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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: and function

Power Automate: and function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Returns true only when all expressions are true.

SharePoint: RoundUp Function

SharePoint: RoundUp Function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Rounds a number up. Negative values round away from zero.

Power Automate: SharePoint - List folder Action

Power Automate: SharePoint - List folder Action

8 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the files and subfolders inside a folder. Goes one level deep and needs the folder ID, not its path.

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is completed Trigger

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is completed Trigger

4 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a Planner task is marked complete.

Power Automate: if function

Power Automate: if function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Evaluates a boolean expression and returns one of two values. Strict booleans only.

Power Automate: greaterOrEquals function

Power Automate: greaterOrEquals function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Returns true when the first value is greater than or equal to the second.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - List rows present in a table Action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - List rows present in a table Action

10 min read · 4 years ago

Returns all rows from an Excel table. Requires table-formatted data.

Power Automate: PowerApps Trigger

Power Automate: PowerApps Trigger

8 min read · 4 years ago

Runs a Flow from a Power App. Power Platform handles parameter passing.

Power Automate: json function

Power Automate: json function

4 min read · 4 years ago

Converts a string to a JSON object. Validates structure and formats output.

Power Automate: How to parse an array more efficiently

Power Automate: How to parse an array more efficiently

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created or modified Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created or modified Trigger

6 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a SharePoint list item is created or modified. Polls on an interval, not instant

Power Automate: first Function

Power Automate: first Function

2 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the initial element of an array or the first character of a string.

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Manuel T Gomes

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