Add a Multistep Form in Power Pages

Multistep forms in Power Pages (formerly PowerApps Portals) are game changers for improving user experience. Instead of throwing a huge form at users, you can split it into digestible sections. In this blog, we’ll see how you can configure a multistep form from scratch in a real-world Indian business context.

Why Multistep Forms Matter?

In India, many business portals like college admission sites, job applications, or customer onboarding platforms often require collecting a lot of information. A long single-page form can be overwhelming. That’s where multistep forms come into play.

Better UX
Logical grouping of fields
Easier validations
Reduced form abandonment

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure.

You have access to Power Pages Studio
You’ve created a Dataverse table to store the form data
You have basic familiarity with Power Pages design studio

Step 1. Create Your Tables in Dataverse.

Let’s assume we’re building a Job Application Form.

Create a table named Job Applications with fields like,

Full Name (Text)
Email (Email)
Mobile Number (Text)
Resume (File)
Experience (Choice)
Skills (Multiselect Choices)

You can create this directly from Power Apps > Tables or use Copilot to create a table and column like this.

Power Apps

A table has been created.

Created

Step 2. Create a Form in Dataverse using Power Pages.

Before we build a multistep form in Power Pages, we first need to create a basic form in Dataverse. There are two ways to do this — the traditional method using the Dataverse Tables interface or the simpler way directly from Power Pages using the Data workspace.

Here’s how you can create a form using the Power Pages Maker Portal.

Go to the Power Pages Maker Portal – https://make.powerpages.microsoft.com

From the left-side navigation, click on Tables.
Select an existing table (e.g., Job Applications) or create a new one.
Go to the Forms tab of that table.

This form will serve as the foundation for your multistep form configuration in the next step.

Table

Click on + New Form to create a new form.

Click on + New Form

Remove unwanted fields or add needed fields and click save and publish.

Remove unwanted fields

Add Step 2.

Add Step 2

Finally, the Steps are created.

Steps are created

Save and publish.

Step 3. Add the Multistep Form to Your Power Page.

Back in Power Pages Studio, go to your desired page
Click + Add > Select Multistep Form

Select Multistep Form

Add Multi-step form.

Add Multi-step form

Click Done and Add your first step.

Click Done

Click Step 1 Permission and assign the roles.

Click step 1 Permission

We can set up permission for this form/table.

Set up permission

Add your step 2.

Add your step 2

That’s it,

Finish

Click preview and look into a Multistep form.

Multistep form

Click next.

Conclusion

Multistep forms are not just a fancy UI feature they actually make your Power Pages more usable, scalable, and professional. Especially when you're building applications for Indian businesses, government projects, or university portals, this approach helps you build better solutions.

Have you implemented a multistep form in your portal? Share your experience in the comments below!