Managing permissions in SharePoint can be a bit complex, especially when dealing with custom permission groups. Fortunately, you don’t have to manually search through the interface for this information—Power Automate and SharePoint APIs can help you retrieve these details automatically. In this blog post, I will walk you through how to retrieve custom permission Group IDs and names in SharePoint...
Continue reading...Update SharePoint Folder Metadata Using Power Automate.
In SharePoint, managing folder metadata is essential for organizing files efficiently. We group files into folders, and updating their metadata improves categorization. However, manually updating folder metadata can be time-consuming and requires contant effort. Automating this process with Power Automate offers several benefits: Time savings: Remove manual effort. Consistency: Always applied according to your logic. Error reduction: Minimize human errors...
Continue reading...How to set SharePoint Folder Colour Using Power Automate.
In SharePoint, effective organisation is key to productivity, and one of the features that can significantly enhance your experience is folder colour customisation. While SharePoint has long been a powerful tool for document management and collaboration, folder colour options allow users to personalise their libraries and make navigating content even easier. While SharePoint provides a direct way to change folder...
Continue reading...Power Automate: Simplify Flows with Scope Action
The Scope action in Microsoft Power Automate is an action for organizing, managing, and simplifying flows. It helps to logically group actions together, making it easier to manage complex flows by providing clear separation and handling of different flow steps. What is the Scope Action? A Scope in Power Automate is essentially a container for other actions. You can use...
Continue reading...Fixing Locked File Error in Power Automate
A common issue faced by users of Microsoft Power Automate (formerly MS Flow) is the file lock problem. This happens when a file is stored in SharePoint, OneDrive, or other cloud storage, is locked and cannot be accessed or modified by the flow. A locked file means that it’s currently in use by another user, preventing your flow from performing...
Continue reading...Mastering the ‘Do Until’ Loop in Power Automate
One of its most useful features in the flow is ‘Do Until’ loop. It allows you to repeat actions until a certain condition is met. This makes it ideal for scenarios where you need to wait for data to change, a process to complete, or a status to update before proceeding. In this article, we’ll dive deep into mastering the...
Continue reading...How to merge two arrays in Power Automate without apply to each?
Recently someone asked me in Microsoft Power Platform community , how we will merge two array without apply to each?. First lets understand what is this?. In flow, When we have two arrays and we want to merge it. Then we have option to append it using variable but this will apply looping effect in your flow. It means that...
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