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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: Office 365 Outlook - When a new email mentioning me arrives Trigger

Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - When a new email mentioning me arrives Trigger

8 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a new Outlook email mentions you.

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - For a selected file Trigger

Power Automate: OneDrive for Business - For a selected file Trigger

7 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a user picks a OneDrive file. Your Flow name appears in the file menu.

Power Automate: SharePoint - For a selected file Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - For a selected file Trigger

6 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a user picks a SharePoint file. Your Flow name appears in the file menu.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Update a Row action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Update a Row action

13 min read · 3 years ago

Updates an Excel row matched by a key column. Works on SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive files.

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

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

8 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a SharePoint list item or file is modified.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Get a Row action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Get a Row action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Returns a single Excel row by key column value.

Power Automate: uriQuery function

Power Automate: uriQuery function

4 min read · 3 years ago

Returns the query string from a URL. Empty when there are no parameters.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is deleted Trigger

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is deleted Trigger

7 min read · 3 years ago

Fires when a SharePoint list item is deleted. Returns who and when, not the item's columns.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Add a key column to a table action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Add a key column to a table action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Adds a key column to an Excel table so other Excel actions can reference rows.

Power Automate: uriScheme function

Power Automate: uriScheme function

4 min read · 3 years ago

Returns the protocol from a URL: 'https', 'ftp', or any valid scheme.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Delete Row action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - Delete Row action

10 min read · 3 years ago

Removes a row from an Excel table by key column value.

Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - Get email action

Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - Get email action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Returns an Outlook email by Message ID.

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Manuel T Gomes

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