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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate - Second Edition

You're reading from  Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803237671
Pages 424 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Aaron Guilmette Aaron Guilmette
Profile icon Aaron Guilmette

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface Introducing Microsoft Power Automate Getting Started with Power Automate Working with Email Copying Files Creating Button Flows Generating Push Notifications Working with Shared Flows Working with Conditions Getting Started with Approvals Working with Multiple Approvals Posting Approvals to Teams Using a Database Working with Microsoft Forms Accepting User Input Automating Azure AD Introducing Robotic Process Automation Introducing AI Models Exporting, Importing, and Distributing Flows Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flows Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Creating a flow that uses all input types

In this example, we’re going to configure a simple flow that uses all six input types and use that data to populate a SharePoint list. You could also try this example to save content to a database.

Before you begin configuring the flow, you’ll need to configure some basic prerequisites, such as a SharePoint list that contains the columns to store the various data values. Once the prerequisites have been completed, you’ll be able to move on to creating and testing the flow.

Configuring the prerequisites

Since the data for this flow will be stored in a SharePoint list, you’ll need to configure a SharePoint list if you don’t already have one that you can use. In this example, we’ll create a new list in an existing site and then add one column to store each of our values.

To create the list, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to a SharePoint site, click Site contents, and then click...
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