

[@EbrahimAlHalwaki]

Very Informative and helpful. Looking forward for a learning series of Power Apps Model-Driven Apps.

[@LisaCrosbie]

I've just put up a full (free) course here czcams.com/video/LIC8DFW8fOE/video.html&lc=UgwvcEQHw8Z_Dv7Gpt14AaABAg

[@InfoSharer]

Great job!

[@NaveenAM1978]

Excellent way to explain

[@mattdinio]

great tutorial Lisa really helpful and informative

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, glad it was helpful.

[@sandeepnegi4939]

great content , love the way you taught and type on that mechanical keyboard :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks Sandeep. Love the feel of my mechanical keyboard but it's a little noisy for video recording with hindsight!

[@sandeepnegi4939]

@@LisaCrosbie haha :) Your content is really helpful and I will be appearing for me Pl-900 soon :)

[@prafullapatil2973]

Thanks for tutorial. It was easy to understand.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, glad it helped

[@jitendratrivedi7889]

Awesome Video , please keep posting more videos on power apps....

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks, I’m working on more model-driven apps tutorials after the great response to this one - stay tuned.

[@shanmugaraja1034]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial, great content and this video is best tutorial for the beginners.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much.

[@nocodecreative]

Great content Lisa, keep it up!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much!

[@naveensetty4002]

Thank you so much for this beautiful stuff. I gained some confidence now 😀 . 👍👍👍. Thank you and please share the other tutorials related to this.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Oh, that's wonderful, so happy to have helped you build your confidence. Good luck on your journey. I'm making more tutorials on this, let me know if there are particular topics you'd like to see covered.

[@joenepoenATsteenwijk]

Absolutely fantástic tutorial. I'm currently working my way through PL-900, but my training material couldn't even get close to your clear explanation. Thanks Lisa!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thank you so much for that and so glad to have helped. Good luck with your exam.

[@StephanOnisick]

Really Nice Pulling together!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks Stephan.

[@peteronyegbule7207]

Thank you so much Lisa. You're awesome. It's so difficult finding a tutorial on this.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks Peter, definitely an area where a lot of people want to learn and not much out there so I’m building a whole series of tutorials now.

[@peteronyegbule7207]

@@LisaCrosbie Hi Lisa, Please I need your expert advise. I feel I can only to turn you here, your tutorials apply so much to my work. I have this problem I've been finding it hard to wrap my head around. I need to connect all values created from a table, let's say all elements added to table to appear automatically on another table. Like a line kind of thing where every data added to a table is using on another table. Lookup only picks one. I'm need to pick all the data eg, Salary elements (all of them) used in an employee form. Please can you help me out with ideas on how to solve this?

[@DanielADamico]

Awesome video! I would love to see more videos on business process flows...

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, I plan to do some videos on them, I'll bump that up the list now I know there is interest.

[@antonzhong9970]

@@LisaCrosbie Can't wait for the next video. Awesome!

[@sybtain]

Very good starting point on Model Driven Apps

[@AnilKumar-fr9jo]

Awesome .... Thanks for a nice presentation ...

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much.

[@muthukumaran9541]

Well explained. Very helpful for beginners like me.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thanks so much Muthu

[@dimitritetsch4086]

Great tutorial!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks for watching.

[@vvaassaanntthh]

Hi @lisa, you are excellent. I had absolutely no clue about model driven apps, and had to search youtube for 100s of videos, but finally I found a life saver in you! thank you so much and I am looking forward to more content from you. I also would like a video on how to create PowerApp Portals. Pls advice.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, very glad you found my channel and found what you were looking for here. I haven't done much with portals in the past, but with the change of them announced this week to become Power Pages I'm definitely getting into them. Stay tuned.

[@popgugu]

Hi Lisa, thank you for the video. It was a great starting point. I have two questions regarding making a report in Power Apps Model Driven Apps. 1. In your example, if I would like to have a report that shows something like an order report where the report consists of two main sections: the header information related to the order and the line items of equipment. 2. How do I add a barcode or a QR code to the order report using an order number field (auto generated number) of the order record? Any directions/suggestions would be great.

[@mohamedhassanmohamed3713]

Thank you very Much

[@sgeorge1642]

Well done. Great video. Please more advanced topics for Model Driven and how to deploy as a package or through Visual Studio spkl. Thanks again.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, plenty more content on model driven apps coming.

[@aaquibislam1524]

Thanks!

[@2007pradipta]

love your presentation skill.. Nice content at least it help me to remove my fear for Modern drive app.. hope you will publish more...

[@LisaCrosbie]

Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, thank you - and nothing to fear with model driven apps. I'm working on more, let me know if there are specific topics that would be helpful to cover.

[@2007pradipta]

@@LisaCrosbie sorry was offline for few days... thanks for recognizing my comments ... I want more on connecting to custom data like SQL, SharePoint and not MS source...where we want to connect by Dataverse itself ?

[@srikanthpakala7810]

Thanks for wonderful tutorial/ video. It's fantastic. Explanation is superb. Please have videos on social media like What's App, LinkedIn etc... integrations in CRM

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks Srikanth. I will do one on the LinkedIn integration for CRM, but there isn't an integration for other social media, unless you're using Omnichannel customer service or you can use the Power Platform connectors

[@anandkrish1000]

Thank you Lisa for wonderful sessions on Model driven app, could you please do a video of security and user permissions in model driven since it's pretty confusing for most of us..

[@rolandowenbouwer9364]

Thanks Lisa tutorial was very insightful, is there a tutorial on using the in build approval flow in the model driven app.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Not yet, but I will make one!

[@vinindvino]

Thank you!, it helped me a lot to understand. unfortunately even paid courses did not help to understand as this video did. Precisely how a beginner needs.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, really appreciate that. Glad to have helped.

[@carkins85]

Brilliant, thanks! Do you have a video on importing from Excel? I'm trying to import a table containing budget data and have it link to another table which is Master Data, but it doesn't work!