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Build a canvas app to manage data that's stored in Common Data Service, using standard entities (which are built in), custom entities (which your organization creates), or both.
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When you build an app from the Common Data Service, you don't need to create a connection from PowerApps, as you do with data sources such as SharePoint, Dynamics 365, or Salesforce. You only need to specify the entities that you want to show, manage, or use for both activities in the app.
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When you build an app from Common Data Service, you don't need to create a connection from PowerApps, as you do with data sources such as SharePoint, Dynamics 365, or Salesforce. You need only to specify the entities that you want to show, manage, or use for both activities in the app.
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## Prerequisites
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1. Sign in to [PowerApps](http://web.powerapps.com?utm_source=padocs&utm_medium=linkinadoc&utm_campaign=referralsfromdoc).
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1. Under **Make your own app**, hover over the **Start from blank** tile for canvas apps, click or tap the phone icon, and then click or tap **Make this app**.
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1. Under **Make your own app**, select **Canvas app from blank**.
You can design an app from scratch for phones or other devices (such as tablets); this topic will focus on designing an app for phones.
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1. Specify a name for your app, select **Phone**, and then select **Create**.
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## Specify an entity
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You can build an app from scratch for tablets, but this topic shows building an app for phones.
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1. In the middle of the screen, click or tap **connect to data** and then, in the **Data** pane, click or tap the **Common Data Service** connection.
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## Specify an entity
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1. In the search box, type or paste the first few letters of **Accounts** to filter the list of entities, select the **Accounts** check box, and then click or tap **Connect**.
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1. In the middle of the screen, select **connect to data**.
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1. In the **Data** pane, select **Common Data Service**, select the **Accounts** check box, and then select **Connect**.
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1. Close the **Data** pane by clicking or tapping the close icon in the upper-right corner.
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1. Close the **Data** pane by selecting the close icon in the upper-right corner.
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## Add a list screen
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1. On the **Home** tab, click or tap the down arrow for **New screen**, and then click or tap **List screen**.
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1. On the **Home** tab, select the down arrow for **New screen**, and then select **List**.
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1. In the left navigation bar, click or tap **TemplateGalleryList1** to select it, and then set the value of the **Items** property to this formula:
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1. In the left navigation bar, select **BrowseGallery1**, and then set the value of the **Items** property to this formula:
- The gallery should show data from the **Accounts** entity.
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- The data should be sorted in ascending order until a user clicks or taps the sort button to toggle the sort order.
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- If a user types or pastes one or more characters into the search bar, the list will show only those accounts for which the name field contains the characters that the user specified.
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- The data should be sorted in ascending order until a user selects the sort button to toggle the sort order.
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- If a user types or pastes one or more characters into the search bar (**TextSearchBox1**), the list will show only those accounts for which the **name** field contains the characters that the user specified.
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You can use [these and many other functions](formula-reference.md) to specify how your app appears and behaves.
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1. Repeat the first step of the previous procedure, except add a **Form screen** instead of a **List screen**.
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1. Repeat the first step of the previous procedure, except add a **Form**screen instead of a **List** screen.
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1. Set the form's **DataSource** property to **Accounts** and its **Item** property to **BrowseGallery.Selected**, as shown on the **Advanced tab** of the right-hand pane.
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1. Set the form's **DataSource** property to **Accounts** and its **Item** property to **BrowseGallery.Selected**, as the **Advanced**tab of the right-hand pane shows.
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1. On the **Properties** tab of the right-hand pane, click or tap **Accounts** to open the **Data** pane, and then select the checkboxes for these fields:
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1. On the **Properties** tab of the right-hand pane, select **Edit fields** to open the **Fields** pane.
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1. Select **Add field**, and then select the check boxes for these fields:
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-**Account Name**
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-**Address 1: Street 1**
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-**Address 1: City**
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-**Address 1: ZIP/Postal code**
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-**Number of Employees**
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-**Annual Revenue**
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- Account name
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- Address 1: Street 1
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- Address 1: City
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- Address 1: ZIP/Postal code
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- Number of Employees
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- Annual Revenue
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1. Select **Add**.
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1. Set the title bar's **Text** property to show **Create/Edit**.
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## Configure icons
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1. On the **BrowseScreen**, click or tap the circular icon near the top of the screen, and set its **OnSelect** property to this formula:
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1. On the **BrowseScreen**, set the **OnSelect** property of the circular icon near the top of the screen to this formula:
1. On the **Insert** tab, click or tap **Icons**, and then click or tap the **Trash** icon.
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1. On the **Insert** tab, select **Icons**, and then select the **Trash** icon.
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1. Set the **Trash** icon's **Color** property to **White** and its **OnSelect** property to this formula:
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## Test the app
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1. In the left navigation bar, select **BrowseScreen**, and then open Preview by pressing F5 (or by clicking or tapping the play icon near the upper-right corner).
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1. In the left navigation bar, select **BrowseScreen**, and then open Preview by pressing F5 (or by selecting the play icon near the upper-right corner).
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