#PowerPlatform – We can Debug an app with canvas App Monitor and it’s awesome !

Hi !

I was deploying and testing an interesting Power App scenario to make desk reservations. It was created by April Dunnam, and it was fast an easy to deploy (see references). I even had the chance to make a Pull Request with a minor update to the deploy steps.

While I was doing this, I started to test the App with different users in my demo environment, and I realize that something was wrong, some permissions were needed. Because this is a demo environment, I usually grant everyone full permissions, however I remembered that we had a new cool feature in the Power Apps (see references):

Debugging an app with canvas app Monitor (Preview)

And it was very easy to use! After a couple of minutes sharing and using the app I found the specific information I was looking for: the permissions I need to grant.

To get there I simply select the advanced tools and start a Monitor Session (preview)

I can also invite a user to a shared monitor session. Both of us will be able to see the logs in real-time.

However the powerful feature is triggered when the app is starting to be used. With the guest account, all the log data is available in real time to analyze. Here I can find the permissions and other data which may help me to improve my app.

Super cool ! and a final video with the App review

References

• Desk Booking & Reservation Power Apps Template
• Debugging an app with canvas app Monitor (Preview)