How to build a canvas app in Power Apps
About this guide
Scenario
Bellows College is an educational organization with multiple campuses and programs. Many of Bellow Colleges instructors and administrators need to attend events, and purchase items. Historically tracking these expenses has been a challenge.
Campus administration would like to modernize their expense reporting system by providing employees with a digital way to report expenses.
Throughout this series, you will build applications and perform automation to enable the Bellows College employees to manage expenses.
High-Level Lab Steps
You will follow the below outline to design the canvas app:
- Create an expense report canvas app
- Configure how expense reports are shown on the browse screen
- Make some basic changes to the app
- Test the app functionality
Tasks and Job Skills
Exercise 1: Create Expense Reports Canvas App
Objective: In this exercise, you will see how to create a canvas app by connecting to an Expense Reports table.
Task 1: Create the Expense Reports app
Task 2: Modify and theme the newly created app
Task 3: Test your Expense Reports app
Career Connections
The guides in this series provide foundational Power Platform knowledge, empowering roles such as Business Analyst, Citizen Developer, and Entry-Level Consultant to enhance their job performance by leveraging the platform's capabilities.
As of 2025, average U.S. salaries range from $44,000 to $80,000 for entry-level Business Analysts and $52,000 to $101,000 with five years of experience, while Citizen Developers earn around $129,348 annually. Entry-Level Consultants make approximately $65,224, with experienced consultants at top firms earning significantly higher, starting at $112,000 for undergraduates and $192,000 for MBAs. Please note that these figures are approximate, derived from online sources, and can vary based on factors such as location, industry, qualifications, and company size.
