Author: Nishant Rana

Using PowerApps Checker PowerShell Module we can perform the solution check functionality from outside the PowerApps Maker Portal. This can be useful for automated build and release pipelines. Apart from that some of the notable capabilities of the module include

• Support for both managed and unmanaged solution.
• Support for On-Premise.
• Support for more than one solution at a time.

To get started à

Open the PowerShell (as administrator) and install the module

• install-module Microsoft.PowerApps.Checker.Powershell
  

Next, we need to register an Azure Active Directory application in a tenant with PowerApps or Dynamics 365 licensing, even if it is on-premise environment (solution) against which we want to run it.

• Login to Azure Portal

https://portal.azure.com

• Click on New registration to register a new application

• Provide the below details

Redirect URI

• Type: Public client (mobile & desktop)
• Redirect URI: urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob

Copy the values of Application id and Directory (tenant) Id which we will use later and click on View API Permission to give the required permission to the app.

Click on Add a permission (we’d see Sign and read user profile added by default)

API level permissions to the PowerApps-Advisor first party Microsoft AAD application

• Application permissions to Analysis.All

Permissions à

PowerApps solution checker uses Solution checker rule set. Here we are getting all the rulesets available passing our tenant’s id.

• $rulesets = Get-PowerAppsCheckerRulesets -TenantId ‘290055c6-7eb1-4ec4-93e6-81f053d13f76’
  

We wil be using Solution Checker rule set here.

• $rulesetToUse = $rulesets | where Name -EQ ‘Solution Checker’
  

Now let us run it against the Solution Zip file as shown below

• $analyzeResult = Invoke-PowerAppsChecker –ClientApplicationId ‘48131848-3b81-44f7-a999-d8362b391f25’ –TenantId ‘290055c6-7eb1-4ec4-93e6-81f053d13f76’ –Ruleset $rulesetToUse –FileUnderAnalysis “C:\PowerApps\Test_1_0_0_1_managed.zip” –Output “C:\PowerApps\Result” -Verbose
  

Give the required consent

We can see the results download at the path specified

Result is in JSON format

IssueSummary to get the quick overview

Get all the details here

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/powershell/powerapps/overview?view=pa-ps-latest

Hope it helps..

The PowerApps Solution Checker feature released for general availability on May 2019, can be used to perform static analysis of the Unmanaged solution for components like plugin, web resources, custom workflow activities and provide guidelines and recommendations around the issues found.

To get started à

Sign in to PowerApps maker portal

https://make.powerapps.com/home

Select the Solutions in the left navigation pane and click on Install to install the Solution checker.

Click on GET IT NOW from the AppSource, specify the instance and the PowerApps Checker Solution will be installed in that Instance.

This will install the PowerApps Checker solution for the selected instance.

After the installation is done, we’d see the Solution checker menu enabled for the unmanaged solution.

Click on Run to run the test

We can see the results in the portal and can download the same as shown below.

Result of running it against another solution in which we are still using Xrm.Page object model à

The results will be available in both Excel and CSV format on the download

csv à

Excel will include a report as wellà

In the next post, we will see how to use the PowerApps Checker PowerShell Module to validate the solutions.

https://nishantrana.me/2019/07/12/using-the-powerapps-checker-powershell-module-to-validate-the-solution/

Hope it helps..