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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: Increment Variable action

Power Automate: Increment Variable action

4 min read · 4 years ago

Adds a value to an Integer or Float variable.

Power Automate: nthIndexOf function

Power Automate: nthIndexOf function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the position of the Nth occurrence of a substring. -1 if not found.

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: Format Number action

Power Automate: Format Number action

8 min read · 4 years ago

Formats a number as currency, percentage, or custom pattern with locale support.

Power Automate: formatNumber function

Power Automate: formatNumber function

11 min read · 4 years ago

Converts a number to currency, percentage, or a custom format with locale support.

SharePoint: ISNONTEXT function

SharePoint: ISNONTEXT function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Returns true when a value is anything other than text.

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: triggerBody function

Power Automate: triggerBody function

9 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the trigger's body as JSON. Use ?['key'] to reach a single value.

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

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Manuel T Gomes

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