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pa pcf init

Creates new PowerApps component framework project

Usage​

m365 pa pcf init [options]

Options​

--namespace <namespace>

The namespace for the component.

--name <name>

The name for the component.

--template <template>

Choose a template for the component. Field,Dataset.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is full.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Remarks​

Name cannot contain reserved Javascript words. Only characters within the ranges [A-Z], [a-z] or [0-9] are allowed. The first character may not be a number.

Namespace cannot contain reserved Javascript words. Only characters within the ranges [A-Z], [a-z], [0-9], or '.' are allowed. The first and last character may not be the '.' character. Consecutive '.' characters are not allowed. Numbers are not allowed as the first character or immediately after a period.

Template currently only supports Field or Dataset.

Examples​

Initialize the PowerApps Component Framework for a Field component

m365 pa pcf init --namespace yourNamespace --name yourCustomFieldComponent --template Field

Initialize the PowerApps Component Framework for a Dataset component

m365 pa pcf init --namespace yourNamespace --name yourCustomFieldComponent --template Dataset

Response​

The response is a custom message which will show the location where the component framework has been created and a message to remind you to run npm install in the directory.

More information​