Power Platform First Aid sessions
Are you looking for help with your Power Platform. And you had enough of looking for help by searching on…
A new approach to error handling in Power Automate in 2024 with the Flow Run table
For quite a few years now I’ve promoted the Try-Catch error handling pattern. But there is a new approach on…
Activate and Deactivate Features in SharePoint from Power Automate Flows
Enabling a SharePoint feature from a flow in Power Automate is easy, but how do you deactivate features? Activate a…
Auto height, Containers and flexible font sizes in Power Apps
It is important that each control on your screen fits and that nothing overlaps. Auto Height and Containers can help…
Paginated REST API calls in Power BI
Last week I was asked about handling paginated REST API calls in Power BI. The REST API end point would…
Replace Edit with Contribute permissions with SharePoint Site Templates
How do we replace Edit with contribute permissions? When you create a new team site members will have Edit permissions,…
A scheduled flow that locks an app
Earlier this week I was asked on the chat how to handle scheduled flows that need to lock an app…
4 new undocumented functions to encode and decode Xml in Power Automate
Today, I found 4 new undocumented functions in Power Automate Why Encode Xml? First of all, why would we need…
Finding actions/steps in Power Automate
In Power Automate, it has always been a good habit to rename actions so that other developers can understand your…
Flow Failed: _scrubbedSensitiveData_ in Power Automate
Today I hit one of those unclear error messages in Power Automate. All I got was Flowname.Run failed: _scrubbedSensitiveData_. What…
10 new features in the new Power Automate Designer
Currently the new Power Automate Designer is only available in the US base Preview environments. But some point soon this…
Generate Documents using Microsoft Syntex in SharePoint using Power Automate
Today I had a look into how to generate documents from lists items using Microsoft Syntex with Power Automate. In…
1 Step to create the REPT function in Power Automate
Today I was asked on the chat about how to create a REPT function in Power Automate. Excel has a…
4 avoidable pitfalls of Low Code development?
Low Code Development is all about anybody can do it! But what are the pitfalls of low code development? Anybody…
Implement Power Apps calendar booking in less than 5 minutes
Today I was asked how to implement in Power Apps calendar booking. The booking availability app So I’m looking to…
Delegation with SharePoint lists Power Apps vs Power Automate
We all know about delegation warnings in Power Apps, but how about delegation with SharePoint lists in Power Automate? Ever…
Timing issues in relation to App OnStart, Screen OnVisible, Timers and user interruptions in Power Apps
When you create apps, it is important to understand the timing issues that may happen. When various elements manipulate data,…
Implement a PDF preview in a Model Driven Apps
Recently I needed to implement a PDF preview in a Model Driven App. This should be quite an easy thing…
Performance of the Graph API, REST and Web Services with SharePoint and Power Automate
When you build your flows do you consider performance? SharePoint has multiple APIs available. The Performance of the Graph API,…
Develop your own chatbot in Power Apps
Recently a new feature to added to Power Apps to add your Power Virtual Agent chatbot in Power Apps. In…
Don’t Update or Insert records but Upsert in Dataverse when using Power Automate
An Upsert in Dataverse can be implemented in two different ways. Check before you do or just a plain Upsert…
Lock and wipe devices using Microsoft Graph in Power Automate
On a recent project I needed to be able to lock and wipe devices. I used Microsoft Graph, Power Automate…
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Power Pages
In my recent posts about Power Pages, I’ve looked at development of pages, but I’ve not considered Application Lifecycle Management…
Handle unmanaged changes made to Dataverse tables in the default solution
The default solution in the Power Platform is an unmanaged solution even in production. How do you handle unmanaged changes…
Many running flows in Power Automate
Recently I noticed that some of my flows end up with many running flows. Types of flows There are a…
Better error handling with Power Automate parallel branches
This post is all about error handling and parallel branches. General error handling in Power Automate In the past I’ve…
Microsoft Forms and Customer Voice in Power Automate
Microsoft Forms is great to create a survey, but what if you want to use Power Automate to process responses?…
Synchronize Shifts from Microsoft Teams to Outlook Calendars
Have you ever wanted to synchronize shifts in Microsoft Teams to evens in Outlook calendars? This is how you can…
Get the version number of your app in Power Apps
Have you ever tried to get the version number of your app developed in Power Apps to display in your…
10 reasons to use Power Automate instead of Azure Logic Apps
After yesterday’s post 5 reasons to use Azure LogicApps instead of Microsoft Flow you might have thought that I switched…