PowerApps - Canvas App Vs Model-driven App Vs Portal Apps
3 Types
of PowerApps
·
Canvas App
·
Model-driven app
·
Portal App
You can start creating these
three types of apps from the make
PowerApps site.
Also,
you can build your app from blank, or template, or from data.
Canvas App in PowerApps
·
Canvas is one
of the main type of applications that
you can create in PowerApps.
·
Make your own design, then the Canvas app is the best choice for
you.
·
The Canvas app provides you with a blank canvas
design your app screen by screen, which means that you will have full control
of building your own design.
Characteristics of Canvas Apps
user interface depends on Drag and drop
elements to the canvas without any codes as if you will design a
PowerPoint slide.
1.The Canvas app provides you with complete
control over the appearance and behavior of your app.
2. Most
Canvas apps need external information. This information stored in data sources.
Canvas app enables you to connect to a wide range of more than 200 data
sources.
3. You
don’t have to worry about how data is structured with your app, that is why the
Canvas app is easy to use.
4. Canvas
apps can be embedded as a web part of your modern SharePoint page, and into
teams and within model-driven apps.
5. The
Canvas apps consider the primary way to customize SharePoint Online list and
document library forms.
6. Unfortunately,
the Canvas app is not responsive by design. You have to choose the screen size
of your App.
Model-driven App in PowerApps
·
Unlike the Canvas App, the PowerApps will design the appearance
of your Model-driven app according to the data you will add to your app.
When to use Model-driven App?
If you don’t have a custom
design and your data is in Data Verse ” common data service before”
then you should choose the model-driven app.
Characteristics
of Model-driven App
·
Most user interface components
are pre-made based on the data you choose, so you don’t have to worry about
your app layouts, as most of them are done from the components you add to your
application.
·
Model-driven apps provide you
with responsive app design “simple or very complex app”, so you
don’t have to be worried about the screen size, unlike the canvas app.
·
The model-driven app is better
for creating end-to-end solutions.
·
Model-driven apps in Power Apps
are based on underlying data — specifically, the data stored in Data verse
“Common Data Service (CDS)“.
The model-driven app can be Distributed as a solution
Portal in PowerApps
Power Apps Portal is an external-facing
website that enables users outside their organizations to sign in to create
and view data. Also, the Portal App provide viewing the content anonymously.
When to use Portals?
When
you want to create websites that can be accessed by external users with
a wide variety of identities including personal accounts, LinkedIn, and
other Azure Active Directory organizations, and enable anonymous access to
content, then you will use Portal App.
Characteristics
of Portals:
· Portals built on top of Data Verse “Common Data Service“, so you will need an environment with a database to work with portals.
· Has responsive design that can fit all devices.
· Portals deliver a complete content management system out of the box.
· Power Apps portals evolved from Dynamics 365 Portals, so you can extend the dynamic 365 feature.
· Most contents of the portals are represented by webpages and you can Add/edit portal pages using Portal Studio, portal front-side editor, and Portal Management app.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we have performed a quick comparison about Canvas App Vs Model-driven App Vs Portal and when to use each app in PowerApps
· Use Canvas App if you have your own design and want to connect to many data sources including cloud data, on-premises data, and the different APIs.
· Use Model-driven Apps if your data stored in the Data Verse and you don’t have your imagination about your app design.
· Use Portals if you want to create websites to share the data with external users and internal users, either anonymously or through the login provider like LinkedIn, Microsoft Account, and other commercial login providers.
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