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If you are going to use Excel as your backend with Power Apps you should use the strengths of Excel. In the end after creating filters and search I still believe the Power of Excel is the way to go. You can create slicers and charts which feed of Live data.

In this video we create filters, search, and collections in Power Apps. Then we use the capabilities of Excel to have slicers and charts which feed right off the backend data.

OnVisible Screen:
ClearCollect(colType,Distinct(Product,Type));Collect(colType,{Result:"All"});
Clear(colProduct);
ForAll(Product,Collect(colProduct,{Title:Title,Type:Type,Color:Color,Completed:Completed,DueDate:DueDate,GroupBy:GroupBy}));

Gallery Items:

If(drpType.Selected.Result="All",Filter(colProduct,StartsWith(Color,txtSearch.Text)),Filter(colProduct,Type=drpType.Selected.Result && StartsWith(Color,txtSearch.Text)))

**Note using a collection will only work with about 10k rows, you can create multiple collections though to increase the amount you can search.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Learn UI from someone else first
2:50 Create collection with a "All" Option
6:25 Add a Search Text Box
9:35 Delegation Issue
11:30 Using Excel to Query and Form Data
14:00 Using Slicers on the PivotTable
15:20 Add Charts to your Excel
18:08 Use the Strengths of Excel
19:22 Conclusion