Explore a sample app

This section walks you through a sample PowerTable app so you can explore PowerTable without having to connect to your database.

  1. Log on to Microsoft Fabric. Click on New item to create a new PowerTable item in your workspace.

Create a new item
  1. Select PowerTable from the list of items.

Select 'PowerTable'
  1. Enter a name for your PowerTable item and select the workspace. Click Create.

Create PowerTable item
  1. Click on Explore PowerTable.

Explore PowerTable

You may also select 'Create a New App' to build your first PowerTable app. Please refer to this section to know more.

  1. You can now explore PowerTable with our sample templates, 'AdventureWorks Sales' and 'Employee Management'. You can select any one and click on Create.

The template details and preview are available for both templates. Let's start with a simple template that includes two tables: Employee Management.

Choose a template
  1. Two tables—'Department' and 'Employee'—are loaded into PowerTable for you to explore its features.

Sample powertable template
  1. The Home tab includes options for importing and inserting rows, grouping rows, sorting, searching, and filtering rows, appearance settings, conditional formatting settings, audit trails, and so on.

The Home tab
  1. The Setup tab quickly allows you to configure the column properties and manage row and column access control, automation workflows, and table settings.

Setup columns, access control, automation
  1. Other features include cell-level comments, approval workflow configuration, and column width adjustment.

Manage columns, approvals, comments

You can use this documentation to get detailed information on all the above functionalities and how to use them.

In the next section, we'll look at the steps to build your first PowerTable app.

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