Catalog in Power Platform for developers
The catalog in Power Platform enables developers and makers to:
- Crowd-source and find templates and components within their environment easily.
- Find and install the latest and authoritative version of a component.
- Get started with templates and components that provide immediate value.
Learn more about the catalog in Power Platform
Application makers and developers can submit items to the catalog so that they can help their colleagues solve business problems. This can be done using the manager app. More information: View, submit, and install catalog items
The articles in this section describe how developers can view, submit, and install catalog items programmatically.
Get started
If you don't have the system administrator security role, contact your administrator to grant access to the catalog. You need the Catalog Submitter security role to be associated with your user account or a team that you belong to. More information: Edit user access
Note
Before you can work with catalog items, you must install and configure it. Set up the catalog
APIs and commands you can use
Articles in this section describe three different ways to perform operations with the catalog. Use the one that best suites your skills and the requirements of your project.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| PAC CLI | Provides commands to perform many operations. You need to: - Install the PAC CLI. - Create an authentication profile using the pac auth create command. |
| SDK for .NET | For .NET client applications. Learn more about the SDK for .NET |
| Dataverse Web API | For any client application. Examples in this section use PowerShell functions as described in Use PowerShell and Visual Studio Code with the Dataverse Web API Learn more about the Microsoft Dataverse Web API |
Next steps
See also
Catalog in Power Platform
View, submit, and install catalog items
Administer the catalog