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wm-thompson
May 03, 2024Brass Contributor
Difficulty connecting to datasource in PowerApps
There are a couple of ways to connect to a datasource. One method is to create a Canvas App with the Datasource itself is part of the creation process of the Canvas App. I will describe my experien...
Josh_Wickes
May 08, 2024Brass Contributor
I haven't tested creating from a Microsoft list myself, however that could be the problem. I haven't encountered issues with SharePoint list unless there are over 5000 items in the list, if that is the case I would explore alternative options for storing your data, such as Dataverse (which is very easy to import and works seamlessly with powerapps). I have encountered the endless "Please wait" a few times, generally a hard refresh and cache clear resolves the issue although you may need to redo your last action, if you have lots of unsaved chages this would not be recommended.
- wm-thompsonMay 10, 2024Brass ContributorI went over the list and tried a smaller list and I found one data type that might have been an issue and changed it. Through trial and error I got it working.