Terminology changes in Power Apps portals
Effective November 2020, Common Data Service has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse. More information: Common Data Service is now Microsoft Dataverse. Some terminology in Microsoft Dataverse has also been updated. For example, entity is now table and field is now column. More information: Terminology updates in Dataverse.
Based on the terminology changes, customer feedback, and data from user research, effective March 2021, we've updated some terminology in Power Apps portals to be more intuitive and make its usage more productive. The terminology updates are listed below, and we're in the process of rolling them out across Microsoft Power Platform.
Important
We're in the process of rolling out the terminology changes for Power Apps portals interface, Power Apps portals Studio, Portal Management app, and Power Apps. During this process, your environment may show legacy or current terminology depending on the rollout stage. Power Apps portals documentation will be updated soon to reflect the latest terminology.
Key terminology changes for portals
The following table lists key terminology changes in portals.
| Legacy term | Current term |
|---|---|
| Entity form | Basic form |
| Web form | Advanced form |
| Entity list | List |
| Entity permission | Table permission |
| Entity Name | Table Name |
All references to the key terminology changes are going to be updated in the Power Apps portals interface, Portal Management app, portals Studio, and Power Apps.
Terminology updates apply to references of legacy terms and any feature area or location where that term exists. For example, list is the updated terminology for the legacy term of entity list. Therefore, in the user interface, what was previously enable search on entity list will now be updated to enable search on list.
Terminology changes inside Portal Management app
The following table includes terminology changes inside Portal Management app.
| Feature area or location of the term | Legacy term | Current term |
|---|---|---|
| View name for Entity List | Active Entity Lists | Active Lists |
| View name for Entity List | Entity List Advanced Find View | List Advanced Find View |
| View name for Entity List | Entity List Associated View | List Associated View |
| View name for Entity List | Entity List Lookup View | List Lookup View |
| View name for Entity List | Inactive Entity Lists | Inactive Lists |
| View name for Entity List | Quick Find Active Entity Lists | Quick Find Active Lists |
| Entity Permission | Scope | Access Type |
| View name for Entity Permission | Active Entity Permissions | Active Table Permissions |
| View name for Entity Permission | Child Entity Permissions | Child Table Permissions |
| View name for Entity Permission | Entity Permissions Advanced Find View | Table Permission Advanced Find View |
| View name for Entity Permission | Entity Permission Associated View | Table Permission Associated View |
| View name for Entity Permission | Entity Permission Lookup View | Table Permission Lookup View |
| View name for Entity Permission | Inactive Entity Permissions | Inactive Table Permissions |
| View name for Entity Permission | Quick Find Active Entity Permissions | Quick Find Active Table Permissions |
| View name for Entity Form | Active Entity Forms | Active Basic Forms |
| View name for Entity Form | Entity Form Advanced Find View | Basic Form Advanced Find View |
| View name for Entity Form | Entity Form Associated View | Basic Form Associated View |
| View name for Entity Form | Entity Form Lookup View | Basic Form Lookup View |
| View name for Entity Form | Inactive Entity Forms | Inactive Basic Forms |
| View name for Entity Form | Quick Find Active Entity Forms | Quick Find Active Basic Forms |
| View name for Web Form | Active Web Forms | Active Advanced Forms |
| View name for Web Form | Inactive Web Forms | Inactive Advanced Forms |
| View name for Web Form | Quick Find Active Web Forms | Quick Find Active Advanced Forms |
| View name for Web Form | Web Form Advanced Find View | Advanced Form Advanced Find View |
| View name for Web Form | Web Form Associated View | Advanced Form Associated View |
| View name for Web Form | Web Form Lookup View | Advanced Form Lookup View |
| Checkbox for Entity Permission | Enable Entity Permission | Enable Table Permission |
| Lookup label for Parent Entity Permission | Parent Entity Permission | Parent Table Permission |
| Tab name for entity reference | Entity Reference | Associated Table Reference |
| Metadata for Entity Form | Entity Form Metadata | Basic Form Metadata |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Active Entity Form Metadata | Active Basic Form Metadata |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Entity Form Metadata Advanced Find View | Basic Form Metadata Advanced Find View |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Entity Form Metadata Associated View | Basic Form Metadata Associated View |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Entity Form Metadata Lookup View | Basic Form Metadata Lookup View |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Inactive Entity Form Metadata | Inactive Basic Form Metadata |
| View name for Entity Form Metadata | Quick Find Active Entity Form Metadata | Quick Find Active Basic Form Metadata |
| Name for option to set entity reference on save | Set Entity Reference On Save | Set Table Reference On Save |
| Section for Entity Reference Source | Entity Reference Source | Table Reference Source |
| Type of referenced entity | Reference Entity Source Type | Source Type |
| Additional setting for Entity or Web form | Target Entity Portal User Lookup Attribute | Portal User Lookup Column |
| Entity List OData Feed option for set name | Entity Set Name | OData Entity Set Name |
| Entity List OData Feed option for type name | Entity Type Name | OData Entity Type Name |
| Option to choose entity form for create | Entity Form for Create | Basic Form for Create |
| Display name of entity form field | Reference Entity Primary Key Logical Name | Reference Table Primary Key Logical Name |
| Display name of entity form field | Record Source Entity Logical Name | Record Source Table Logical Name |
| Label for query string parameter name for On success action of Redirect on entity form | Record ID Query String Parameter Name | Record ID Parameter Name |
Terminology changes inside portals Studio
The following table includes terminology changes inside portals Studio.
| Feature area or location of the term | Legacy term | Current term |
|---|---|---|
| Drop down option for Entity | Entity | Table |
| Search setting checkbox label for Entity Lists | Enable search on entity list | Enable search on list |
| Checkbox label to enable entity permissions | Enable entity permissions | Enable table permissions |
Legacy terminology in use
Some of the Power Apps portals features and areas continue to use the legacy terminology including the following:
- Web API
- Liquid templates
- Schema names
- Legacy user interface
These features and areas continue to use legacy terminology to ensure that existing customizations and integrations continue to work with portals.
Next steps
Creating a Dataverse starter portal
See also
Microsoft Learn: Get started with Power Apps portals
Power Apps portals lifecycle
Available portal templates
Portals connectivity to a Microsoft Dataverse environment
Server-side cache in portals
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