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I have created a Power Apps using Share Point List as data source. I have tested the Power Apps and it is working fine but when I shared the Power Apps with my teammates to get them test it. They are seeing this error message "Error when trying to retrieve data from network" when they click to add new request.

I do not want the users to to have access to Share Point List hence I didn't share the Share Point List to them.

How should I fix it?

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Power Apps isn't a security layer. In general user's will need access to the list to be able to use it in a Power App. The one exception to this is using a Flow to access the data in the list and setting the Run only user setting. This video will walk you through how to do elevated permissions using a flow with a power app. Run Power Apps connections with elevated permissions via Power Automate | Impersonate flow actions But this is the only way. Otherwise you will need to give all your users permission to access the list.

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Thank you @Pstork1!!

I managed to follow the video and the user can now submit the request , see their request in the Power Apps after submission. They have access to the SharePoint List but with read only access.

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