m-Power Guided Lessons

Please choose from one of the options below. If you have have any questions, please contact us at mrc@mrc-productivity.com.

Lesson #1: How to build an application with m-Power

In this tour, we show you how to build a simple application with the m-Power Development Platform. You'll see a full build process and get introduced to the m-Power interface. You can view this tour below in one of two ways: As a video or as a step-by-step guide with images.

Option 1: Video Walkthrough

Watch this short video to see the m-Power build process and learn how to build an application.


watch a video

Option 2: Step-by-step text with images

01

Login

Click here (if you haven’t already) to access the m-Power login screen. Use the credentials found in your "Welcome" e-mail. If you didn't receive your "Welcome" email, please email us at mrc@mrc-productivity.com.

m-Power login screen

02

Create Apps

In the m-Power home screen, click the "Create Apps" button.

Create new app

03

Create New Retrieval

Click the "Create New Retrieval" button to start the build process.

Create new retrieval

04

Name your application

Give your application a name. The template we will use is pre-selected for you. Click “Create Application.”

Name your app

05

Select data

Now you need to select the data you wish to include in your application. Click the "plus" icon next to "Customer Master."

choose data

06

Select fields

Click the "Select all fields" button to include all fields in your application. Then click "Done".

select all fields

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Click "Next"

Click the "Next" button found on the bottom right of the screen.

next

08

Sort the data

You are now on the Dimensions screen where you can specify a default sort order. Click the “Select” button next to CUSNO – Customer #.

sort data

09

Proceed to build

Click "Finish Model and Proceed" to move on to the build step.

finish and build

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Build

Click the "Build" button and watch as m-Power compiles your application.

build

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Run your app

When your application has compiled, click the "Run" button to view it.

run

Complete

View your app

Congratulations! You've completed your first build process. Your application should look like this.

run

Lesson #2: Create a report from a spreadsheet

In this exercise you will be uploading a spreadsheet and turning it into a report. The goal of this walk-through is for you to experience the full process of starting with a typical data-spreadsheet and finishing with a full-featured m-Power application. When doing this, here are some basic rules to follow:

  • Your data must be a Microsoft Excel .xlsx file
  • Your data must exist on the first data sheet
  • Data should be in tabular form. In other words, your data needs to be organized into rows and columns. You should not attempt to upload Pivot Tables or other non-tabular data set.
  • Your data or column headings need to begin in the A1 cell.

You can view this tour below in one of two ways: As a video or as a step-by-step guide with images.

Option 1: Video Walkthrough

This short video walks you through the process of converting an Excel spreadsheet into a report with m-Power.


watch a video

Option 2: Step-by-step text with images

01

Login

Click here (if you haven’t already) to access the m-Power login screen. Use the credentials found in your "Welcome" e-mail. If you didn't receive your "Welcome" email, please email us at mrc@mrc-productivity.com.

m-Power login screen

02

Model Data

In the m-Power home screen, click the "Model Data" button.

model data

03

Create New Model

Click the "Create New Model" button to start the process.

Create new model

04

Model Information

Give your model a name then click the “Upload Spreadsheet” option. Finally click “Create Model and Proceed.”

upload data

05

Download the spreadsheet

Download this spreadsheet. Click "browse" and select the spreadsheet you just downloaded.

browse for the spreadsheet

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Upload spreadsheet

Once you've selected the spreadsheet, click the "Upload Excel File" option.

upload file

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Click "Next"

Click the "Next" button found on the bottom right of the screen.

next

10

Sort your data

Click the "select" button for the "prodno" field.

finish and build

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Finish model

Click the "Finish Model" button to complete the model creation process.

finish model

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Create application

You've now uploaded your data and created a reusable data model. Now we will create an application over this model. Click the “Create Application(s)” button to get started.

create application

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Choose a report

In the modal window, click the "Regular Report" option and then click "Create Application(s)."

regular report

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Edit

Click the Edit button on your newly created application.

edit

13

Build

m-Power has built your application to mimic your data model. All you need to do is to build and run it. Click the blue “Build App” button.

build

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Run your app

When your application has compiled, click the "Run" button to view it.

run

Complete

View your app

Congratulations! You've completed your report. Click the "run report" button to see the data.

run

Lesson #3: Create a web based data management system

In this exercise you will be creating a web based data management system. The goal of this walk-through is to give you basic exposure on how to build these types of applications in m-Power. You can view this tour below in one of two ways: As a video or as a step-by-step guide with images.

Option 1: Video Walkthrough

Watch this short video to see the m-Power build a web-based data management application.


watch a video

Option 2: Step-by-step text with images

01

Login

Click here (if you haven’t already) to access the m-Power login screen. Use the credentials found in your "Welcome" e-mail. If you didn't receive your "Welcome" email, please email us at mrc@mrc-productivity.com.

m-Power login screen

02

Create Apps

In the m-Power home screen, click the "Create Apps" button.

Create new app

03

Create new maintainer

Choose the "maintainer" tab, and then click the "Create New Maintainer" button to start the build process.

Create new retrieval

04

Name your application

Give your application a name. The template we will use is pre-selected for you. Click “Create Application.”

Name your app

05

Select data

Now you need to select the data you wish to include in your application. Click the "plus" icon next to "Order Header."

choose data

06

Select fields

Click the "Select all fields" button to include all fields in your application. Then click "Done".

select all fields

07

Click "Next"

Click the "Next" button found on the bottom right of the screen.

next

08

Sort the data

You are now on the dimensions screen where you can specify a default sort order. Click the “Select” button next to ORDNO - Order #.

sort data

09

Proceed to build

You can click the “Auto Sequence” checkmark to generate a new order # when creating new records. Then click "Finish Model and Proceed" to move on to the build step.

finish and build

10

Build

Click the "Build" button and watch as m-Power compiles your application.

build

11

Run your app

When your application has compiled, click the "Run" button to view it.

run

Complete

View your app

Congratulations! You've completed the build process. Your application should look like this.

run