There is a question type in Microsoft Forms that allows the responder to upload a file. This file is automatically uploaded to OneDrive. With Power Automate, you can build a flow that will extract the responses to questions in a form, including a link to file attachments, then send it in an email.
Power Automate available in Excel Online
Another new feature to come out of Microsoft Ignite 2022- the ability to use Power Automate within Excel Online. This allows you to search for flows that can assist you with data entry or run Office Scripts without leaving Excel. Screenshot of Power Automate button in Excel Online You will see the Power Automate button … Continue reading Power Automate available in Excel Online
Power Automate: Format your data with examples
Format your data with examples is a feature available in the cloud flow builder of Power Automate. It simplifies flow building experience by reducing the need for you to write your own expressions from scratch. If you want to change how data is returned in your flow, typically you would need to write an expression- … Continue reading Power Automate: Format your data with examples
Microsoft Ignite 2022: Power Platform & Microsoft Teams announcement highlights
At last week's Microsoft Ignite conference, there were some big announcements made for new features coming across Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, AI and more. In this post I'll highlight some of the announcements across Power Platform and Microsoft Teams that were personal favourites of mine.
You describe it, AI builds it: trying out the new way to create cloud flows
At Microsoft Ignite (October 2022), Microsoft introduced a new feature coming to Power Automate: "You describe it, AI builds it". This feature aims to make flow building even easier, by allowing you to simply type a description of a flow you want to build, and the flow will be automatically generated for you. Screenshot of … Continue reading You describe it, AI builds it: trying out the new way to create cloud flows
Generate documents with information collected from Microsoft Forms
By using the Word Online (Business) connector for Power Automate, you can create documents using the information collected within a Microsoft Form response. Beginning with a Microsoft Word template, you can use the connector in a flow to take inputs from a form submission, populate them in a template, and save the document.
Use Power Automate to add Microsoft Forms submissions to a Power BI dataset
If you're using Microsoft Forms you can create a dataset in Power BI to collect the feedback or information from form submissions. This can then be used in your reports and dashboards for your reporting needs. Using Power Automate, each time someone submits a response to your Form, the data will be stored a a … Continue reading Use Power Automate to add Microsoft Forms submissions to a Power BI dataset
Power Automate conditions based on a rating response in Microsoft Forms
When someone submits a Microsoft Form, you can build flows based on their response. If your form contains the rating question type, and you want this to influence the actions taken in your flow (such as a notification if someone provides a poor rating), you'll need to first add in another step to make sure … Continue reading Power Automate conditions based on a rating response in Microsoft Forms
Turn on the “new” Power Automate expression builder/dynamic content selector
Trying to type in long expressions in your Power Automate cloud flows can be frustrating. To make writing expressions and selecting dynamic content easier for yourself, you can turn on Experimental features.
New Power Platform features: picks from the Wave 2 2022 release wave
Microsoft has published the Wave 2 2022 release wave, which gives us a list of new features across Power Platform and Dynamics 365 we can look forward to. I'm highlighting my 5 top picks for Power Platform here.
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