Power Apps Monitor Feedback discussion thread

[AengusHeaney]

We recently launched the new Power Apps Monitor tool to help you debug and improve the performance of your apps. You can read more about the Monitor in the blog post. As you use the Monitor, we'd love to hear your feedback. What did you find helpful? What additional features could we add to this tool to help you debug your apps better? This community post will be used to consolidate all feedback on the Monitor tool. You can also access this post directly from the "Provide Feedback" link in the Monitor. 

[Lucid]

The monitor doesn't seem to be showing an entry for a Control Select placed in an OnTimerEnd property, regardless of what the Duration property is set to. In my case the control is a button that runs Launch("url"). I'm trying to see why clicking the button opens the URL while selecting the button through the timer's end only works when set for 2 seconds or lower, and causes the pop-up blocker if set any longer. 

[gergoe]

It would be essential to have access to current values of variables and collections to be able to identify issues

[LKS]

How do I debug/monitor a mobile Teams session? I’ve added the app to Teams. It is working fine in the browser, desktop Teams, and mobile Power Apps. However, on mobile Teams it’s running into issues and I need to debug.

Anyone know how to debug a mobile Teams session?

[NickMerrick]

I'm noticing the monitor will some days not connect at all, opening it the same way as always but some days it will just read that the session is disconnected and to restart the monitor.

[LaelLeeH]

I have given up with Microsoft. I have had an SR open for over 3 months now on issues with Monitor and it is still not resolved.  I am so unbelievably frustrated. So hamstrung without visibility into what is going on!

[hjaf]

Will there be some documentation or support for Custom Code debugging custom components? 

I see the modern controls also appears to behave the same way where the monitor is completely unaware of anything that happens in it. I'm assuming its coming, but is there any documentation out there on how to build the PCF components so they are aligned with this tooling, e.g. conventions etc.

[urklnme]

I have contacted MS help 8 or 9 times.  I have received ZERO help.  I think their help desk is just for easy questions like you might find in an FAQ.

I even filed a CRITICAL case, I received lots of emails telling me who and how they were managing the critical case, but no actual help.

it is like banging your head against the wall.  Dynamics 365/power pages, etc is a very large technology.  if the community cannot help you, you are doomed .

[Harry_12069708]

Monitor looks like it could be helpful, if there was a way for it to work with the Sharepoint Lists integration at all. I have no way to "start the app in Play mode" from a sharepoint list, so it makes this kinda useless for me...

[hjaf]

@urklnme I am familiar with the frustration of getting the right information from documentation etc, but remember that these are preview features and by using them you accept the risk of things not to work as expected and that you basically forfeit any right to complain.
 
I have chosen to be explicit in advising our power apps developers not to use any experimental or preview features in production. But its understandably difficult to resist the temptation of using these features when many of them provide a huge improvement. It can almost feel like being forced to accept the risk and responsibility when things break, because the implications of preview features show that continuing development without enabling them basically means knowingly increasing technical debt.

[urklnme]

forfeit any right to complain?  in America?  that is hilarious.  😄  

When a technology sucks people just stop using it.  so if it is bad enough you will not have to worry about people complaining.