Power Automate: Get HTML tag value
by Today a brand new template that will get the HTML tag value from a piece of text. It’s part of a big project that I’m …
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.
Power Automate: Planner – Update a task Action
Although Microsoft Planner has an amazing UI to update tasks, there’s a lot of added value on updating tasks automatically when things change. The “Update …
Power App: ISOWeekNum function
Week numbers are useful but not for everyone, I reckon. They represent the number of the week of the year starting at the beginning of …
1900 is not a leap year in Power Apps
As you know, PowerFx draws parallels from Microsoft Excel. In fact, Microsoft told us that they want full parity between Power Apps and Excel’s function …
Power Automate: Office 365 – Get User Profile Action
One of the best things about having a centralized authentication system is that all the information is easily accessible everywhere in the company. If you …
Power Automate: Convert Date to Excel Number
As you may know, Excel stores the numbers internally in a number format and not a date. This topic was covered a while ago when …
Power Automate: Forms Get Response Details Action
One of the most used triggers in Power Automate if the Microsoft Forms is the “When a new response is submitted.” It will trigger when …
Power Apps: Alternate row Colors
User-friendly apps make all the difference, and displaying large amounts of data is one of the most complex things to do correctly. For those of …
How to create a team automatically with approvals using Power Automate?
A while ago, my buddy and I presented Power Automate and used it with Microsoft Graph to create Teams and Groups with Approvals. The idea …
Power Automate: The power of copy-paste
Today, we’ll go a bit “into the weeds” and explore Power Automate’s copy-paste features. Although most people don’t know, you can easily copy and paste …