PowerApps comes with a cape because it will turn you into a superhero
August 04, 2018
PowerApps comes with a cape because it will turn you into a superhero
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with PowerApps
We are currently looking to implement on the job site. Using PowerApps we are going to remove all the pen to paper activity that is occurring on the construction site. Instead we will begin to have construction workers enter the data into an app on their smartphone that was built using PowerApps.
Pros
- Empowers the management team and support staff. PowerApps allows someone without any programming experience to conceive a resolution to problems. For example the capturing of data which may start out with someone entering data by filling out a form and that form is then presented to someone to enter into an Excel Spreadsheet which in turn is emailed to numerous parties for their inputs. With PowerApps you can easily push all of that activity to SharePoint and the automation being driven by Flow which will make the collection and use of data much more effecient.
- PowerApps is highly flexible, it affords you the opportunity to connect to all kinds of data types from Excel Spreadsheets, to Lists built in SharePoint to all manners of databases.
- It's really really simple but at the same time provides you with the ceiling to perform complicated task. PowerApps will meet you where you are at.
Cons
- I'm sure cons exist but just haven't spent enough time working with the tool to experience its short comings yet. But what I've experienced thus far has been great. The support provided by Microsoft has been great, there is plenty of support for training as well.
- We are still in the early stages of implementing PowerApps but we are projecting that approximately 120 hrs of reduction in hours a week associated with the collection of data for a single activity on one jobsite.
Along with PowerApps we evaluated Smartsheet for use and we determined that PowerApps provides a great deal more functionality and flexibility. Especially when you consider it is nested in SparePoint and all the additional functionality that SharePoint provides. PowerApps also has the ability to integrate with PowerBi which provides you access to some superb reporting capability.
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