Why 500 matters for Canvas Apps?

500 for canvas apps matters because it is the maximum number of records that can be displayed in a single Canvas App page. This limitation applies to both view and edit screens. If a business needs to show or edit more than 500 records, they need to use pagination, which allows users to navigate through data in smaller chunks. By limiting the number of records displayed at once, Canvas Apps ensure that users can easily see, interact with, and manage the data in their applications.

There is something magical about five hundred:

• I have never really had a chance to test it, but, it seems, once you are over 500 connections on Linkedin, it’ll be displaying “500+ connections”
• There is Fortune 500 ranking of the largest companies
• There is 500 “catch-all” web server error

AND, ready for the next one?

There is 500 limit on the number of controls you should be adding to your canvas applications:

Tips and best practices to improve performance of canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

Why 500 matters for Canvas Apps? – It Ain’t Boring

Questions and Answers about Power Platform/Power Apps

• How do I optimize my canvas app performance?

You can also benefit by following the tips and best practices in this article to boost the performance of apps that you create.

• What are the cons of canvas apps?

One of the most significant weaknesses of a canvas app is that it isn't responsive by default. Portrait and landscape are the two layout/orientation options available. You can make canvas apps responsive by manually modifying the size and location of your components to fit the desired screen sizes.

• What is the benefit of canvas app?

Canvas apps are exactly what they sound like: PowerApps provides you with a blank canvas onto which you can drag and drop components in any formation to design a user interface. Once everything is in its proper place, you can make additional adjustments to the size and formatting of each of these components.

• What is the difference between canvas apps and model-driven apps?

Canvas App is a low-code platform for building rich business applications. Model-driven app design is an approach that focuses on adding components such as forms, views, charts, and dashboards to tables using an app designer tool.