Creating a Manual form

[Abzyb]

Hello,

I am hoping someone can help me with an issue I am having which I will attempt to explain. I want to create a form manually in PowerApps. So instead of using the edit form option and the connecting to data I want to build and design the form myself by bringing labels and text inputs etc. The problem I am having is when I do this I can't seem to connect to the data source. So If I used the edit form it would connect to the data automatically but I want to design the form myself.

Does anybody have a solution to my problem?

Thanks

Abdullah

[Drrickryp]

@Abzyb 

Here's a great place to start!  https://baizini-it.com/blog/index.php/2017/09/28/powerapps-101-create-your-own-forms/   @Meneghino 's blog has many good posts for beginners too. 

[eka24]

When you use the manual process as you described, you have to use the Patch function to be able to save to the datasource:

Patch function in Power Apps (contains video) - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Example:

Patch(Table2, Defaults(Table2),

          {Column1: Textinput1.Text,
          Column2: Label3.Text,
          Column3: Value(Textinput4.Text)})

You can then use a Gallery to view the saved records from the datasource.

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