Flow and PowerApps Export Package - Use Export and Import to move a working app
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2025
- In this video, you will learn how to use PowerApps Export Package and Import Package to move an App to a new tenant including the associated Flows!
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Great job @Shane.Just a suggestion, when you import app , no need to import each flow. App zip file contains all objects including flows. only the connections need to be created manually in new environment
Great video, Why wouldn't you export the app with the flows marked as create as new from the beginning? Also any insight on exporting apps as solution packages?
Best point to note is that, before any export, we should pulish the app, just saving will not get latest version. Thanks a lot @Shane for this great vedio
HI Shane, Thanks for sharing this. Do you have a video explaining how to change the data source (from List A to List B) without any impact to the app.
I don't, such a varied subject and so much nuance I struggle how to make a good video about it. 🤨
You are truly one of a kind, Shane! QQ-I am just looking to take a component library from one environment I built and move it into another environment my app is published in now and I cannot find ANY guidance on how to accomplish this without recreating the component in the new environment-can you validate there is not an easy “copy” “paste” ability before I take the time to rebuild my components? (E.g. Navigation pane, header, etc)
Look in retired features. I think this is an export import component you can turn on. I haven’t loooked in a while though. I can look on Monday if you don’t find it.
@@ShanesCowsthanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I have tried with that retired feature turned on and not having success-wasn’t sure if it’s because Microsoft deprecated it? If you find guidance next week, that would be AMAZING! Stay blessed!
Thank you for the video. When I tried to export a PowerApp that connects to some SharePoint lists, I didn't see anything listed under Related Resources. Is there a special setting or a specific way to make the the SharePoint list connections show up as Releated Resources?
I am not sure. I haven't tried much with SharePoint like that. I do notice it seems to change a lot though. Maybe import it and see what the app says?
So if I have an App that saves new items in a SP list and edit/delete them. I have to create those same lists (same columns) in the new tenant, then after importing the app. Re-map the datasource of all the galleries and functions that use those lists. Right?
Yes. If the list have same names it should just work.
Great video shane it helps
Can you suggest me any way to make this process faster when we have to migrate in bulk
Nope. 😑 maybe PowerShell ua-cam.com/video/BPmCW1uXh38/v-deo.html
@shane young, actualy where is the app embed, to the organization or the employee who created its app?,
i mean my friend the one who created the apps want to resign from organization, is it possible the others employee to use the apps.?
i hope u read and answer my question.
thank you
Great energy and great video - Thank you for all the good tutorials :)
Thanks Magnus for the kind words. :)
Hi Shane, This process is nice and easy when you only have a few flows in your destination environment but what about if you have a few hundred flows in your environment? When you import a package in order to update an app, you have to search through a random list of all your flows to select he one you want to update. Even with a naming convention it is a maddening task to find the correct flow in the random list. Is there a better way to do this? It seems crazy that the list cannot even be sorted alphabetically.
Wayne have you looked at Solutions? ua-cam.com/video/o-yL57DuUDE/v-deo.html Might not be the answer to this exact quesion but overall they are the better way to move things, especially if you do it on a regular basis.
@@ShanesCows Thanks for the quick reply... I'll take a look... in the mean time I have found that F3 search in Edge for the app name or flow name on the web page works pretty well.
Did you ever make that remapping data sources video? Got to the app import stage and it's throwing an error seemingly related to having a Microsoft List as a data source. I can't remove the list as a source because we need to keep our App's form live basically all the time and that sounds risky. The error:
The sharePoint request failed with error: '{"odata.error":{"code":"-1, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPConnectorException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"An App already exists for this list. Remove the existing App before adding a new one."}}}'. The correlation Id is '[redacted]'
hi Shane, how could I export a managed solution?
Thank you, Shane! If you delete you delete the connected data source, will it affect bother power Apps (Exported App and main App)?.
I don't think so but I would do a test before doing it to your real app.
@@ShanesCows Thank you!
@@ShanesCows how to move powerapps into a usb drive, without onedrive or SharePoint , so that the person who opens it can open it and run it properly.??? Pls answer its important
Hi Shane I have some changes the app how I can promote changes test to production site
With import and export you would have to import over the top of the existing app.
Great video! Do you have a video on preparing and exporting a Power App that contains forms?
This is the only video I have on export. Forms do get grouchy
Shane Young I have since decided that if you are going to customize cards then your best bet when moving between data sources is to create duplicate screens with duplicate sets of controls. When you are ready to move to the production data, hook it up and duplicate your customizations and such and once tested with the production setup, get rid of the dev screens, controls and data sources.
Great video Shane. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it
If I want my colleague to use the form list I have created , should I ask him to import the package? Becoz when the submit form is clicked flow is not triggering from his PC. Where as it Works fine on my PC. Is there any way I can grant him permission . I added him as owner also to flow. But no use. We all have per user plan . We all are part of same organisation. Plz help.
Great job again! A question: related flows can be exported / imported in the same step during exporting/importing the app. (Create new instead of Update).
I did not understand exactly what the reason is you exported/imported related flows separately?
Do you have any unfavorable experience with exporting / importing app and related flows in the same step?
Thanks in advance.
I have not. I have just never done it that way. 😀
Which security role do we need to Export-Import to another ENV? and, do we need the same if we want to do this BUT with Power DESKTOP flows? Thanks!
This is a great video, it really helped a lot but its still missing the Sharepoint migration part. Are the 2 different tenants using the same sharepoint site??
Can you please help us to copy a Sharepoint site with all its lists from one tenant(development tenant) to another(production tenant)
What about how to export a Power Apps integrated in a SharePoint?
Hey Shane,
Is there any why to Hide the owners name in the Power apps
Not that I know of BUT it can be changed. ua-cam.com/video/YA0IdOZnM78/v-deo.html
I shared a flow and powerapps to a colleague but he could import these file because he must have the permission my sharepoint and excel (permission to edit) inside the sharepoint. Is this possible?
I just created a powerapps that connects to a Dynamics 365 datasource. now I want to move it to a new tenant but turns out it's still referencing the old connection. how do I handle that?
You have to remove the old connections and then put in the new. Then reconnect all of the dots. It isn’t fun. Might make for a good video though.
@@ShanesCows Oh Geesh, I have done this from my tenant dev environment to the client tenant dev environment, everything broke including the Forms, I had to redo all the forms. Now my fear is I might have to redo the same from the client tenant dev environment to the client's production environment. Microsoft should be able to do better than this.
Is there a way to create a new version of an application written in PowerApps, and to distribute the application only to a limited number of devices for testing, prior to publishing the application to the masses?
You would have to save it as a different app. You can’t have one app in two published states.
Hi Shane, I have an app which uses several flows. I would like to copy the app within the same environment in order to be able to use it for troubleshooting purposes. Will it work with export/import feature? Can I export and import app within the same environment just changing apps name?
Yes :)
Hi,
Thanks you for your videos, you help me a lot in my work.
I'm asking if i have a datasource connecting to a sharepoint list and i want to migrate my app to other tenant (prod envirement)
Is there an automatique way to remap datasource automaticly ?
Or i should do it manually : delete the data source (i use it for a gallerie) and recreate/remap it ?
thank you.
When you import you can chose your data source.
Shane,
First let me say, Bro, you are the best instructor on youtube! You have helped me for the first time in my life realize what I want to do. I love this stuff!
Second, I purchased the BETA - Curated PowerApps Video Library at 10/ month. My question is when the timer runs out will my monthly charge increase or am i truly locked in? also, I know you said it's beta and that it will get better but there really is not much in terms of code snippets and downloads. Really looking for the SQL stuff. Any chance that info is going up soon?
Great job and great business model!
Soon you will be writing API calls to start two or three teslas. #Dope
Hey Matt. Thanks for the support. Send me an email and I will make sure you get all the pieces you need. I have added 10x the content already. 😻 shane at PowerApps911.com
Hi Shane,
I have canvas connected to SharePoint list and has edit form in app how we can create package and import package in new environment and reconnect new SharePoint list.
Thank you
Deviprasad
Mapping forms to new lists is a pain. No easy answer
I want to use my existing flow inside a solution. I doesn't let me "add" it (because of Sharepoint I think). How do I export and import this flow to a solution?
Not sure. I haven’t done much with solutions
Hi Shane
How can we move apps from one environment to another without changing anything. Is that possible?
Importing in a new environemnt should do exactly this.
Great video! could I import an app from Articulate 360 to power apps?
Not that I know of. 😕
Hi Maricel, I've done it the other way around. I've built a question in PowerApps and then embedded it into Storyline 360. It means I can now display multi-user responses back to learners, something that SCORM does not make possible.
Thank you Shane for your Videos. They have helped me as I'm learning PowerApps. I love your enthusiasm. Question regarding export & import. If I export a Power App that is linked to a List/SharePoint List, when I import it to a different tenants site, does the list have to already exist on the tenants side? Do I need to export the list to Excel and then Import it as a list on the tenants side? If so, do I need to redefine the columns in SharePoint? Do you have a video on this you can direct me to? Thanks in advance for your help!
Another great video Shane. One issue I've found with this process is when using Azure SQL Database data sources (don't know if it's the same with on-premise SQL). I've developed an app in a dev environment against a dev database. When I export/import to my production environment I can select the production database (exactly the same schema as the dev database) and it appears to switch it over. However, it doesn't quite get it right - it shows the correct database reference in the data source, but they all report bad database connections on all tables/view. I have to edit the app in the production environment, delete all the SQL data sources and add them back in again - then it works fine! Have you come across this?
Just an FYI - I've had confirmation from Microsoft that this is a known issue and is being worked on. I don't have an ETA for the fix as yet.
Thanks for the update. 😀
Hello,
When I try to export may app allways the sharepint connector in related recourses is missing. I don't know why
When you open the app after import you can’t connect to SharePoint?
As always, great tutorial Shane! but what if I have 30-50 flows, going to each and every flow and change sharepoint url makes me nervous
Not sure I have a better solution 😑
@@ShanesCows Thanks for your reply. I'm looking into powershell if that helps. Thank you.
how to convert unmanaged package type into managed?
Not sure. Never tried.
how to export one record from entity(Table) to another environment?
I would use a flow that allowed me to select a record and then created a new record in the new location
@@ShanesCows Okay, actually I found the solution for the to export one record with using configuration migration tool
Thanks bro. Do you have a tutorial that captures an image from a live video and recognize or describe the image? Thanks
I haven’t. That would be cool.
Thanks, great timing again!
PS. Still "boldzebras"? :)
Yes and no. We do mostly www.PowerApps911.com these days
@@ShanesCows I meant the invoice :-)
Hi Shane, a quick question, why didn't you select Create as new for those four flows when you were exporting the PowerApp? Also, will you be able to give us a demo to export/import a PowerApp that has Azure Sql Db as a data source. I have a hard time changing the connection to a different Azure Sql Db when importing to a different tenant. Thank you.
Hi,
I have tried to import an app, but its showing conflict. mentioning the app is already exist. I have checked sharepoint also in poweraps. App is not available , can you help to solve this conflict
The sharePoint request failed with error: '{"odata.error":{"code":"-1, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPConnectorException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"An App already exists for this list. Remove the existing App before adding a new one."}}}'
Haven’t seen that. Sorry
Hi Shane. Sort of related but I was about to try your wonderful instructional video (again) above and got to the export and import stage and when I tried to edit the app in the 2nd tenant it would not open and I just get an error "error opening file"> now I researched and some said to change authoring version which I did and clear cache/try different browser which I did to no avail. I then went to the original app I created in the 1st tenant and tried to open that to edit and same issue. This editing lark worked 2 months ago and nothing has changed since. I also restored a backup export I had from the original build and same issue with that (which I know worked as I originally did it with the same file to tenant 2 in 2019 after originally watching this video. Not asking you to fix it but have you any ideas? I have raised a ticket with MS support. Keep up the cool videos...awesome stuff. Leo
Hey Leo I have never ran into that issue so I am not sure. 🤔
@@ShanesCows Thanks Shane anyway. I have a call with MS at 2.30pm today and will let you know if they fix it and how incase anyone else is looking at this video and has the same issue.
@@ShanesCows So It seems to be a corruption in the exporting function of the current Studio version (web version). So the workaround FYI is to export, extract the zip and open it to the Microsoft.PowerApps\apps folder and import the MS apps file to studio and it works. Re save and bingo. Editing is available again. Basically make.powerapps web studio issue not the package. Hope this helps someone else.
Hi Shane- Can we export the shapoint list custom forms made with the powerapps in the same way? If yes please also help with the same.
Thanks a lot in advance!!
You cannot. 😐
@@ShanesCows Can we export SharePoint-Power App Integrated Form and it's associated Flows ? in same manner. Thank you
@@maheshk8703 Check out today's video for a bunch better way to do with SOlutions. ua-cam.com/video/o-yL57DuUDE/v-deo.html
@@ShanesCows Thank you
Hi Shane, is it possible to have an app with sharepoint list as datasource and not having any flows? I follow your steps but when I exported the power apps file and proced with the flows, it didn´t have. So I cloned the app as you show, created a new sharepoint, imported all the lists (data) but the app inmediatly started failing even though is a copy with same data but from a different source. Any advice?
I would really appreciate the help
Again! Thank you so much Shane! :)
Happy to help 😍
If I'm importing a gaming app, can I still play the app when I import it?
Yes, I think so.
Hi Shane, first of all I want to thank you because as a newbie in Powerapps I've learned many useful things from your videos.I want to transfer my app to an other testing environment (sandbox) so I can make some changes and test them. The thing is that I'm using CDS as my data source, so it makes sense that I also need to transfer the relevant entities with their data. Yeah for the app you can export and import it to the new environment, but does it also apply with CDS? Having dome some research online, I figured (correct me if I'm wrong) that this can be done with both data migration with dataflows or solutions , but I don't know what are the criteria for choosing one over the other... I would really appreciate it if you could help me.. Greetings from Greece, and keep up the good work.
Hey Cookie I think solutions would be best. But I don’t get to do much of it so not 100% sure
Great video Shane, I'm just heading to sign up for the curated video :) I really want to take an app and data source (SharePoint) and move them to a new tenant. I build apps at work that use multiple SharePoint Lists, and would like to get copies (ideally without the data, but I could remove the data afterwards) of them as demos to show other people, but not on the work tenant, is this possible?
Anyone else having issues with this process recently? I'm getting an error when trying to import the PowerApp after the flow saying "Flow save failed with code 'DynamicOperationRequestClientFailure' and message 'The dynamic operation request to API 'sharepointonline' operation 'GetTable' failed with status code 'Unauthorized'." The service account I have created to use in the connection works fine, I've created a simple button flow to test that
Hey Andy - I have not seen that issue. :( Sorry, not sure what to tell you. You could maybe file a support ticket if you think it is really broken.
@@ShanesCows Thanks Shane, I have a ticket with MS who tell me they can replicate the issue but I suspect I'm going to get his with the "But its still a preview feature so sorry, suck it up" response at some point. Unfortunately my customer isn't licensed for Solutions so we're stuck with the Export/Import option only
Hi Shane. I consistently get the error "Flow save failed with code 'DynamicOperationRequestClientFailure' and message 'The dynamic operation request to API 'sharepointonline' operation 'GetTable' failed with status code 'Unauthorized'." when attempting to import a flow that was exported from a different tenant. I think that the issue is that the flow is trying to access SharePoint lists that don't exist in the new tenant. Is there an easy way to export SharePoint lists? It was always possible to export and import .stp files, but Microsoft have take that away. Any ideas?
Did you try going into the flow and checking the connection on the SharePoint actions? That would be my first stop. I would also verify the action has the correct URL and List for your new tenant.
@@ShanesCows Hi Shane. Thanks for the quick response! :)
Well, that's the thing: the new tenant does not have the correct lists for the flow to connect to. How can I copy the lists from the old tenant so that my flow will import successfully?
Nice Shane.... Please take a momento and make a vídeo powerapps off-line
I need to. 😻
Amazing Shane, Nice Video, Thumbs Up (y)
Thanks 😊
I spent a lot of time building out a PowerApp in the Microsoft 365 Developer Program. I was told it was easy to migrate everything I create to a new purchases license environment when the time came. Now that I've purchased a 365 Business Standard license, I tried to migrate everything to the new license. My first problem is that I can't figure out how to copy over my large sharepoint list, which has lots of detailed formatting. I ended up spending the time to replicate it in my new environment. Then, I moved the PowerApp using the Export Package your describing. The Sharepoint List does not show up as a related resource during export. I exported it anyway. Then, imported it to my new environment. It had lots of errors. I tried to re-establish connections to my new list in the destination environment. Long story short, I've worked on this all day and can not figure it out. If you could do a video on this, it would be much appreciated. It seems like Microsoft would offer a simple way to move all of my work from my Trial Developer Environment to my new purchased environment.
Hi Shane, first thanks so much for your videos. I am a long-time computer scientist but completely newbie to PowerApps. This video should help me but it doesn't completely cover the problem I need to solve. I explain my need. To help an extended project team in a major deployment in the healthcare world, I implemented, for the first wave of deployment, the solution presented as an example in Teams: "Issues management". We start the next waves with a load increase and we organize with subgroups. So I want to reproduce the operation in the same team. In summary, I would like to deploy this application several times in the same teams, in different channels, with different datasource (for the paramters) and being connected to a different planner.
The best solution I could find is a kind of hack: export the application, then unzip and modify XML files. Could you guide me on the subject?
Many thanks in advance
Michel
I don't have "Versions..." I don't have "Export Package..."
Interesting I have never seen it not show up. 😐
Thanks bro
Glad to help. 😀