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Sai Krishna
Sai Krishna

Reputation: 217

What is Connector in PowerApps

I am learning PowerApps and while I am surfing on this, I come across Connector and Connections which are main components before proceeding with actions/triggers. So, could you please explain in detailed what is connector and connections on PowerApps?

Thanks in Advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 265

Answers (1)

Emily Kessler
Emily Kessler

Reputation: 231

A Connector is a proxy that sits between PowerApps/Flows and the backend service. This can either simply pass information and requests along to the backend service or it can change the request going out or the response coming back from the service. You can create Connectors for things like OneDrive, Twitter, ShrePoint, Facebook etc. and then use those in your app.

A Connection holds all of the configuration information for the user so that you can use a specific Connector. This could be authentication information such as username and password, database name, environment, etc. Each time you log in to a connector with different credentials, you are creating a new Connection for the same Connector.

PowerApps Datasources can hold additional configuration information for the Connection. For example, a datasource can use a SharePoint connection and will provide further information on which Site and List specifically it is referencing.

Upvotes: 4

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