You plan to create a canvas app. The app requires a button on the data entry screen that users can select to send an email. You need to configure the app. What should you create?

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Options

• AClassic workflow
• BPower Automate cloud flow
• CAzure Logic App
• DBusiness process flow

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  95% (40)
• C
  2% (1)

Explanation

B – Power Automate cloud flow is the correct answer.

In Power Apps canvas apps, when a button needs to trigger an action like sending an email, the standard and recommended approach is to connect that button to a Power Automate cloud flow. Canvas apps have a native integration where you can add a flow to the app, and the button's OnSelect property calls the flow using FlowName.Run(...). The flow handles the email via a connector such as Office 365 Outlook.

Why the others are wrong:

• A – Classic workflow: Classic (background) workflows are Dataverse-based automations triggered by record events (create, update, etc.), not by canvas app button clicks. They are not directly callable from a canvas app.
• C – Azure Logic App: While Logic Apps can send emails, they are not directly integrated with canvas apps the way Power Automate flows are. This would require a custom connector and is not the intended pattern.
• D – Business process flow: Business process flows guide users through sequential stages of a process (e.g., lead → opportunity → close). They are not designed to trigger email actions from a button.

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