Power Automate: or function
Sometimes one function is not enough, so combining multiple is necessary. To help us with that, we have the “or” function. It combines multiple functions …
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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.
Sometimes one function is not enough, so combining multiple is necessary. To help us with that, we have the “or” function. It combines multiple functions …
Converting things is essential, and Power Automate has a few functions to help us in doing that. Today we’ll focus on the string function that …
Comparisons as extremely useful in any programming language or platform and Power Automate is not the exception. The “equals” function helps us to have two …
IsToday function is what I can a “nice to have” function, and I’m happy it exists. Although you could do the math yourself, having a …
Power Automate’s endsWith function is part of a set of functions that deal with strings. In this case we’re checking if a string ends with …
SharePoint int function in most programming languages is used to convert an “object” from one type to an integer. However, in the case of the …
Comparisons as extremely useful in any programming language or platform, and Power Automate is not the exception. For example, the “greater” function helps us to …
The “ticks” function is beneficial when it comes to parsing dates. Since dates are so messy to convert due to timezones, leap years, daylight saving, …
The integration between Power Automate and Excel is fantastic, and we can do a lot with the actions available to us. Today we’ll check the …
GUID stands for Global Unique IDentifier, and it’s a market standard that is represented by “xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx “. Alternatively, since the structure is always the same, …