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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.

SharePoint: RoundDown Function

SharePoint: RoundDown Function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Rounds a number down. Negative values round toward zero.

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get Item Action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get Item Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a single SharePoint list item by ID.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created in a folder Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When a file is created in a folder Trigger

5 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a file is created in a SharePoint folder, library, or site page.

SharePoint: Lower Function

SharePoint: Lower Function

3 min read · 5 years ago

Converts a string to lowercase.

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get File Metadata Action

Power Automate: SharePoint - Get File Metadata Action

4 min read · 5 years ago

Returns a SharePoint file's path, size, media type, and identifiers.

Power Automate: What is Concurrency Control?

Power Automate: What is Concurrency Control?

5 min read · 5 years ago

Power Automate: When an HTTP request is received Trigger

Power Automate: When an HTTP request is received Trigger

19 min read · 5 years ago

Turns a Flow into a web service. Accepts external calls with a JSON schema.

Power Automate: item Function

Power Automate: item Function

4 min read · 5 years ago

Accesses each element inside repeating actions like Apply to Each.

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

6 min read · 5 years ago

Creates a Planner task: group, plan, title, dates, assignments, and labels.

What is an helper Flow in Power Automate?

What is an helper Flow in Power Automate?

5 min read · 5 years ago

Power Automate: Manually Trigger a Flow Trigger

Power Automate: Manually Trigger a Flow Trigger

10 min read · 5 years ago

Runs a Flow on demand with typed input parameters. Empty optional inputs aren't returned.

Power Apps: WeekNum function

Power Apps: WeekNum function

3 min read · 5 years ago

Returns the week number for a date. Start day is configurable.

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Manuel T Gomes

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