The time has come, we have Plan Designer here. I've been trying it out and finding some interesting - and good - results. If I'm honest there is something that didn't quite work as expected but the overall balance is positive.
Ok, so what you need it's a US environment - c'mon, you knew this already. After logging into make.powerapps.com. If you haven't enabled it, please go ahead and turn on 'Try the new Power Apps experience'.
The user interface will change as shown below in the video, it makes a difference :)
If you reached here and you didn't get distracted by the new experience, go to Plans. They should appear in the Menu on the left side.
When you go into the Plans menu, select + New plan.
After selecting +New Plan, the following screen will pop up.
I asked Copilot to give me some ideas on what I should ask Plan Designer to create. Find below the prompt - in case it's useful for you to structure your own.
Career path AI advisor for upskillingUse case: Employees feel disengaged due to a lack of clear career progression opportunities and guidance on which skills to develop. Screens:
Scenario: An employee in a mid-level HR role wants to transition into a data-driven HR specialist position. The AI analyzes their current role, suggests likely career paths, and highlights gaps in skills. The system then generates a tailored upskilling roadmap with bite-sized learning modules and tracks their progress. Users:
Flows, Automation:
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After I added the prompt, the magic started to happen. See the short video below, it's easy if prompted correctly. Once again: engineering your prompt in the right way is what will make or break your outcome. For references on how to prompt see the links at the end of this article.
While the plan is loading, you need to confirm if the answers that Plan Designer is giving you are accurate or not. In the image below you can see:
Business problem (I prefer challenge, or use case, but it's ok)
Personas: Employee, Learning and Development Team/HR, HR Manager
Apps created
Flows created
Tables created
Results
Let's go app by app and find out what the Plan Designer has created.
First App: Employees
Raw app created by the plan.
I never liked the user interface created by AI (also with describe it to design it in Power Apps), so I added a little bit of colour and fun.
Second app: For L&D team
My favourite part of this second app is its description:
It is an app for L&D teams to create and manage learning programs, match skill gaps, and generate progress reports.
Third app: For HR Managers
Again, the description is perfect:
An app for HR managers to oversee employee career progression, provide feedback, and identify high-potential employees.
And last, we have a reminder flow, that it wasn't created - I need to dig deeper into what is happening here.
Have you tried the Plan Designer yet? Most importantly, have you had the same issues I had with Power Automate? Let me know your experience in the comments.
Resources to check to go above and beyond:
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