A lightweight PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) virtual control that adds a button to a model-driven form. One click opens turn-by-turn directions to the record's address in the user's chosen maps provider Google Maps, Bing Maps, Apple Maps, or OpenStreetMap routed from their current location.
No API key. No maps license. No tenant configuration. Works on any table, including custom tables.
Model-driven apps have a native embedded map with directions, but it only works on a fixed set of standard tables, needs the tenant-level Bing Maps setting (off by default in the EU), allows just one map component per form, and rides on a maps platform Microsoft is migrating from Bing to Azure Maps. Get Directions is the simple alternative: a single button, on any table, that just hands an https:// link to whatever maps app the user already has.
- One-tap directions from a record's address; launches the native maps app on mobile.
- Four providers: Google (default), Bing, Apple, OpenStreetMap.
- Optional custom button label.
- Disabled automatically when the record has no address.
- Fully localisable (ships with English).
- No Dataverse calls, no outputs, no premium flag —
external-service-usageis disabled.
| App types | Model-driven Power Apps / Dynamics 365 CE |
| Control | gc.GetDirections (virtual / React) |
| Control version | 0.0.3 · Solution GcGetDirections 1.2.0.0 |
| Platform libraries | React 16.14.0, Fluent UI 9.46.2 (host-provided) |
| Publisher | Gc Solutions (prefix gc) |
- Download the managed solution
GcGetDirections_managed_1_2.zipfrom the latest release. - In
make.powerapps.com: **Solutions → Import solution → ** select the zip → Import.
Heads-up — the host-field pattern: because a PCF field control replaces the field it's bound to, you place this control on a dedicated spare single-line text column (the "host"), and bind the address columns to it as read-only inputs. Your real address fields stay editable. One spare column is needed per table. Full steps are in the User Guide.
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Button host field (gc_Host) |
Text (bound) | No | The spare cell the button replaces; value not used. |
Street (gc_Street) |
Text (bound) | Yes | e.g. address1_line1 |
City (gc_City) |
Text (bound) | No | e.g. address1_city |
Postal code (gc_PostalCode) |
Text (bound) | No | e.g. address1_postalcode |
Country (gc_Country) |
Text (bound) | No | e.g. address1_country |
Maps provider (gc_Provider) |
Enum (input) | No | google (default) / bing / apple / osm |
Button label (gc_ButtonLabel) |
Text (input) | No | Optional override of the default "Get directions" |
The control composes the bound address parts into one line and builds a provider deep link with the origin omitted (so the provider uses the device's current location), then opens it via the PCF navigation service:
| Provider | URL pattern |
|---|---|
| Google Maps | https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=… |
| Bing Maps | https://www.bing.com/maps?rtp=~adr.… |
| Apple Maps | https://maps.apple.com/?daddr=… |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=… (location view) |
It makes no Dataverse Web API calls and produces no outputs — purely a read-and-open action.
npm install
npm run build # output → out/controls
npm run start:watch # local test harnessPackage the managed solution from the solution project with dotnet build -c Release.
- Requires one spare host column per table (the host-field trade-off).
- OpenStreetMap opens a map search, not turn-by-turn routing.
- Bing consumer maps are being retired by Microsoft in favour of Azure Maps; Google/Apple are the most future-proof.
- Clicking shares the address with the selected third-party provider (inherent to opening directions). See
NOTICE.md.
Community-supported, no SLA. Please raise issues at https://github.com/powercode1992/get-directions-button-pcf/issues?reload=1. Maintained by Gc Solutions.
See LICENSE. Copyright © 2026 Gc Solutions. See NOTICE.md for the warranty disclaimer and third-party maps attribution.
⚠️ Directions and map data are provided by the selected third-party provider. Verify all routes before travel. Use at your own risk.