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.
Instantly extract information from an invoice
If you're looking for a way to extract data from invoices in an instant, Microsoft's AI Builder is your answer. With the Invoice Processing model, all you need to do is upload your invoice (or have it arrive via email or another method), then AI Builder does the work of pulling out all the information you need.
Where to find AI Builder: Microsoft’s no-code AI tool
If you're looking to bring AI capabilities in your processes or apps, the no-code tool AI Builder is your answer. With AI Builder, within seconds you can do things like extract information from invoices and documents, categorize incoming emails, and read text from images. Here are the 3 ways you can find AI Builder to get started using these capabilities.
Document generation with Power Virtual Agents: talk to the bot > fill a Word doc template > save the file in SharePoint
The Word Online (Business) connector for Power Automate allows you to generate documents. Beginning with a Microsoft Word template, you can use the connector in a flow to take inputs, populate them in a template, and save the document. Here, we'll take a look at how you can use a conversation with a bot to collect these inputs, create the document, then return a link to the file back to the user.
Get notified when someone edits a file in Microsoft Teams
Would you like to know when someone makes changes to a document? With Power Automate, you can send yourself a notification when someone updates a file stored in Microsoft Teams (SharePoint).
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