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Optimize your Power Automate flows for better performance
There are numerous scenarios where accelerating the execution of Power Automate Flow becomes imperative. This necessity may stem from time-sensitive tasks like sending urgent notifications or handling real-time data. Through refining your flows, you can ensure faster processing and enhance overall effectiveness. For instance, by reducing redundant actions or minimizing dependencies, you can streamline the…
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How to monitor Power Platform environment capacity with custom approved capacity?
In Power Platform, to provision an environment, we need at least 1 GB Dataverse storage capacity. Default Power Platform storage capacity depends on many factors such as how many O365, Power Platform Premium and Dynamics licenses an organization have. On top of this, we can procure additional storage capacity by purchasing add-ons. Power Platform capacity is…
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Power Automate Desktop (RPA) Issue with Hover Mouse Over Element on Web Page
Issue: During the execution of a bot, the button options are not clearly visible and the menu item moves/transforms the position of menu item/list item. In addition, transformed buttons do not come up on the screen. This behavior breaks the execution of the flow. When the bot clicks on “Filter Off” menu, the sub menu…
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How can I get the flows that need my attention across tenant?
If the number of environments in the tenant is less than 500, use the following script to get all the flows that need licenses across the tenant: Write all flows to a CSV file $allFlows | Export-Csv -Path “flows.csv” -NoTypeInformation Write-Host “All flows at risk of suspension written to flows.csv” If there are more than…
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Does Canvas App support real-time navigation feature in Maps control
In a use case, from a canvas application, we want to track live location of the drivers who are doing delivery of various commodities. Does Map control supports real-time navigation in the canvas application? Based on my findings and inputs from various places, here is the information:
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Power Automate New Designer : Issue with Export to File for Power BI Reports action
Issue I am trying to automate a use case of exporting Power BI report to PDF file. For this use case, I planned to use “Export to File for Power BI Reports” action in Power Automate. I was using Power Automate’s new designer to create the flow and tried to use the “Export to File…
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SharePoint Connector using with service principal
Question: From Canvas Application or Power Automate, when we use SharePoint connector, we will always use individual user credentials to connect. Is it possible to use Service Principal with SharePoint Connector? Answer: At this point, there is no support for using Service Principal for SharePoint Connector. It is a much requested feature. Currently it is…
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Issue: Guest users accessing Canvas App connected with MS Dataverse
Issue Context: We have a Power App’s Canvas App which is using MS Dataverse as datasource. The app is shared with a range of users who are both internal (AD Users in the tenant) and external users (guest users). All the users have access to both canvas app and all underlaying dataverse tables & schema.…
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Power Platform Solution Environment Variables : Always Visible and Editable
During December 2023, Microsoft released an update related to Power Platform Solution’s environment variables. When a solution is imported manually or using pipelines, if the environment variable contains a value, then the variable was not displaying in certain conditions. It was very annoying in many cases. Finally, the fix resolved the issue and empowered all…
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Common mistakes by makers in Power Automate
Power Automate is a powerful tool that allows users to automate business processes and save time and effort. However, creating flows in Power Automate can be challenging, and users often make mistakes that can result in errors and inefficiencies. Here are some common mistakes that users make while creating Power Automate flows: Not Setting Triggers…