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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: item Function

Power Automate: item Function

4 min read · 4 years ago

Accesses each element inside repeating actions like Apply to Each.

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

Power Automate: Planner - Create a task action

6 min read · 4 years ago

Creates a Planner task: group, plan, title, dates, assignments, and labels.

What is an helper Flow in Power Automate?

What is an helper Flow in Power Automate?

5 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: How to add an email with a task automatically to Planner?

Power Automate: How to add an email with a task automatically to Planner?

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Manually Trigger a Flow Trigger

Power Automate: Manually Trigger a Flow Trigger

10 min read · 4 years ago

Runs a Flow on demand with typed input parameters. Empty optional inputs aren't returned.

Power Automate: Planner - List Tasks Action

Power Automate: Planner - List Tasks Action

5 min read · 4 years ago

Returns all tasks from a Planner plan as an array.

Power Automate: How to download a file from a link?

Power Automate: How to download a file from a link?

10 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Planner - Get a task Action

Power Automate: Planner - Get a task Action

5 min read · 4 years ago

Returns a Planner task: title, dates, assignments, tags, and completion percentage.

How to convert an HTML table into a JSON in Power Automate?

How to convert an HTML table into a JSON in Power Automate?

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Get HTML tag value

Power Automate: Get HTML tag value

6 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Planner - Update a task Action

Power Automate: Planner - Update a task Action

7 min read · 4 years ago

Modifies a Planner task: title, dates, progress, and assignments.

Power Apps: ISOWeekNum function

Power Apps: ISOWeekNum function

2 min read · 4 years ago

Returns the ISO week number for a date. Monday is the first day; week 1 contains the first Thursday.

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Manuel T Gomes

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