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Manuel T Gomes

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Best Practices

Here I share the best practices I use for the Power Platform tools, drawn from my own experience and plenty of learning from other people's mistakes so I don't repeat them. None of this is set in stone, so adjust it to fit how you work. Consistency matters, especially when several people share a platform. I see it constantly: SharePoint sites with mismatched naming, lists with convoluted names, and flows nobody can follow. When you agree on rules, everyone always knows what something means, and onboarding a new person becomes far easier. Even if you never adopt my conventions, at least write your own down. And even if you work alone, building your own reference makes you think, and you will often spot places where things could be better. That reflection is half the value.

Power Automate: triggerBody function

Power Automate: triggerBody function

4 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the trigger's body inside an expression.

Power Automate: SharePoint - Create Item action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Create Item action

9 min read · 4 years ago

Creates a new item in a SharePoint list.

Power Automate: Special values

Power Automate: Special values

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Long-running Flows

Power Automate: Long-running Flows

6 min read · 4 years ago

Introducing the Reference and Bargain Bin

Introducing the Reference and Bargain Bin

3 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: SharePoint - Add attachment action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Add attachment action

10 min read · 4 years ago

Attaches a file to a SharePoint list item.

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: guid function

Power Automate: guid function

7 min read · 4 years ago

Generates a unique hexadecimal identifier.

Power Automate: not function

Power Automate: not function

5 min read · 4 years ago

Negates a boolean value. Strict boolean input required.

Power Automate: Get My Profile Action

Power Automate: Get My Profile Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Returns your Office 365 profile: department, job title, contact info.

Power Automate: startsWith function

Power Automate: startsWith function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Checks if a string begins with specific text. Case-insensitive, space-sensitive.

Power Automate: Append to array variable Action

Power Automate: Append to array variable Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Adds an item to an array variable. Accepts mixed data types.

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Manuel T Gomes

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