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Manuel T Gomes

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Into The Weeds

Some articles go a good deal deeper than the rest, and I call those Into the Weeds. This is where I take on complex topics, the behaviors you need to be careful about, and the trickier issues that are a pain to fix. I write them for two reasons. The first is to give advanced users something meatier to sink into and solve real problems with. The second is to give people who are still learning the Power Platform a richer experience by putting harder material within reach. Even if you do not need it today, you will remember that these corners are tricky, and when you hit something similar in a project you will save yourself hours of confusion. Going into the weeds can burn a lot of time, and my aim is to spare you some of those headaches.

Power Automate: When Excel can make things easier

Power Automate: When Excel can make things easier

6 min read · 4 years ago

SharePoint: Round Function

SharePoint: Round Function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Rounds a number to a given number of decimal places.

Power Automate: equals function

Power Automate: equals function

5 min read · 4 years ago

Compares two values. Case-sensitive for strings, cross-type for ints and booleans.

Power Automate: Teams - When a new channel message is added Trigger

Power Automate: Teams - When a new channel message is added Trigger

5 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a new message is posted in a Teams channel.

SharePoint: RoundUp Function

SharePoint: RoundUp Function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Rounds a number up. Negative values round away from zero.

Power Automate: What is Pagination?

Power Automate: What is Pagination?

5 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Error while testing

Power Automate: Error while testing

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is completed Trigger

Power Automate: Planner - When a task is completed Trigger

4 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a Planner task is marked complete.

Power Automate: if function

Power Automate: if function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Evaluates a boolean expression and returns one of two values. Strict booleans only.

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - List rows present in a table Action

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - List rows present in a table Action

10 min read · 4 years ago

Returns all rows from an Excel table. Requires table-formatted data.

Power Automate: No Dynamic Content? No problem.

Power Automate: No Dynamic Content? No problem.

5 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: PowerApps Trigger

Power Automate: PowerApps Trigger

8 min read · 4 years ago

Runs a Flow from a Power App. Power Platform handles parameter passing.

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Manuel T Gomes

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