Canvas apps in Microsoft Power Apps allow you to create custom applications that can be connected to various data sources, such as SharePoint, Dynamics 365, Excel, and SQL Server. To keep the data in your app up-to-date, you can use data source triggers to automatically refresh the data from the connected data source.
Data source triggers in a canvas app can be used to perform several actions, such as:
- Refreshing data from a data source: You can set up a data source trigger to refresh data from the connected data source at a specific time interval or when a specific event occurs.
- Running a Power Automate flow: You can use a data source trigger to run a Power Automate flow that performs a specific action when the data in the connected data source changes.
- Sending a notification: You can configure a data source trigger to send a notification to a user or a group of users when new data is added or updated in the connected data source.
- Updating a record in the data source: You can use a data source trigger to automatically update a record in the connected data source when a specific condition is met.
To set up a data source trigger in your canvas app, follow these steps:
- Open your canvas app in the Power Apps Studio.
- Go to the Data sources tab and select the data source you want to configure a trigger for.
- Click on the ellipsis (…) next to the data source and select Edit.
- In the Edit data source pane, scroll down to the Triggers section and click on Add trigger.
- Choose the type of trigger you want to configure (time-based or event-based) and specify the conditions for the trigger.
- Save the trigger and publish your app to make the changes effective.
Once the data source trigger is set up, it will run automatically according to the specified conditions, ensuring that your app always has up-to-date data from the connected data source.