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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: SharePoint - For a selected item Trigger
Fires when a user picks a SharePoint list item. Your Flow name appears in the item menu.
Power Automate: Decrement Variable action
Subtracts a value from an Integer or Float variable.
Power Automate: uriHost function
Returns the domain name from a URL. Strips protocol, path, and query string.
Power Automate: Office 365 Outlook - When an email is flagged Trigger
Fires when an Outlook email is flagged.
Power Automate: Increment Variable action
Adds a value to an Integer or Float variable.
Power Automate: nthIndexOf function
Returns the position of the Nth occurrence of a substring. -1 if not found.
Power Automate: Planner - When a task is assigned to me Trigger
Fires when a Planner task is assigned to you, across all plans.
Power Automate: Format Number action
Formats a number as currency, percentage, or custom pattern with locale support.
Power Automate: formatNumber function
Converts a number to currency, percentage, or a custom format with locale support.
SharePoint: ISNONTEXT function
Returns true when a value is anything other than text.
Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item is created Trigger
Fires when a new SharePoint list item is created.