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Power Apps Without RegretsData & Delegation · Rule 5

Data & Delegation

Rule 5Chapter II

Environment variables for every environment-specific value.

Why this rule exists

A hardcoded URL or team ID works in dev and silently points prod at dev after the first import. Environment variables travel with the solution and get their values per environment — that is the whole feature.

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In practice

API base URLs, SharePoint site URLs, Teams IDs, feature toggles: all environment variables, set at import time. Grep the app for tenant-specific strings before every export.

Related rules

6Solutions are the unit of movement — nothing travels by app-export zip.Supports

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