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Power Automate Action Reference

This is my growing reference for Power Automate actions, the building blocks you drop into a flow to get work done. Every week I take one action, put it through its paces, and write up exactly how it behaves. You'll find detailed pages on the actions you reach for constantly, like the "Filter Array" action for trimming a dataset down to the rows you want, and the "Parse JSON" action for turning an API response into usable dynamic content. I cover loops and collections with the "Apply to each" action and the "Append to array variable" action, files with the "Office 365 Outlook Get Attachment" action and the "Excel Run script" action, and dates with the "Add to Time" action. Approvals get their own deep dives across the "Create an approval" action and the "Start and wait for an approval" action. Each entry covers inputs, outputs, configuration, and limitations.

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get Item Action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get Item Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a single SharePoint list item by ID.

Power Automate: Respond to a PowerApp or flow Action

Power Automate: Respond to a PowerApp or flow Action

10 min read · 4 years ago

Returns data from a child Flow to its parent Flow or Power App caller.

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get File Metadata Action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get File Metadata Action

4 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a SharePoint file's path, size, media type, and identifiers.

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

6 min read · 4 years ago

Creates a Planner task: group, plan, title, dates, assignments, and labels.

Power Automate: Planner - List Tasks Action

Power Automate: Planner - List Tasks Action

5 min read · 4 years ago

Returns all tasks from a Planner plan as an array.

Power Automate: Planner - Get a task Action

Power Automate: Planner - Get a task Action

5 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a Planner task: title, dates, assignments, tags, and completion percentage.

Power Automate: Planner - Update a task Action

Power Automate: Planner - Update a task Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Modifies a Planner task: title, dates, progress, and assignments.

Power Automate: Office 365 - Get User Profile Action

Power Automate: Office 365 - Get User Profile Action

5 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a person's name, city, country, and picture from your tenant.

Power Automate: Planner - Get task details Action

Power Automate: Planner - Get task details Action

4 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a Planner task's description, references, and checklist items.

Power Automate: Forms Get Response Details Action

Power Automate: Forms Get Response Details Action

6 min read · 4 years ago

Returns Forms submission answers as strings.

Power Automate: Planner - List Buckets Action

Power Automate: Planner - List Buckets Action

4 min read · 5 years ago

Returns all buckets in a Planner plan with names, IDs, and order hints.

Power Automate: Send an email notification Action

Power Automate: Send an email notification Action

8 min read · 5 years ago

Sends an email without using your personal mailbox.

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Manuel T Gomes

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