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automatically refreshing power apps

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Posted on 3 Feb 2023 19:35:08 by 235

Hi, 

 

I have share point list that gets updated daily. Is there a way to update powerapps connected to the list, whenever the list gets updated?

Can I use power automate to trigger the update once sp list is updated?

 

Thanks! 

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  • omarelm321 Profile Picture
    31 on 22 Feb 2023 at 18:18:54
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    i want to do the same. please any help?

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    LaurensM Profile Picture
    12,510 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 04 Feb 2023 at 12:49:15
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    @tanveal,

     

    Your PA flow takes care of updating your data source, being a SharePoint List. If your app directly connects to the SP list, you will not have to refresh the data source within Power Apps. The next time you access the app, it will show the newest/updated data.

    In a scenario that you never close the app/screen or the update happens when people have the app open, you might want to look into automatically refreshing the data source with a timer control on that particular screen. Alternatively, you can refresh the source when opening that screen by using Refresh() in the OnVisible property. (See this guide)

     

    I hope this helps!

  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on 04 Feb 2023 at 00:54:52
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    @tanveal 

    I don't think you need to update anything.

  • tanveal Profile Picture
    235 on 04 Feb 2023 at 00:09:27
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    I am sorry, I am still not understanding. Do you mean use power automate, but what action can I use ?

    I just want to automatically refresh power app data once share point list gets updated. 

    I was hoping there is power automate action which trigger power app refresh when sp listis updated. 

  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on 03 Feb 2023 at 22:00:10
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    @tanveal 

    Yes, to test it, put a gallery with the SharePoint list name as its items property and run the flow.  

  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on 03 Feb 2023 at 22:00:02
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    @tanveal 

    Yes, to test it, put a gallery with the SharePoint list name as its items property and run the flow.  

  • tanveal Profile Picture
    235 on 03 Feb 2023 at 20:50:09
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    so let's say I have power automate flow that updates share point list daily, how can power app update without me refreshing the data source manually?

  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on 03 Feb 2023 at 20:29:19
    Re: automatically refreshing power apps

    @tanveal 

    It is usually not necessary to refresh a list from PowerApps.  However, if a gallery or datatable depends on a collection, then the collection will need to be re-collected using ClearCollect() every time the underlying list is modified. 

     

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