OData: Equals Operator
by Checking for equality is essential when using operators. For example, if we want to filter data, we usually use one or more equals operator(s) to …
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.
Power Automate: Condition Action
I can say with confidence that the condition action is one the most used actions in Power Automate. It’s simple in nature and instrumental in …
OData Reference: An Introduction
First and foremost, OData or Open Data Protocol dates back to 2007 when Microsoft started it, being standardized later by OASIS (not the band, unfortunately) …
Power Automate: Apply to each Action
The “Apply to each” Action is one of Power Automate’s most used and useful actions. Since many actions return arrays, it’s useful to have an …
Microsoft Forms: Voting in Meetings
Microsoft released January some amazing features for Microsoft Forms, but one stands out for me. Voting in meetings. If you missed it, last week, I …
Microsoft Teams: You’re on mute – optimize meetings
Because of the pandemic, most of us needed to start working from home, almost from one day to another. Companies overall adjusted really well to …
Microsoft Teams: Don’t want to use a SharePoint Site or your OneDrive?
I’ll start by saying that the title is misleading. I know, I know, I do things like these from time to time, but I needed …
Tools: 1Password
Do you have a password manager? Do you even know what a password manager is? If both answers are “no,” then you need to understand …
Power Apps: Best Practices
A while ago, I wrote an article about SharePoint best practices, and I think it’s a good time to start one for Power Apps. Like …
SharePoint: The balance between choice and lookup
SharePoint Lists have incredibly handy options called choice and lookup. I’m going to oversimplify each of them because the point of this article is not …