How to Set Model-driven App Custom Table Icons in Dataverse

This post will explain how you can set the icon for a Microsoft Dataverse custom table (entity icon) in the Power Apps maker portal.

When the custom tables are created for Dynamics 365 and model-driven app projects, updating the icon of the table is important because it is automatically assigned a puzzle piece 🧩 icon by default. The icon of the table will be displayed in the sitemap, as the lookup value icon and in the primary image area for the Create form before the data is saved for the very first time. If the table does not have a child relationship (will never be used as a lookup), the table is not added to the sitemap and there is no primary image column, setting the icon is optional because the user will not see the default puzzle piece 🧩 icon or the custom icon anyway.

Microsoft Documentation has the instructions on how to change model-driven app custom table icons but the documentation was last updated on 16 Feb 2022 and the steps are all about "Switch to classic" and updating the icon in the classic solution explorer. Going to the classic solution explorer could be confusing for the user because the Web Client icons (16x16 and 32x32) are no longer valid since the deprecation of the legacy web client and all we need to set is the .svg icon for the Unified Interface.

Here are the steps to set the icon for a table in the Power Apps maker portal.

From the Power Apps maker portal, open the unmanaged solution with the tables where icons need to be set (or the solution where the new table will be created).

For a new table, expand the "Advanced options" before clicking Save to Choose table image.

Tools

The only drawback of this tool is not being able to specify the folder path for the web resource when the new images are added. For that case, use the WebResources Manager tool to upload the images into a particular folder path and use the Iconator to select the table images.

Microsoft PowerPoint has an option to select an image object, select "Save as Picture" from the menu and there is an option to save it as an .svg file. You need to be careful to ensure the combined shapes are roughly square. (Thanks to Alex for the tip)

Do you know any other tool or website to generate/download free icons? Please comment on this post and I will update the post to include those options.