Get Started With Dataverse

 Microsoft Dataverse:-

Dataverse is an option of the data sources that you can use within Power Apps. 

So App makers can then use Dataverse to build rich applications in Power Apps. 

Microsoft Dataverse “Common data service” is a cloud-based storage space that

 organizations can use to store business application data.

            Dataverse is a straightforward platform that you can use to begin designing 

your data structures,it is cloud-based storage space. The data within Dataverse is stored 

within a set of tables. A table is a set of records that used to store data, each table consists 

of some columns.

Tables

Data within Dataverse is stored within a set of records called Tables.

A table is a set of records used to store data, similar to how a table stores data within a database.

how to create new custom table in dataverse:

1. In the left navigation pane, expand Data, select Tables, and then select + New table.

 2.Under New table, enter the following:

•        Display name: Pet

3.In the Primary Column section

•           Display name: Enter Name of Column

4.At the bottom, click Create.

Types of tables

The two types of tables are:

1.Standard - The base set of tables that are created for every instance of a Microsoft Dataverse database. 

You can add more columns to any table, but you can only delete columns from a custom table.

2.Complex - Tables that contain complex, server-side business logic, including real-time workflows plug-ins. 

Some of the tables that are used in Dynamics 365 applications are complex. Care must be taken if 

you add server-side logic to ensure that users have the proper license to use the complex table. Additional information about complex tables can be accessed by following the link within the summary unit of this module.

Columns

  Columns are a way to store a discrete piece of information within a row in a table. You  

    might think of them as a column in Excel. Columns have data types, meaning that you  

   can store data of a certain type in a column that matches that data type. For example, if 

    you have a solution that requires dates, then you would store the date in a column with   

   the type of Date. Similarly, if you want to store a number, then you store the number in    

   column with the type of Number.

Environments in Dataverse

        Environments are used to store, manage, and share your organization's business data, apps, 

and flows in Microsoft Power Platform. Each environment allows you to provision one Microsoft Dataverse database for use within that environment. Microsoft Dataverse environments allow you to manage user access, security settings, and the storage that is associated with that database.

Business Rule:

In Microsoft Dataverse you can define business rules. Business rules allow you to apply 

and maintain business logic at the data layer instead of the app layer. Put more simply,

if you create business rules in Microsoft Dataverse, they are in effect regardless of where 

you interact with the data.

The following business rule actions can be used by canvas and model-driven apps:

·  Set column values

·  Clear column values

·  Validate data and show error messages

Model-driven apps can also use business rules to:

·  Show or hide columns (model-driven apps only)

·  Enable or disable columns (model-driven apps only)

·  Create business recommendations based on business intelligence (model-driven apps only)