Which tool displays a sorted, expandable record list in Power Apps?
You create a Power Apps app. The app must be able to display a list of records that are sorted by category. The app must also expand or hide the list by subtopics. You need to configure the app. Which tool should you use?
Community Votes
100% of anonymous learners picked answer C. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Community Insight
The exam tests whether you can distinguish a canvas-app data-display control (gallery) from form cards, formulas, and external analytics tools; the trap is picking 'card' because it also shows record data, even though a card renders a single field inside a form.
The question asks which Power Apps tool displays a list of records sorted by category and can expand or hide subtopics. The gallery control is the correct answer because it binds directly to a data source and its Items property can be sorted and grouped for expand/collapse behavior.
Choosing 'card' is the most common error — a card is a single field container inside an edit or display form, so it cannot render a scrollable list of records, let alone sort them by category or toggle subtopic visibility.
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Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
A gallery is the Power Apps canvas control purpose-built for repeating a layout over every row of a data source, so 'display a list of records' maps directly onto its Items property. Sorting by category is handled declaratively with SortByColumns or Sort inside Items, for example SortByColumns(Filter(...), "Category", SortOrder.Ascending). Expand/hide by subtopic is then achieved with a nested gallery whose Visible property is driven by a context variable (UpdateContext or Set) toggled from a header control, which is the standard collapsible-group pattern in canvas apps. Because the gallery owns both the data binding and the per-row layout, it is the only option on the list that can satisfy both requirements inside one control.Why the Other Options Are Wrong
A card is a child control of a form (edit form, display form, or form within a gallery) that represents one field of one record — it has no Items property and no repeating loop, so it cannot present a list, categorize it, or expand and collapse groups. An expression is a Power Fx formula used in a property; it is logic, not a visual container, and by itself renders nothing for the user to expand or hide. A Power BI dashboard is a separate analytics artifact that could be embedded in the app as a tile, but it reads from a dataset rather than the app's data source, offers no Power Fx sorting on app records, and provides no per-group expand/collapse interaction tied to the app's controls. That leaves gallery as the only defensible choice.Community Comment Notes
The community consensus is unanimous and matches the key: all 100 recorded votes went to option C. JohnChung stated "Agree with the given answer. Gallery", confirming the reasoning that a gallery is the repeating list control. User 5f14337 answered with the single word "Gallery", an even terser version of the same conclusion, and JohnChung repeated the choice a second time, so no commenter raised a counter-argument about cards or embedded Power BI tiles. The one nuance worth remembering is that galleries do not collapse columns natively — you implement the expand/hide behavior with a nested gallery plus a toggle variable — but that detail does not change which tool the question is asking for.Official Reference
Exam Strategy
When PL-200 asks what tool to use, first decide which product surface is required (canvas app control, form, formula, or external report) and then match the control's core capability — galleries repeat layouts over rows, forms edit a single record, cards hold one field. Also scan the wording for verbs like 'list', 'sorted', 'expand', 'hide', which almost always point at a gallery rather than a card.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is a gallery better than a card for showing a sorted list of records?
A gallery repeats its layout for every row of a data source and its Items property can be sorted with SortByColumns, while a card represents only one field inside a form and cannot render a list.
How does a gallery expand or hide the list by subtopics?
Use a nested or grouped gallery and control its Visible property with a context variable toggled by a header control, so each subtopic group can be shown or collapsed by the user.