Power Automate: first Function
by Arrays are part of the building blocks of Power Automate. We can get arrays from many actions like the SharePoint “Get Items” action, for example. …
Tag: Into The Weeds
There are articles that I go a little bit deeper into a concept. I call them “Into the Weeds,” where I describe complex topics, things that you should be careful about, and fix more tricky issues.
I want to write these articles for 2 main reasons. The first is to have something for the more advanced users to read and solve potential problems. The second to enable people that are still learning about the Power Platform to have a more rich learning experience by having more challenging topics.
Even if you don’t apply them immediately, you’ll know that these areas are a bit more tricky. When you encounter something similar in your projects, you’re aware of them and save a lot of time trying to understand why something doesn’t work. Going “Into the weeds” can burn time, and I want to save you some headaches also.
The important part for me is that you learn something new, but also teach me. If you don’t agree with some of the concepts or want me to focus on them, please get in touch. I want feedback, and you can always reach me by email or Twitter.
Microsoft / Power Automate / Power Automate Action Reference / Power Platform / Reference / SharePoint
Power Automate: SharePoint – Get Item Action
The SharePoint connector is one of the complete connectors, especially when it comes to lists. We can do a lot of operations to list items, …
Power Automate: How to get previous versions in SharePoint
There are a lot of valuable triggers for SharePoint list items, like the “When an item is created or modified” trigger. They help us understand …
How to add Attachments to Microsoft Planner from Teams?
I wrote a couple of articles in the past on how to deal with Microsoft Planner tasks. You can find them at “Update task details” …
Power Automate: Recurrence Trigger
Having Flows that do everything for us without us even having to trigger them is fantastic. The “Recurrence” trigger does precisely this for us. It …
Power Automate: lastIndexOf Function
The “lastIndexOf” function is the corollary to the “indexOf” function, where it returns the last occurrence. It always returns a number, and it will return: …
Power Automate: Respond to a PowerApp or flow Action
The “Respond to a PowerApp or flow” action is not very useful for single running Flows, but when you create “Helper Flows,” you need this …
Power Automate: Multi-select columns in SharePoint
Power Automate and SharePoint work excellently, but I see many people with questions regarding how to fetch multi-select columns in SharePoint. Especially the “Person” columns …
Power Automate: Sync Excel to a SharePoint list
Syncing is one of the most complex challenges in all platforms. We all suffered from issues where our files don’t sync appropriately on OneDrive, or …
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Power Automate: SharePoint – When a file is created in a folder Trigger
Automating file management is an excellent way to save time, especially if you have many. There are many advantages to knowing when a file is …