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title: "Power Apps Pattern: Calculation | Microsoft Docs"
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description: Learn how Calculation apps make work easier and more accurate. For example, help someone select the right part, adjust equipment, or provide a price estimate.
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author: kathyos
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title: "Power Apps pattern: Calculation | Microsoft Docs"
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description: Learn how calculation apps make work easier and more accurate. For example, help someone select the right part, adjust equipment, or provide a price estimate.
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author: topness-msft
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ms.service: powerapps
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.custom: guidance
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![Collage of calculation app screenshots](media/calculation-collage.png"Collage of calculation app screenshots")
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Power Apps makers use the Calculation/Transformation pattern to teach, to learn
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and to make their work easier and more accurate. These apps may replace
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Power Apps makers use the calculation/transformation pattern to teach, to learn,
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and to make their work easier and more accurate. These apps might replace
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spreadsheets; apps are much easier to use and can provide outputs as charts or
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even audio.
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These apps take user input and perform calculations that can, for example, help
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someone select the right part, adjust equipment, or provide a price estimate.
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They can also rely on external data for reference or calculation, or on a
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service, like in the case of a translation app that leverages Azure Cognitive
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Services to translate.
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service, as in the case of a translation app that uses Azure Cognitive
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Services.
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## How to recognize the Calculation pattern
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## How to recognize the calculation pattern
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![Illustration of the calculation pattern with input, calculation, and output steps](media/calculation-illustration.png"Illustration of the calculation pattern with input, calculation, and output steps")
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1. The app returns a calculated result.
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- The calculation may use a Power Apps formula or call out to an external
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- The calculation might use a Power Apps formula or call out to an external
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function (for example, a text translation service).
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- Calculations are not always numeric. For instance, the result could be
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- Calculations aren't always numeric. For instance, the result might be
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translated text or the transformation of a photo to a text description.
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1. The results are used in real time by the user.
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- A calculator pattern can be used to create a wizard that takes the user
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through a decision tree to troubleshoot an issue.
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The calculation pattern may be paired with other patterns. For example, a
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calculation can be used in the Inspection/Audit pattern and store the results of
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The calculation pattern can be paired with other patterns. For example, a
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calculation can be used in the inspection/audit pattern and store the results of
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the calculation in the inspection report.
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## How customers are using the Calculation pattern
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## How customers are using the calculation pattern
[Read the whole story.](https://powerapps.microsoft.com/blog/reliable-electric-power-platform-customer-story/)
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Reliable Electric creates complex bids for integrated electrical projects in
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high-end homes. These bids were created using a legacy system that was limited
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to one user at a time and a manual Excel-based process. The company has replaced
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high-end homes. These bids were created by using a legacy system that was limited
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to one user at a time and used a manual process based on Excel. Gone are the days of copying and pasting outputs into spreadsheets. The company has replaced
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this process with a single app built in Power Apps that manages the entire
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estimation process. This app has been tailored for Reliable Electric’s business
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process by defining groups of materials and labor that can be used to more
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quickly calculate estimates. By moving to this app, they have reduced their time
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estimation process, a change that also reduces estimating-related manual workloads by half and dramatically lowers the potential for errors.
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This app has been tailored for Reliable Electric's business
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process by defining groups of materials and labor that can be used to calculate estimates more
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quickly. By moving to this app, they've reduced their time
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for data entry by half and can create bids more easily now that the data is
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instantly available.
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instantly available. With its related improvements to labor, accuracy, and purchasing incorporated, the app built in Power Apps has saved Reliable Electric between CAD80,000 and CAD100,000 annually, compared to the top purpose-built electrical estimating solutions on the market.
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![Screenshot of the Reliable Electric project estimation app](media/reliable-electric-takeoffs.jpg"Screenshot of the Reliable Electric project estimation app")
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![Screenshot of Reliable Electric project estimation app](media/reliable-electric-takeoffs.png"Screenshot of Reliable Electric project estimation app")
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### SNCF Manufacturing Configuration
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### SNCF Manufacturing Configuration Application
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[Read the whole story.](https://powerapps.microsoft.com/blog/sncf-power-platform-customer-success-story/)
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