August - 2020

Trigger flow on specific column modification in SharePoint- Adding trigger conditions-Power Automate

kriSHna

Aug 27, 2020
2 min

Trigger flow on specific column modification in SharePoint- Adding trigger conditions-Power Automate

When we try to implement SharePoint actions in Power Automate, many-a-times we want to implement conditions or make the flow trigger only based on specific column modification. In this blog post, I would like to share you a method on how to trigger flows only on specific column modification in SharePoint. Recently, there has been a new addition to the SharePoint trigger actions in power automate, namely trigger conditions using these we can specify conditions and the flow wil

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Create nested flows in power automate (Parent - child flows)

kriSHna

Aug 23, 2020
3 min

Create nested flows in power automate (Parent - child flows)

In this blog post, we will learn the creation of nested flows in PowerAutomate this approach is helpful when we would like to call other flow to do operation using an HTTP trigger. You can also make use of this approach when you would like to send email from power apps using power automate and want to use the SendAs field in the office365 action card. When you implement all the actions in a single flow for sending email and then connect it to power apps, it might break and re

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Datasourceinfo function in power apps and displaying forms dynamically based on user role

kriSHna

Aug 23, 2020
3 min

Datasourceinfo function in power apps and displaying forms dynamically based on user role

When designing power apps many of us utilize forms to enable users to add data dynamically to the data source and also view the information at the same. A form helps the user to see data that has been submitted dynamically so that he can validate the same. There is a function in power apps namely datasourceinfo, we can utilize this function to read information from the data source dynamically and change the information as per the user role that has been configured on the data

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kriSHna

Aug 20, 2020
2 min

Working with Sequence and As function in power apps

Previously when we have to generate a sequence of numbers in power apps we used to write a complex formula implementing ForAll to get the desired result. Now, this approach has been very simple in power apps with the implementation of sequence function, with this you will be able to generate a sequence of numbers with a single line formula. Sequence function in power apps The skeleton of the sequence function is as follows Sequence(records,start,step) Records - The number of

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Save form attachments to share point using power automate(Flow)

kriSHna

Aug 19, 2020
3 min

Save form attachments to share point using power automate(Flow)

When we design forms we always want to store the responses in a data source so that we can use them for evaluation on a later date. The same way if the MS Form contains file upload action we also want to store the files that were uploaded to the form back to share point so that we can utilize then in building power automate flows or power apps. In this blog post, we will learn steps for creating a flow to save the files that were uploaded on an MS Form to a share point list/d

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Working with date time options in power automate and power apps

kriSHna

Aug 14, 2020
2 min

Working with date time options in power automate and power apps

Most of us have been using the date-time field options in both power apps and Power Automate, in this blog post I would like to explain a few simple tricks that will make your life even easier. Retrieving weekday value from a given date - Power Automate At times we would like to display the name of the week instead of the date value in power automate. You can make use of the following expression to achieve the same. formatDateTime(utcNow(),'dddd dd-MM-yyyy') If we make use of

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Displaying and selecting blank or null values in drop down and combo box controls

kriSHna

Aug 11, 2020
2 min

Displaying and selecting blank or null values in drop down and combo box controls

Many a time we would like to have an option wherein user can select a blank value in dropdown or combo control in power apps, also at times, we would like to reset the control to a blank value. In this blog post, I will describe a simple method using which we can enable blank value selection in the drop-down or combo control and also reset the control to blank value whenever we select to do the same. Enabling blank selection on the dropdown control power apps Step 1: Open pow

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Send email without using data source in power apps

kriSHna

Aug 11, 2020
2 min

Send email without using data source in power apps

In power apps we mostly send emails using the office 365 connector, today I would like to show you a different method to send emails in power apps using the MAILTO Uri scheme. This works the same as the default office 365 connector. Using this method, we can save the load time of the application when sending email as in this method email is sent using the URI scheme which will transfer data to the default mailbox being used on the device. I will illustrate an example below in

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Run Flow using web URL in power automate

kriSHna

Aug 10, 2020
2 min

Run Flow using web URL in power automate

In this blog post, we are going to learn about triggering flows using a web URL. Many at times we wonder if we can trigger flows from a web URL so that we can integrate that URL in a custom website. Today we are going to learn how to achieve this and implement a flow that we can trigger from web URL. There are two ways to achieve this, the first method is by using the flow button trigger and the second way is by using the HTTP request method. In this blog post, we are going t

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Add multiple attachments to approval action in Power Automate

kriSHna

Aug 4, 2020
3 min

Add multiple attachments to approval action in Power Automate

The approvals action has been very helpful for us, it has helped in designed many scenarios and has made tasks easier. Recently there has been an addition to the approval action card wherein we can add attachments to the approvals. When we try to add a single attachment this works fine but when we have multiple attachments this is running into a FOR EACH loop causing the flow to re-run the approval action card multiple times. Because of this user may receive multiple approval

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