Power Apps - Add in user permission validation for controls

 

For a power Apps project, I needed certain controls to only be visible for Owners and Co-Owners of the app, and not be visible for Users. I had some administrative functions I wanted to hide. This is how I went about doing that.

1) Add Data Sources

I added in "Power Apps for Makers", and "Office 365 Users" to my data sources for the app.

2) Create a Variable to get all the role assignments

I created a variable that gets set "OnVisible" for the screen using the code below. You will need to replace the app ID with the App Id for your project.

Set(varPermissions,
LookUp(
    ForAll(
        PowerAppsforMakers.GetAppRoleAssignment("b17axxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx1de93").value,
        {
            User: properties.principal.email,
            Role: properties.roleName
        }
    ),
    User = Office365Users.MyProfileV2().mail
).Role)

3) Check the signed in User's role assignment in the Visibility section of the control

In the control visibility, paste in this code:

If(varPermissions="Owner" || varPermissions="CanEdit",true,false)

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About Tom DeMeulenaere

Highly accomplished information technology professional with extensive knowledge in System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Server, SharePoint, and Office 365.