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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.

Power Automate: How to change the run history from 28 days

Power Automate: How to change the run history from 28 days

6 min read · 9 months ago

How to call Microsoft Graph API from Power Automate?

How to call Microsoft Graph API from Power Automate?

8 min read · 11 months ago

How to generate an Excel ID to access data in Power Automate

How to generate an Excel ID to access data in Power Automate

9 min read · 1 year ago

Can Power Automate Run Python Scripts?

Can Power Automate Run Python Scripts?

6 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: Running PowerShell Scripts

Power Automate: Running PowerShell Scripts

16 min read · 1 year ago

Run PowerShell scripts from your Flows using the Azure Automation connector.

How to update environment variables automatically with Power Automate

How to update environment variables automatically with Power Automate

10 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

5 min read · 1 year ago

Returns 1-366 for any date.

Power Automate: How to Get Your Flow’s Name

Power Automate: How to Get Your Flow’s Name

4 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: coalesce function

Power Automate: coalesce function

6 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the first non-null value from a list. Null if all are null.

Power Automate: max function

Power Automate: max function

4 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the highest value from numbers or arrays. Type mismatches break it silently.

Power Automate: Converting Strings to Integers

Power Automate: Converting Strings to Integers

7 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: mod function

Power Automate: mod function

6 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the remainder of a division.

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Manuel T Gomes

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