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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.

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

12 min read · 1 year ago

Fires when a new email arrives in a shared Outlook mailbox.

Power Automate: dateDifference function

Power Automate: dateDifference function

10 min read · 1 year ago

Returns days.hours:minutes:seconds between two dates as a string.

How to generate an URL to an email in a shared mailbox?

How to generate an URL to an email in a shared mailbox?

6 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

10 min read · 1 year ago

Converts a timestamp from one timezone to another.

Power Automate: workflow Function

Power Automate: workflow Function

7 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the running Flow's name, ID, region, and run details at runtime.

Power Automate: Are Conditions Case Sensitive?

Power Automate: Are Conditions Case Sensitive?

5 min read · 1 year ago

How to remove duplicates efficiently?

How to remove duplicates efficiently?

5 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: SharePoint Get file content using path action

Power Automate: SharePoint Get file content using path action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Returns a SharePoint file by path as base64.

Power Automate: rand function

Power Automate: rand function

4 min read · 3 years ago

Returns a random integer within a range. Negative numbers supported; no floats.

Power Automate: How to download a file from a safe link?

Power Automate: How to download a file from a safe link?

6 min read · 3 years ago

Power Automate: SharePoint Get File content action

Power Automate: SharePoint Get File content action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Returns a SharePoint file by ID as base64.

Power Automate: Power Apps (V2) Trigger

Power Automate: Power Apps (V2) Trigger

13 min read · 3 years ago

Runs a Flow from a Power App with typed inputs: text, numbers, files, booleans.

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Manuel T Gomes

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