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Manuel T Gomes

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Fundamentals

If you want to master something, you have to understand its fundamentals deeply. They are the building blocks you stand on to reach the more complex ideas. Knowledge is like a house: you lay strong foundations first, then build upward. It sounds like a cliche, but it holds true, and solid fundamentals are what make good professionals. Under this tag I work on bringing you the fundamentals of each technology, from the small details that quietly make all the difference to the bigger concepts. My focus is mostly the Power Platform, but I will happily write about other things I find interesting along the way. Expect a mix drawn from technology and productivity. What matters most to me is that you walk away having learned something new you can build on.

Lookup and reverse lookup tables

Lookup and reverse lookup tables

5 min read · 5 months ago

Power Automate: reverse Function

Power Automate: reverse Function

3 min read · 5 months ago

Reverses the order of items in an array.

Build a Website Monitor with Power Automate

Build a Website Monitor with Power Automate

5 min read · 6 months ago

Power Automate: base64 function

Power Automate: base64 function

4 min read · 7 months ago

Encodes a string for safe system-to-system transfer. Adds 33% size overhead.

Quick Automations: Automatic “do not disturb” on a place

Quick Automations: Automatic “do not disturb” on a place

4 min read · 11 months ago

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

5 min read · 1 year ago

Returns 1-366 for any date.

Power Automate: coalesce function

Power Automate: coalesce function

6 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the first non-null value from a list. Null if all are null.

Power Automate: max function

Power Automate: max function

4 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the highest value from numbers or arrays. Type mismatches break it silently.

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

12 min read · 1 year ago

Fires when a new email arrives in a shared Outlook mailbox.

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

10 min read · 1 year ago

Converts a timestamp from one timezone to another.

Power Automate: Are Conditions Case Sensitive?

Power Automate: Are Conditions Case Sensitive?

5 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: SharePoint Get file content using path action

Power Automate: SharePoint Get file content using path action

7 min read · 3 years ago

Returns a SharePoint file by path as base64.

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Manuel T Gomes

Helping teams and developers plan, build, and automate, and sharing what I learn along the way.

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