In PowerApps, you can create two types of apps.
First: Canvas App - connected to almost 200+ different data sources,
Second: Model driven apps - connected to CDS (Common Data Service). Refer
this article to understand what is CDS? What is Model Driven App?
- As name suggest – its app driven by data models.
- Its an GUI to manage data in Common Data Service (CDS) databases
- Need PowerApps per user or per app licenses or Dynamics 365 subscription
- These are component focused no-code design apps
- One model driven app can be connected to multiple entities (tables in CDS)
- You should prepare your data model before your create a model driven app
- You need to create business process FLOWs to control how data is managed
- You can add components like entities, dashboard, business process flows, Forms, views, Charts to model driven app
- For an entity you might have created multiple views, charts, flows – in your model driven app you can choose as per need.