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We have a custom business app in Powerapps. It's light CRM and service desk app. We need a app where more than one user can use simultaneously. Is this possible?

We using Sharepoint Online list as a database.

Our app opens straight to the Customer -screen, where user select one of the customers from the gallery. When user press a customer item > app use this code on Gallery1_1 > OnSelect:

Navigate(Screen3; ScreenTransition.Fade; {CustomVariable: Gallery1_1.Selected})

Then app goes to Screen3, where user can see those customer details what was selected. In Screen3 there is Gallery which has Item property:

First(Filter(BasicDetails; CustomVariable.ID = ID))

Is this CustomVariable attached to a current user? Or can another user change that variable value, when he/she using the app at the same time? and then messing up that First user details view.

Do we need make copies of that app and every user use own copy of app?

I ask this because sometimes the screen3 customer gallery incorrectly displays the information of another customer.

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Hi @Anonymous

The apps made in PowerApps are multiuser. They each are their own instances so it does not matter how many users use it at the same time.

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Hi @Anonymous,

Could you please share a screenshot of your PowerApps app's configuration?

I agree with @Anonymous's thought almost. Based on the formula that you mentioned, I have made a test on my side and don't have the issue that you mentioned. The CustomVariable variable that you defined is attached to the current item that you select within the Gallery control of your Customer-screen.

I think it is not necessary to make a copy of that app for each user to use. If these users are members of your Office 365 Organization, you could share this app with them or the entire organization. If you share that app with your entire organization, everyone within your Organization could run this app. In addition, these users could run this shared app at the same time.

More details about sharing an app within PowerApps, please check the following article:

Sharing an app within PowerApps

Best regards,

Kris

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Hi,

I made an app where people in my company has to submit dates for specific tasks. Even though each task is related to one person (meaning they submit dates to different tasks) when they want to save changes only one of them succeeds while the others get error that changes cannot be submitted. It is curicial for the sustainability of this app that people can use it at the same time.
Is there a way to fix it?

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I think that there could be an issue with multiple users trying to submit data on the same powerapp at the same time because of Excel write (assuming data is stored in excel) which can be only one user at a time currently.

Is there a way to allow multi-user edit in shared excel at the same time?
Another thing, my powerapp is exposed to the users as a tab in Teams

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Do you know if this has been a problem? Or does this not matter? I am using an excel database too. @Anonymous

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Hello,

What about when using Dataverse as datasource, one of the columns being autonumbered? let's say that you have app that creates invoices, and the invoice number is autonumbered by column type in Dataverse. What happens when multiple users are creating invoice at same time? Say for example that the next available number is 00114. User opens app, starts creating new invoice, their form is autonumbered 00114. While they're still working on it, another user starts their own invoice. Will that be correctly numbered 00115, even though the previous user hasn't saved their record yet? And if it is correctly numbered 00115 for the second user, what happens if the first person decides to cancel invoice creation and leave the app. Is the numbering going correct? I guess this is a question when exactly the autonumber is created and saved to Dataverse. Perhaps multiple users can create invoices at same time, and the autonumber happens only once user has clicked Save?

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@Anonymous ,

This is an old closed thread - please submit your problem on a new item

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Hi,

I have same issue where my database is SQL Server and expecting that more than one user can access mobile at same time and save data at same time, but its not working properly. Any advice/suggestion will helpful.

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