Business Applications, Power Automate, Power Platform

Generating simple and complex documents with just Power Platform, no add-ons.

In the consulting world, we get the document generation requirements for most medium to large-size projects. Traditionally, for Dynamics 365 projects we used document generation add-ons, like Document Core Pack or Xpertdoc to generate documents. However, it's unnecessary in the world of Power Platform where all requirements could be addressed with just Power Platform. I've… Continue reading Generating simple and complex documents with just Power Platform, no add-ons.

Flow, Power Automate, Uncategorized

Power Automate w Word Online: generate document updates

Scenario: My client generates a summary document for applications lodged online. The generated summary could be manually edited by an officer. At the final stage of the application processing, it's required to include additional information to the generated summary document regarding the outcome of the application. This information must be dynamically generated. This is a… Continue reading Power Automate w Word Online: generate document updates

Power Automate, Power Platform

Child Flow: the ‘runAfter’ condition is not satisfied.

When you tired, it's 9PM on Monday ... It's Monday. I'm too tired to slap you. Could you please bash your face against my palm? Respond to PowerApp or flow action Respond to PowerApp or flow action doesn't get triggered. I wonder why... Respond to PowerApp or flow action doesn't get triggered ActionConditionFailed I've got… Continue reading Child Flow: the ‘runAfter’ condition is not satisfied.

Business Applications, Dataflow, Dataverse, Power Automate

Dataflows for Power Apps: run import from the app

As you know I am a very big fan of Dataflows. The biggest ask from me was always the ability to trigger the Dataflow refresh on demand from a Power App. Initially, Dataflows you could only run from the maker portal. You need all sort of "powerful" security roles and permissions to do so. Dataflows… Continue reading Dataflows for Power Apps: run import from the app

Dataverse, Power Automate

Power Automate with Dataverse: Saving API calls to Dataverse. Expand or Link-Entity?

Within Power Automate I am trying to make SINGLE(paginated) call to Dataverse to get the list of Work Orders with the particular status linked to Account but not directly but via extra layer. Also, I can retrieve extra lookup tables which are required by logic. All in a single call because making extra API calls… Continue reading Power Automate with Dataverse: Saving API calls to Dataverse. Expand or Link-Entity?