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Set up nurture components

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Multiple nurture components are provided in the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit and require configuration to install. The installation instructions in this article are segmented based on the set of components that should be grouped and installed together. Dependencies on other segments are outlined in each section.

Prerequisites

  1. Complete the instructions in Before setting up the CoE Starter Kit and Set up inventory components.
  2. Set up your environment.
  3. Sign in with the correct identity.

Import the solution

The core components solution is required for the nurture components solution to work.

  1. Import the CenterOfExcellenceNurtureComponents_x_x_x_xx_managed.zip file solution from the download to install the solution.
  2. Leave all environment variables blank on import.

Set up Video hub components

Set up the Video hub components using the Setup Wizard

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.

  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.

  3. Open the More features page and select Video hub.

    This Video hub app guides you step-by-step through the configuration steps.

    Screesnhot that shows the CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard - Video hub app.

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, raise them on GitHub and set up the inventory components manually.

Set up the Video hub components manually

Review and enable Video hub canvas app features

The canvas app has two features you can enable:

  1. Comments
  2. Related video

You can enable either or both by updating environment variables in the CoE Admin Command Center app:

  1. Video Hub - Enable Comments
  2. Video Hub - Related Videos

Follow the instructions for setting environment variables.

Enable Comments

When enabled, Video hub users can comment on selected videos. Comment moderation is managed through the admin app. Comments must be approved before being visible in the Video hub.

Screenshot that shows where you can approve or reject a single comment in the **Video hub** app.

When enabled, Video hub users see a list of similar videos to the one that they selected. The content category value of content filters similar videos.

Screenshot that shows the similar or related video content.

Share Video hub apps with admins and makers

The Video hub components are two apps:

  • Nurture apps - admin

    An app to manage content, playlists, and comments. Share this app with other admins and assign them to the Power Platform SR security role.

  • Video hub

    A canvas app for video content. Share this app with your makers and assign them to the Power Platform SR security role.

For more information, see Share a canvas app in Power Apps.

Import starter data (optional)

If you want to prepopulate the Video hub with videos from the Microsoft Power Platform YouTube channel, you can import data from the Video hub starter workbook.

  1. Open the Nurture - Admin app and navigate to the Content page.
  2. From the command bar, select Import from Excel.
  3. Select Choose File.
  4. Go to the location where you saved the microsoft-video-hub-starter-data.xlsx file, and then select Open.
  5. Select Next.
  6. Select Finish.

An import job is created. You can track its progress by selecting Track Progress.

Manage content in admin Nurture apps

Video content

The video content schema:

Column Column type Description
Name Text The title of the video, for example 'Building responsive Power Apps'
Owner User The creator of the record
Content description Text Detailed description of the video
Content URL Text (URL) The URL to the video
View count Number The count is updated, via the Video hub canvas app, when a user watches a video.
Power Platform product Choice Categorizes the video based on Power Platform product
Content category Choice Select the type of video; for example: How-to, Success story, Community session

Playlists

Playlists are curated lists of video content managed by administrators.

The playlists schema:

Column Column type Description
Name Text Represents the display name for the playlist
Owner User The creator of the record
Playlist description Text Represents a detailed description of the playlist
Playlist type Choice Represents the playlist type. Options available are personal or shared. Shared playlists are visible to all users. Private playlists are only visible to the author.
Note: Private playlists are coming in a future release.

Playlists are a curated collection of videos. One playlist has many playlist items.

The playlist item schema:

Column Column type Description
Name Text The name can be set to any value. The name isn't used in the Video hub canvas app.
Playlist Lookup This lookup column returns a list of playlists.
Community hub content Lookup This lookup column returns a list of video content.

Comments

Users of the Video hub canvas app create comments. Comments are moderated and only visible when an administrator sets the Comment status column value to Approved.

The comments schema:

Column Column type Description
Name Text Unused in the admin app. The name column is populated when comments are created via the Video hub canvas app.
Comment text Text The users comment text
Comment status Choice Approved or rejected. Only approved comments appear in the Video hub canvas app.
Community hub content Lookup The video related to the comment

Set up Training in a day components

Training in a day - Setup Wizard

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.

  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.

  3. Open the More features page and select Training in a day.

    This app provides a guided step by step experience through the configuration steps. CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard - Training in a day

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, raise them on GitHub and set up the Inventory components manually.

Training in a day - set up manually

Update training in a day environment variables

Update environment variables used by the environment request management components as described in the following table.

Name Description
Training in a day - Feedback Form The Training in a day package includes a flow that automatically sends a feedback request to attendees on the day of the event. Configure the form through Microsoft Forms or the Forms app for a DoD tenant.
Community URL Link to your internal Microsoft Power Platform community, for example Yammer or Teams.

Set up a feedback form for your Training in a day

  1. Open this template form.

  2. Select Duplicate it.

  3. Edit the form to add your own questions.

  4. Select Share, and copy the link for Send and collect responses. Screensohot that shows location of the URL you can copy from the Share and collect reponses pane. The pane is opened from the Share button of Microsoft Forms.

  5. When importing the solution, update thee Training in a day - Feedback Form with this value.

Turn on flows

There are several flows that need to be turned on for the Training in a day components to work:

  • Training in a day: Feedback Reminder
  • Training in a day: Registration Confirmation
  • Training in a day: Reminder 3 days before an event

Share Training in a day apps with admins and makers

The Training in a day components consist of two apps:

  • Nurture apps - Admin app for training organizers to view and manage events and registrations. Share this app with other admins or training organizers and assign them the Power Platform Admin SR security role.
  • Nurture apps - Maker app for attendees to register to training events. Share this app with your makers and assign them the Power Platform Maker SR security role.

For more information, see Share a canvas app in Power Apps.

Set up maker assessment components

Maker assessment - Setup Wizard

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.

  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.

  3. Open the More features page and select Maker Assessment.

    This app provides a guided step by step experience through the configuration steps. Screenshot that shows the CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard - Solution Assessment.

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, raise them on GitHub and set up the Inventory components manually.

Maker assessment - set up manually

Update environment variables used by the environment request management components as described in the following table.

Name Description
Maker Assessment Admin eMail The eMail of the admin or CoE team responds to queries from the Maker Assessment app.

Import starter data set for the Maker Assessment app

Import an initial set of assessment questions to get started using the Maker Assessment app. You can add your own questions or customize the existing ones using the admin app for this solution.

Turn on flow

Turn on the flow:

  1. Add Maker Assessment Starter Data

  2. Run the Add Maker Assessment Starter Data flow once to add starter data for the Maker Assessment apps: categories, questions, and answers.

Share maker assessment apps with admins and makers

The maker assessment components consist of two apps:

  • Nurture apps - Admin app for admins to manage assessment questions. Share this app with other admins or training organizers, and assign them the Power Platform Admin SR security role.
  • Nurture apps - Maker app for makers to complete assessments. Share this app with your makers, and assign them the Power Platform Maker SR security role.

More information:

Set up Pulse feedback survey

Note

The flows supporting this processes post adaptive cards to users using the Microsoft Teams connector. The ability to post adaptive cards in Teams is not available in GCC, GCC High and DoD. These flows should remain turned off in these regions as they will not work.

Pulse feedback - Setup Wizard

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.
  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.
  3. Open the More features page and select Pulse feedback.
  4. This app provides a guided step by step experience through the configuration steps. CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard - Pulse Feedback

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, please raise them on GitHub and proceed with setting up the Inventory components manually.

Pulse feedback survey - set up manually

Update environment variables used by the environment request management components as described in the following table.

Name Description
Pulse - How many makers to survey? The Pulse survey is sent to makers to provide feedback on their experience working with the CoE and Power Platform. Provide the number of makers you want to survey regularly here. If you set this number to 5, the survey is sent to 5 random makers per week. A default value of 1 is provided.

Turn on flows to start collecting feedback

There are several flows that need to be turned on for the Pulse feedback survey components to work:

  • Pulse [Child] - post adaptive cards to maker
  • Pulse - Survey Makers for CoE feedback

Set up the Power BI dashboard to view feedback

  1. Download and install Microsoft Power BI Desktop.
  2. Enable the TDS endpoint on your environment.
  3. Get the environment URL.
  4. In Power BI Desktop, open the Pulse_CoEDashboard.pbit file, which can be found in the CoE Starter Kit you downloaded from aka.ms/CoeStarterKitDownload.
  5. Enter the URL of your environment instance. Don't include the https:// prefix or / postfix for OrgUrl.
  6. Save the dashboard locally, or select Publish and choose the workspace you want to publish the report to.
  7. Configure scheduled refresh for your Power BI Dataset to update the report daily.

You can find the report later by going to app.powerbi.com.

Set up template catalog components

Template catalog - Setup Wizard

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.
  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.
  3. Open the More features page and select Template Catalog.
  4. This app provides a guided step by step experience through the configuration steps. CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard - Template Catalog

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, please raise them on GitHub and proceed with setting up the Inventory components manually.

Template catalog - set up manually

If you have existing templates, such as template apps, brand guidelines, or app and flow samples, you can add them to the CoE Templates table. The templates appear in the template catalog once added.

  1. Go to make.powerapps.com and select your CoE environment
  2. On the left pane, select Solutions.
  3. Select the Center of Excellence - Nurture components solution.
  4. Open the CoE Templates table.
  5. Select Data.
  6. Select + Add Record to add your template description and file.

Share the template catalog apps with admins and makers

The template catalog components have one app:

  • Nurture apps - Maker app for makers and end users to browse available templates. Share this app with end users, and assign them the Power Platform User SR security role.

For more information, see Share a canvas app in Power Apps.

Set up product newsletter

Turn on the Admin | Newsletter with Product Updates flow to receive a weekly email with updates from the Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Microsoft Copilot Studio blog posts. This email is sent to the admin only.

All environment variables

This list of environment variables impact the nurture solution, including environment variables with default values. You might have to update environment variables after import.

Important

You don't have to change the environment variables in setup. However, you can change the environment variable you configured during import or when you want to change a default value. Restart all flows after you change environment variables to see the latest values.

Environment variables are used to store application and flow configuration data with data specific to your organization or environment.

Name Description Default Value
Training in a day - Feedback Form The Training in a day package includes a flow that automatically sends a feedback request to attendees on the day of the event. Configure the form through Microsoft Forms or the Forms app for a DoD tenant. n/a
Power User Site URL (SharePoint Site) The site that your Microsoft Power Platform power users can use to communicate and share files. You use it here to house the template library for them. Currently not used. n/a
Innovation Backlog URL (optional) URL to the Innovation Backlog canvas app, if you're using this app. n/a
Maker Assessment Admin eMail The eMail of the admin or CoE team that responds to queries from the Maker Assessment app. n/a
Community URL Link to your internal Microsoft Power Platform community, for example Yammer or Teams n/a
Pulse - How many makers to survey? The Pulse survey is sent to makers to provide feedback on their experience working with the CoE and Power Platform. Provide the number of makers you want to survey regularly here. If you set this number to 5, the survey is sent to 5 random makers per week. 1
Video hub - Enable comments Enable or disable end users to leave comments on videos published via the Video hub. Disabled by default. No
Video hub - Related Videos Enable or disable showing related videos in the Video hub. Enabled by default. Yes

I found a bug with the CoE Starter Kit. Where should I go?

To file a bug against the solution, go to aka.ms/coe-starter-kit-issues.