Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In Model-Driven Power Apps and Dynamics 365, you often need to guide users and give them hints about data to enter on a form. The humble tooltip can work sometimes, but occasionally you need something more informational or obvious.
In this hands-on tutorial, I show you how to create a tooltip, a recommendation (using business rules) and an error message (also using business rules). I’m using the built-in Contacts table in Dataverse, with the Dynamics 365 Sales UI, but this also applies to Model-Driven Power Apps and custom tables.
If you’re interested in learning more, I’ve partnered with Pluralsight to build out a full 2-hour course about how to get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps: pluralsight.pxf.io/7mVor5
Other Power Apps videos you might find helpful:
• Set up a free 30-day trial of Power Apps: youtu.be/9attR2JnQnU
• Tables in Power Apps: youtu.be/D_1n23P-AaU
• Forms in Power Apps: youtu.be/N3SdS95ryt0
00:00 – Previewing the completed tooltip, recommendation and error message in Dynamics 365/Power Apps
00:51 – Overviewing the setup in the Dataverse Contact table, and updates to the Contact Main form
01:56 – Creating a tooltip using the Description field for a column
02:36 – Creating a recommendation using a business rule
06:34 – Why don’t my changes save in the business rule??
08:24 – Creating an error message using a business rule
In Model-Driven Power Apps and Dynamics 365, you often need to guide users and give them hints about data to enter on a form. The humble tooltip can work sometimes, but occasionally you need something more informational or obvious.
In this hands-on tutorial, I show you how to create a tooltip, a recommendation (using business rules) and an error message (also using business rules). I’m using the built-in Contacts table in Dataverse, with the Dynamics 365 Sales UI, but this also applies to Model-Driven Power Apps and custom tables.
If you’re interested in learning more, I’ve partnered with Pluralsight to build out a full 2-hour course about how to get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps: pluralsight.pxf.io/7mVor5
Other Power Apps videos you might find helpful:
• Set up a free 30-day trial of Power Apps: youtu.be/9attR2JnQnU
• Tables in Power Apps: youtu.be/D_1n23P-AaU
• Forms in Power Apps: youtu.be/N3SdS95ryt0
00:00 – Previewing the completed tooltip, recommendation and error message in Dynamics 365/Power Apps
00:51 – Overviewing the setup in the Dataverse Contact table, and updates to the Contact Main form
01:56 – Creating a tooltip using the Description field for a column
02:36 – Creating a recommendation using a business rule
06:34 – Why don’t my changes save in the business rule??
08:24 – Creating an error message using a business rule
