Set values for Managed Metadata (aka Taxonomy) columns in PowerApps and Flow! (First Release)
Hi everyone, As of today, you will be able to set the values of your managed metadata columns (sometimes also called taxonomy columns) in PowerApps (for both multi-value and single value) and in Flow (single value for now, but multi-value coming soon...) Here's a sample multi-value taxonomy column that was tied to a termset for languages. We are not fully all the way there: the default values are not yet showing up if they are set, and we don't yet let you disambiguate between different paths while you are typing, but we think this is a great net new add for our customers who love and use the managed metadata columns. Please give it a try, and let us know your feedback. In your First Release tenant, you can create a new app, or custom forms, or go to an existing app and refresh the schema to get the new columns. We expect to start rolling out to Production in the last week of November if we don't hit any blocking issues.Configuring approvals for lists and libraries
We are adding a new menu item under the Flow menu that will let customers configure the type of approvals they would like to use in their lists and libraries (Request sign-off, or Content approval), or turn approvals off altogether. We have added this feature based on the feedback that we received for the rollout of the Request sign-off feature, where some customers preferred to use the Content approval feature which changes the visibility of the current item based on the approval status, and there are fixed approvers for a given list or library, or other customers had other custom flows configured for their list or library, and did not want to have Request sign-off to become a source of confusion for their users. To make changes, as site owner, you will be able click on Flow->Configure flows in the command bar of your list or library: Then in the panel that appears, pick the approval method that you'd like, or turn approvals off altogether: The new configuration panel will become available for our Targeted Release customers in early September, and then go to the rest of our customers. We expect to complete the rollout by September 19. Please continue to keep the feedback for our features coming, and tell us how we can make SharePoint work better for you.Flow Launch Panel now available for everyone!
As we had indicated in a message center post, and in our earlier blog post about how SharePoint can help you transform your business processes, we have been gradually rolling out the Flow Launch Panel feature, and as of Monday, the roll out has been completed. Flow Launch Panel allows you to pass in parameters to flows when starting them, and also lets you run flows as a user different from the creator of the Flow thanks to the "Manage run-only users" section in the Flow management screen. See this blog post from the Flow team for details.
