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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: 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.

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.

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Manuel T Gomes

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