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Power Automate Trigger Reference

Every flow starts with a trigger, and getting the trigger right is half the battle. This is my dedicated reference for Power Automate triggers, kept separate from the action reference because triggers behave in their own particular ways. Here you'll find a deep dive into one trigger at a time, explaining how it fires, what data it hands you, and the best practices and limitations worth knowing before you rely on it. I cover the classic "Manually trigger a flow" trigger for on-demand runs, event-driven starters like the "When a new response is submitted" trigger for Microsoft Forms, and the "When an email is flagged" trigger for Office 365 Outlook. For Dataverse builders I explain the "When a row is added, modified or deleted" trigger and the settings that decide when it actually runs, plus the concurrency and trigger-condition tricks daily users miss.

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - When a file is created Trigger

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - When a file is created Trigger

8 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a OneDrive file is created. Returns content and metadata.

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - When a file is modified Trigger

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - When a file is modified Trigger

8 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a OneDrive file is modified. Returns content and metadata.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is deleted Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is deleted Trigger

7 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a file is deleted from a SharePoint document library.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created or modified (properties only) Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created or modified (properties only) Trigger

6 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a SharePoint file is created or modified. Returns properties only, not content.

Power Automate: SharePoint - For a selected item Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - For a selected item Trigger

5 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a user picks a SharePoint list item. Your Flow name appears in the item menu.

Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - When an email is flagged Trigger

Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - When an email is flagged Trigger

7 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when an Outlook email is flagged.

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is assigned to me Trigger

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is assigned to me Trigger

6 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a Planner task is assigned to you, across all plans.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created Trigger

6 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a new SharePoint list item is created.

Power Automate: Twitter - When a new tweet is posted Trigger

Power Automate: Twitter - When a new tweet is posted Trigger

8 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a new tweet matches a hashtag, handle, or keyword.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - For a selected row Trigger

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - For a selected row Trigger

6 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a user selects an Excel row via the Power Automate add-in.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created (properties only) Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created (properties only) Trigger

7 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a SharePoint file is created. Returns metadata only, not content.

Power Automate: Teams - When a new channel message is added Trigger

Power Automate: Teams - When a new channel message is added Trigger

5 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a new message is posted in a Teams channel.

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Manuel T Gomes

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