What is Canvas app

As far as the managers for Contoso Real Estate go, they need to have an application that lets them manage the big picture and help support sellers. A model-driven app would best help them support sellers and manage daily operations. As sellers enter properties using the canvas application, they’re available in the model-driven app. Additionally, they would have easy access to open houses, showings, and offers that are stored in Microsoft Dataverse. Items like business rules and business process flows can be used to help guide sellers through the various processes: listing a home, staging the home, managing open houses and showings, and negotiating offers.

The image shows an example of what a model driven application might look like.

Under the Property Management group, managers can easily access things like the real estate properties that are currently for sale. As they open a specific property, they are presented with basic information such as the property type, asking price, and the year built. In the Related Details section, we have access to any open houses, showings, and offers associated with this property. This provides managers with everything associated with this property from a single screen without needing to navigate to different areas of the application.

Additionally, a canvas application can be used to help compliment the data in the model-driven application. In this case, we have an embedded canvas application on the Real Estate Property form. This app looks at the address, square footage, number of bedrooms, and asking price of the home being looked at. The app also lists similar properties in the surrounding area. This information helps managers do things such as evaluate the asking price of the home vs similar properties in the area. If needed, they can adjust their asking price as needed.

Let’s see how a model-driven application can help Contoso Real Estate better support their agents in the field to sell properties faster.