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Welcome to my Power Automate hub, where I share what I have learned building real cloud flows for work and for fun. If you have ever stared at a flow that almost works, this is where you fix it. You will find practical, hands-on guides that go beyond the basics and tackle the messy parts of automation. I cover advanced error handling patterns so your flows fail gracefully, and I dig into API rate limits and throttling, including batch operations and throttling mitigation, so your flows keep running when you scale up. I walk through building a website monitor from scratch, handling CSV files without losing your mind, and troubleshooting dynamic content when the values you expect simply are not there. My best practices for SharePoint across multiple environments save painful mistakes, and my approval workflow guide makes one of the most requested features easy to understand.
Power Automate: or function
Returns true when any expression is true.
Power Automate: string function
Converts booleans, integers, floats, and arrays to text. Arrays become JSON; null becomes empty.
Power Automate: equals function
Compares two values. Case-sensitive for strings, cross-type for ints and booleans.
Power Automate: endsWith function
Checks if a string ends with specific text. Case-insensitive, space-sensitive, strings only.
Power Automate: greater function
Returns true when the first value is greater than the second.
Power Automate: ticks Function
Converts a date to 100-nanosecond intervals since year 0001.
Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created (properties only) Trigger
Fires when a SharePoint file is created. Returns metadata only, not content.
Power Automate: lessOrEquals function
Returns true when the first value is less than or equal to the second.
Power Automate: Fetch all files from a type in a folder
Power Automate: Field and formula common mistakes
Power Automate: Teams - When a new channel message is added Trigger
Fires when a new message is posted in a Teams channel.