{"id":2752,"date":"2019-04-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:04:31","slug":"canvas-debugging-with-results-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/canvas-debugging-with-results-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas debugging with Results View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of debuggers allow you to see the value of an expression simply by selecting it in the source.\u00a0 \u00a0You&#8217;ll recognize an example immediately:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2753\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h23_05.png\" width=\"297\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if Canvas apps had this same facility?\u00a0 Imagine:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2756\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h25_29-1.png\" width=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h25_29-1.webp 316w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h25_29-1-300x98.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think about the implications. You don&#8217;t need to flip to the File menu and then navigate to the collection or variable of interest to see its value. You also don&#8217;t need to add a gallery or label control just to see the value of a formula. You can freely explore the data flowing through your app.\u00a0 Think of the time you would save finding the root cause of a misbehaving app.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased to announce that you don&#8217;t need to imagine it, you can experience it today.\u00a0 Navigate to the File &gt; App settings &gt; Advanced settings in your favorite app and turn on this experimental feature:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2755\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h35_47.png\" width=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h35_47.webp 577w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-17_23h35_47-300x84.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Understanding complex formulas<\/h2>\n<p>Le&#8217;ts look at an example that filters, sorts, and reduces a table of data.\u00a0 Composable functions give Canvas formulas their power by taking the output of one function and feeding it as input to the next.\u00a0 But in a complex formula it can sometimes be difficult to understand what each function is doing.\u00a0 Now we&#8217;ll be able to easily see the impact of each function in shaping the result.<\/p>\n<p>Take the following formula.\u00a0 Clicking on <strong>Customers<\/strong> in the formula bar will show us the original table with all of its columns:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2763\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_05.png\" width=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_05.webp 899w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_05-300x132.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_05-768x338.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If we click out a level to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-filter-lookup\"><strong>Filter<\/strong> function<\/a>, we&#8217;ll see the result of that function which reduces the table to only two records.\u00a0 Literally that is all you need to do, just click anywhere on <strong>Filter <\/strong>(you can also select an entire formula or sub-formulas):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2764\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_26.png\" width=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_26.webp 899w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_26-300x85.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_26-768x217.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note that the table isn&#8217;t sorted by Company name yet.\u00a0 Going out another level to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-sort\"><strong>Sort<\/strong> function<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2765\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_34.png\" width=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_34.webp 899w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_34-300x85.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h05_34-768x217.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, if we click out one more level to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-concatenate\"><strong>Concat<\/strong> function<\/a>, we&#8217;ll see the result of that function which is a text string containing two items:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2766\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h06_03.png\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h06_03.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h06_03-300x27.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h06_03-768x70.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dates, colors, Booleans, numbers, records, and most other data types are supported.\u00a0 In fact this may be the first time you&#8217;ve seen them spelled out.\u00a0 Did you know that a Date is not the same thing as a DateTime?\u00a0 Check out the data types returned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-now-today-istoday\"><strong>Today<\/strong> function<\/a> versus the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-now-today-istoday\"><strong>Now<\/strong> function<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Result view can be used to observe the output from a connector method call, for example:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2775\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h53_11.png\" width=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h53_11.webp 870w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h53_11-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_01h53_11-768x352.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And observe the one column from this record that is actually used:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2776\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_02h01_50.png\" width=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_02h01_50.webp 871w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_02h01_50-300x29.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-18_02h01_50-768x74.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed in this blog post that no controls have been inserted or shown and not once have we left the design experience?\u00a0 Haven&#8217;t needed to.<\/p>\n<h2>Feedback please<\/h2>\n<p>Why is this feature experimental?\u00a0 As always, we&#8217;d love to hear and incorporate your feedback.\u00a0 Please turn it on and let us know what you think both here and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/powerusers.microsoft.com\/t5\/PowerApps-Community\/ct-p\/PowerApps1\">community forum<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0We know it is painful to turn it on for each app individually, we will turn this on by default soon.\u00a0 This feature pops up automatically as you type and we wanted to be sure of its stability first.<\/p>\n<p>We would also like to close some of the functional gaps.\u00a0 We know of some already, such as not showing nested records and tables, something that is supported in the File menu collection and variable viewers today.\u00a0 We could use your help to prioritize what would be the most useful information to show in this view &#8211; please let us know what you think we should pursue first.<\/p>\n<p>Will we be adding a full on interactive debugger next?\u00a0 No, not anytime soon.\u00a0 In a world where declarative formulas are automatically evaluated as dependencies change, setting a breakpoint doesn&#8217;t make a lot of sense.\u00a0 But we are actively working on more tools to make it easier to understand, diagnose, handle errors, test, and &#8220;debug&#8221; your apps.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of debuggers allow you to see the value of an expression simply by selecting it in the source.\u00a0 \u00a0You&#8217;ll recognize an example immediately: Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if Canvas apps had this same facility?\u00a0 Imagine: Think about the 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