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Manuel T Gomes

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Power Automate

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.

How to stop an infinite trigger loop in Power Automate?

How to stop an infinite trigger loop in Power Automate?

6 min read · 2 months ago

Stop a flow from re-triggering itself with trigger conditions, flag columns, or a create-only trigger.

Power Automate: decimal function

Power Automate: decimal function

8 min read · 2 months ago

Converts a string to a precise decimal number.

Dynamic Content Troubleshooting in Power Automate

Dynamic Content Troubleshooting in Power Automate

6 min read · 2 months ago

How to get my Power Automate to run more than 30 days?

How to get my Power Automate to run more than 30 days?

5 min read · 2 months ago

Redesign Flows that need to wait past 30 days: log requests and process them on a schedule.

Power Automate: Terminate Action

Power Automate: Terminate Action

7 min read · 2 months ago

Stops the Flow with Succeeded, Failed, or Cancelled status.

Power Automate: less function

Power Automate: less function

4 min read · 2 months ago

Returns true when the first value is smaller than the second.

The capital M that breaks your SharePoint Person column filter

The capital M that breaks your SharePoint Person column filter

5 min read · 2 months ago

Power Automate: Select Action

Power Automate: Select Action

11 min read · 2 months ago

Reshapes an array without a loop. Faster than Apply to each.

Power Automate: range function

Power Automate: range function

5 min read · 2 months ago

Creates an array of consecutive integers from a start and a count.

Notify automatically a user that they have a file open

Notify automatically a user that they have a file open

10 min read · 2 months ago

Power Automate: Teams - List chat or channel members

Power Automate: Teams - List chat or channel members

8 min read · 3 months ago

Returns the members of a Teams chat or channel.

Power Automate: intersection Function

Power Automate: intersection Function

4 min read · 3 months ago

Returns items common to multiple arrays. Works with numbers, strings, and objects.

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Manuel T Gomes

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