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PowerApp Canvas App for survey/questionanire

I need to build a PowerApp which presents a daily list of tasks to a user such as number of surveys to complete; within which postcode area etc. They then want to complete a questionnaire; and store submissions in the PowerApps own Dataverse.

My thoughts are;

  • Ideally i would want to hook up Microsoft Forms (standard not Pro) so the PowerApp could either link to the form and pre-populate a unique ID or similar? they complete the form; and a Logic App would process into the DataVerse by unique ID. However not sure this is possible?

  • Other option is i design the Canvas App to complete the survey (similar to the Employee Engagement survey template) - but likely will have 30/40 questions - this would obviously have a direct link to the Dataverse so no Logic App required

  • Other options?

Thanks in advance Rich

Solution

  • Stay away from Microsoft Forms for a 30-40 question survey. The conditional logic, error handling, input validation, etc are not robust enough. You'd likely get too much free text to produce any meaningful reports from.

    Caveat being: Do external users (outside your Active Directory) need to access the survey?

    • If so, then Forms is likely the only way to go (unless you want to somehow manage PowerApps licenses for external users).

    PowerApps will suffice.