Dynamics 365, Power Apps

How to Create a Custom Activity Type in Power Apps
Posted by Heidi Neuhauser

In just a few minutes, learn how to add a custom activity type in Power Apps that you can use in the Timeline of any table.
Note: this video originally appeared at https://dynamicscommunities.com.

This 4-minute video walks you through:

  • Adding a Custom Table in Power Apps
  • Specifying Custom Table to be a Type of Activity
  • Adding an Image for Custom Activity
  • Defining a Color for your Custom Activity
  • Other Options Available for your Custom Activity: Duplicate detection, track changes, allow knowledge management, provide custom help, audit changes to its data, leverage quick-create form if available

Our custom activity created in the video is “Lunches,” to track lunches for a potential client:

custom activity type in power apps: lunches

The custom activity of Lunch appears in the Timeline area of records after it has been created and published:

Our custom activity with its very own icon!

Best Practice Tips!

Always make sure to use solution management best practices! Make sure to package your changed into a solution file. Make sure that you are working in a Sandbox environment. Remember to have your end users test your changes in Sandbox before you publish them in Production!

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2 thoughts on “How to Create a Custom Activity Type in Power Apps”

  1. Rajkumar

    When I do the same steps, But the custom activity type which I created is not listing

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    1. Heidi Neuhauser

      Have you added security access to the custom activity type? And is it visible in your model-driven app (has it been added to the sitemap)?

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