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I thought after participating in Microsoft Ignite last week that creating a form in powerapps would be relatively simple but 2 days later and I'm completely lost.

I tried creating one manually, but it keeps asking for a data connection, yet this is a form to fill out by users so there is NO existing data to use on it. So I gave up there and tried googling and found I'm supposed to first create a SharePoint list with all my questions, then click on Customize Forms and now have a beautiful fillable form, yet doesn't actually appear as an app and only works in SharePoint.

Okay now I've tried another route. From my SP list i chose > PowerApps > Create app and added this list as the source (but technically that's its destination). It's showing all the fields but when I try and use it on the mobile app, I have to click on + like I'm creating a new record and enter a title. Can it not simply be the form with a Submit button?

This is for COVID so we need an EASY way to have a form be filled out by our employees every single morning. I have done this in Teams as a SharePoint form, however, that requires the user to open Teams, then teams, then the team, then the channel then more then they get the form.

Powerapps seemed the better way to go as you could just install teh app, see the app, then add app to your cellphone homescreen, but seems this doesn't work for forms apps?

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Building Power Apps

Hello mebenz,

First to note, Are you using a Gallery or a Edit Form control? I could see the suggestion of editing the SharePoint form coming up as that generates the Edit form automatically with all the connections setup for the list to automatically submit it back to the SharePoint list(SharePoint in this case is being used as the Database storing the responses, as PowerApps on its own cannot do this).

If you wished to setup a standalone app used on your phone you will want to start with a blank app and then create the Edit Form Control, once created you can then setup a connection to your SharePoint list so that it has the fields to fill out. After that it comes down to how you wish to design it. you could use the same + button and its onSelect to create a new item after filling out or use a button control. The design and how you wish to set it up is your to make, just know you will need to setup the code itself.

P.S. The Custom form generated for SharePoint would be a good reference you can use to see how they setup part of the app and will help give you some ideas. I am also include a couple additional links below that can help you with starting on your path with PowerApps.

Covers SubmitForm and how to change the state of a Form:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-form

Covers the Button Control:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/controls/control-button

Starting location for PowerApps documentation(Recommended you save this for future use):

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/

More hands on learning of PowerApps, goes over using PowerApps and provides some tutorials:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/get-started-with-powerapps/

Have a good day,