Format a table in Excel and naming tips
In Power Apps, you can create a canvas app based on Excel data only if it's formatted as a table. By following this content, you'll learn how to format a table in Excel and some tips for naming Excel columns.
How to format a table in Excel
You can convert your data to a table by selecting Format as Table in the Home tab of Excel.
You can also create a table by selecting Table on the Insert tab.
To find your table easily, go to Design under Table Tools, and rename your table. It's useful to give your table a meaningful name, especially when the same Excel file contains more than one table.
Naming tips in Excel
If a column in your table contains images, include "image" in the name of that column. This keyword will bind that column to an image control in a gallery.
Next steps
- Generate an app from Excel in Power Apps based on a table that you specify. The app will have three screens by default: one each for browsing records, displaying details about a single record, and creating or updating a record.
- Create an app from scratch using the table you format in Excel. You can manually create and customize your app to display, browse, or edit the data in your table.
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