
Why Dataverse’s Image and File columns are a big deal for Power Pages / portal projects
I’ve been doing quite a lot of #PowerPages work this quarter leveraging Dataverse’s File and Image column types.
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I’ve been doing quite a lot of #PowerPages work this quarter leveraging Dataverse’s File and Image column types.




This post-is a follow-up / alternative perspective to my previous post, Portal security: table permissions and web roles – the theory




This is something I once approached with JavaScript on load of the list.




First of all, I love the idea of Dataverse image columns in Power Pages.




This is something I once approached with JavaScript on load of the list.

This tip originated from a request for help on LinkedIn.

All doable with this trick:) Bonus; This works regardless of whether you’re on Bootstrap 3 or 5, and works across all the starter templates I’ve tried it with…

Mark Christie gave me an interesting challenge for the Scottish Summit build – with Scottish Summit championing inclusion and equality, let’s not be elitist about which speakers we feature.

For the impatient among you, here’s the final code for you to steal / test drive:)

Here’s a static example of the JSON before we make dynamic and loop over our advanced find results:




Templates, FetchXML, objects and filters
CRUD from the browser, safely
Image and file columns, uploads, media
Theming, layout, Bootstrap components
jQuery, libraries and integrations
Forms, lists and metadata — no code
Web roles and table permissions
I take on a handful of complex Power Pages projects each quarter — bespoke UX, tricky integrations, design systems.
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