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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 the place to fix it. Here 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. If you work across environments, my best practices for SharePoint in multiple environments will save you painful mistakes, and my approval workflow guide makes one of the most requested features easy to understand. Explore the deeper action reference and function reference sections too when you need precise details. Grab a coffee, pick a topic, and let us automate something today.

Power Automate: isInt function

Power Automate: isInt function

8 min read · 3 days ago

Checks if a string is an integer.

Power Automate: slice Function

Power Automate: slice Function

11 min read · 1 week ago

Extracts a substring by position. Supports negative indices; endIndex is exclusive.

The reason it's EMail and not Email or email in Power Automate

The reason it's EMail and not Email or email in Power Automate

6 min read · 1 week ago

Explains why SharePoint's email field is spelled EMail and why the casing breaks your filters

Power Automate: isFloat function

Power Automate: isFloat function

6 min read · 2 weeks ago

Checks if a string is a floating-point number.

Office 365 Outlook Get Attachment

Office 365 Outlook Get Attachment

11 min read · 3 weeks ago

Fetches a single email attachment by its ID, returning its name, type, size, and base64 content.

Power Automate: dayOfMonth function

Power Automate: dayOfMonth function

5 min read · 3 weeks ago

Returns the day of a timestamp as an integer 1-31.

How to stop an infinite trigger loop in Power Automate?

How to stop an infinite trigger loop in Power Automate?

6 min read · 3 weeks 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 · 1 month ago

Converts a string to a precise decimal number.

Dynamic Content Troubleshooting in Power Automate

Dynamic Content Troubleshooting in Power Automate

6 min read · 1 month 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 · 1 month 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 · 1 month ago

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

Power Automate: less function

Power Automate: less function

4 min read · 1 month ago

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

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