Are you tired of your users getting errors in PowerApps? Then check how you can use the OnError property to deal with all of those unhandled errrors. Error messages from bad inputs, functions missing data, or even a Patch function gone wrong can all be dealt with without breaking a sweat. You will learn about OnError, IfError, Error, IsBlankOrError, Left, If, Filter and more. If you have errors in your Power Apps you need this video.
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Key Timestamps:
0:00 Get Started
Power Apps OnError is a property on your app which lets you capture all your unhandled errors
1:51 PowerApps IfError and Handled Errors
Shane explains what IfErrors and Handled Errors are in Power Apps
2:28 Unhandled Errors in Power Apps
Shane explains what Unhandled Errors are in Power Apps
Unhandled errors occur when Power Apps is not sure what to perform and it shows the error back to the user
3:06 PowerApps App OnError property
The OnError property gives you the ability to put in code that run every time you encounter an error
5:35 Logging all of your Power Apps errors to a SharePoint data source
Make a list of your Power Apps errors
9:08 Suppressing Power Apps error messages
Shane explains how to use an If logic to suppress error messages
11:33 AllErrors
Occasionally you may run into errors where you are getting multiples and you need to check the table - AllErrors is that table
12:44 Using Left to deal with an error message over 255 character limit
When having a character limit issue, you are able to patch only the first 255 to meet the limit and stop receiving errors
14:13 Patch Errors handled vs. unhandled and what to do with them
15:50 Using the Error function to create your own Error Record
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