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Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

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Posted on by Palani

Hello experts,

We have built a Canvas PowerApps where we are trying to use the Azure Application Insights key for the Instrumentation Key of the Canvas app. The requirement is to have a different Insights key for different environments. We tried to use environment variables to hold the instrumentation key for different environments but it seems like there is no support for environment variables on Instrumentation Key currently.

Is there any way where we can use a different key for different environments without manually updating the Canvas app after deploying to a different environment? Please share any input around this so that manual intervention can be avoided during deployments.

Regards,

Palani K.B.

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jm125245 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

released feature request: Ability to add function on Instrumentation Key in ... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)
stingray 194 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

You don't need a premium licence to use Environment Variables if you are using SharePoint as a data source.
stingray 194 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

You don't need a premium licence to use Environment Variables if you are using SharePoint as a data source.
Phil_Cole 133 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

Instrumentation keys as a means to connect to Application Insights is not possible for new regions, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/create-new-resource#copy-the-instrumentation-key

Therefore I hope/suspect there will be some updates in this area.
AlexVin 2 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

@Palani Did you find some solution for this?
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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

@cchannon wrote:
Have you added both Environment Variable Definitions and Environment Variable Values as tables from the data source?

I tried this but it seems you can't do a Lookup in an App Properties object? The application just crashes right on startup. See screenshot for what I tried. Any suggestions? Am I just doing it wrong? I just added this to the Instrumentation Key property: LookUp('Environment Variable Values', 'Environment Variable Definition'.'Display Name' = "AppInsightsKey").Value
Palani 28 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

Hi cchannon, I am not using CDS data source in the app. My end users do not have license to support CDS. SharePoint is the data source of the app. I am looking for a way to use environment variables directly without referencing CDS tables in my app, something similar to the latest datasource environment variables.
cchannon 4,702 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

Have you added both Environment Variable Definitions and Environment Variable Values as tables from the data source?
Palani 28 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

@cchannon Thanks for your response. I agree that environment variables can hold string. However, on the Instrumentation Key of the Canvas powerapps, I don't see an option to select an Environment Variable. Do you have any idea on how to select an environment variable under the App Object as shown in the screenshot of my original post?
cchannon 4,702 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Environment variables for Canvas PowerApps Instrumentation Key

Environment Variables can hold a string. You don't need a special datatype for "instrumentation key".