Prevent user to save/change data directly in Sharepoint list, the data will save/change though Powerapps only

[dompanha]

Dear All,

I have build Powerapps application connected with SharePoint and I want to prevent user from save/change directly in SharePoint list, the data will be save/change through Powerapps only, Is there any solution to do that?

Thanks in advance.

[Pstork1]

There is no way to keep users from editing a SharePoint list directly but still allowing them access to the list through PowerApps.  Users must have permission to access the list to use it in PowerApps and that gives them permission to edit the list directly.

[jhall]

As @Pstork1 mentions, you cannot do this *unless* you either:

1. De-link your PowerApp from SharePoint and instead link it to Flow (or some other in-between)
2. Stop your application from performing a SubmitForm() on certain users (which I think would work)

Depending upon your environment and how much business logic you have piled into your app, I might suggest one vs. the other.

[Pstork1 · Accepted solution]

Just to add.  For #1 you'll have to de-link it and go through two Flows in order to save results using Flow without permissions.  Any Flow that you call directly from a PowerApp will run in the security context of the user.  So you will have to call another Flow from that Flow to get the Flow to run in the context of the person creating the Flow rather than the one executing the PowerApp.  PowerApps just isn't designed to be a security application in front of SharePoint.

[jhall]

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@Pstork1 wrote:

PowerApps just isn't designed to be a security application in front of SharePoint.

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Exactly.  You're really supposed to be doing the security layer within SharePoint itself.