Power Automate: What is a JSON Schema?
by Although Power Automate is a low code application, there are some concepts that we should be aware of when building our Flows. This can be …
Tag: Best Practices
I’ll show you the best practices for the Power Platform tools. I provide them based on my experience and learning, so that doesn’t mean you can’t adjust them. I learned them from other people’s experiences also, so I don’t make the same mistakes.
Consistency is important, especially when multiple people work on the same platform. I see all the time SharePoint sites with heterogeneous naming, lists with convoluted names, and more. Having consistency enables you to know always what something means. It also helps when someone comes aboard where you can point to the rules and know what to do.
Regardless of the platform, I strongly recommend that you don’t want to adopt mine, at least have them written down on your side. Even if you work alone, create your best practices and reference material. It will make you think, and sometimes you’ll see where some things could be improved.
Microsoft Teams: Outlook to Teams and back
Email, chat, and meetings are now the trifecta for communication around teams. They have different levels of usage depending on the person, position in the …
OData: Lower Than Operator
The lower than operator is used to filter data that fit within certain criteria, in this case, something being “lower” than another. Having this on …
Power App: Choices Function
The choices function returns a table of elements that we can choose from. Note the return “table,” meaning that we can use other functions like …
Power Automate: OneDrive for Business – Get File Content Action
Today we’ll cover the same action on two different platforms. Almost two different platforms. OneDrive and OneDrive for Business. There’s a lot to cover between …
Power Apps: Single Source of Truth
One of the most common mistakes that I see in Power Apps is people hardcoding values in the app. Your app should not have multiple …
OData: Not Equals Operator
We’ve already covered the “equals” operator but let’s look at its counterpart. The “not equals” operator. It provides a useful filter of data that we …
SharePoint: ISLOGICAL Function
The ISLOGICAL Function is not one of the most used functions, and it may not look as useful as others, but it has its useful …
Power Automate: Compose Action
Today the Swiss Army knife in Power Automate. The Compose Action is extremely useful when you have to perform any operation on your data, store …
OneDrive: More than a synced folder
Some people use OneDrive for Business as a vanilla folder where stuff goes into the cloud. But OneDrive for Business is much more than a …