Power Apps Search SharePoint Lists without Delegation Issues
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Jul 3, 2023 5:00 PM

Power Apps Search SharePoint Lists without Delegation Issues

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Principal Program Manager at Microsoft Power CAT Team | Power Platform Content Creator

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In this Power Apps Tutorial Video, we tackle the challenge of performing Search queries against large SharePoint Lists

In this Power Apps tutorial video, the issue of performing search queries against large SharePoint Lists without running into delegation issues is tackled. These issues often limit searches by 500 or 2000 item limits. The tutorial assists those struggling with these limitations by providing guidance to leverage the Microsoft Graph API. This tool, accessible from Power Apps as a standard licensed connector, enables search within large SharePoint Lists.

The video details steps to build a search box and explains PowerApps delegation to work successfully with data sources like large SharePoint Lists. It emphasizes the common failure of the Search function to deliver accurate results when querying SharePoint as a data source. The role of the Graph API is explained and how it queries the SharePoint Search API to deal with crawled content. The end goal is to retrieve precise search results.

  • Performing search queries against large SharePoint Lists without delegation issues
  • Leveraging the power of the Microsoft Graph API to search within large SharePoint Lists
  • Building a search box and understanding PowerApps delegation when working with data sources like large SharePoint Lists
  • Tackling the issue of the Search function failing to deliver accurate results when querying SharePoint as a data source
  • Using the Graph API to directly query the SharePoint Search API, which deals with crawled content for precise searches
 
 
 

The Power of the Graph API

The Microsoft Graph API empowers standard licensed connectors to query directly to SharePoint Search API, significantly easing the task of dealing with large SharePoint lists. The API plays a crucial role in overcoming the delegation limits of 500 or 2000 items, a common issue when querying SharePoint as a data source. The Graph API, when used effectively, can ensure accurate, precise search results by dealing with crawled content, thus bypassing traditional search function failures.

Learn about Power Apps Search SharePoint Lists without Delegation Issues

The main topic of this text is Power Apps and how to search SharePoint Lists without Delegation Issues. It covers the challenges of searching large SharePoint Lists and how to use the Microsoft Graph API in Power Apps. It also explains the limitations of the Search function when used with SharePoint Lists and how the Graph API can be used to query the SharePoint Search API. Additionally, it talks about the importance of crawled content and how to use it to retrieve precise search results. In conclusion, this text covers how to use the Microsoft Graph API in Power Apps to search large SharePoint Lists without running into Delegation Issues.

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Keywords

Power Apps, Microsoft Graph API, SharePoint Lists, PowerApps Delegation, Search Function, SharePoint Search API