Solution Dependencies When importing a managed solution into a new Power Platform environment, you might experience obscure solution dependency errors that prevent the import completing successfully. The errors, typically reference component called GUIDs, and often without much further information. This […]

Intro Low-code platforms like the Power Platform have democratized software development. They make it much easier to build applications and automate workflows. However, a new technique is emerging in the pro-code space that is quick and powerful: Vibe Coding. Vibe

The Joy and Frustration of JSON Over the past few weeks and months, I’ve posted quite a few blog posts about working with JSON files, particularly in Power Automate, and interacting with APIs. The content has come from what I’ve

JSON Arrays ,When working with JSON arrrays in Power Automate, the Apply to Each loop is often assumed to be necessary when transforming or manipulating arrays. However, loops are not always the best option and they can lead to performance

Required JSON Data Recently, I’ve discussed how you can build flexibility into your flows if the JSON data returned by an API contains a null or an empty string. Today I’ll look at how you can validate that the API

Empty JSON Strings When APIs have no data, generally either a null value or an empty string is returned. Last week in my post Handling Incomplete JSON Data, I discussed how to handle null values. Today I’ll explain how to

Incomplete JSON Data Another day on my JSON journey. Today I’ll explain how you can build flexibility into your flows by improving the format of a JSON schema to  handle incomplete data, in particular when an API returns a null

Upgrades and Updates When importing a managed solution, a decision is required to either upgrade or update the existing solution. Upgrades are intended for deploying significant changes, like new features, structural changes, or adding new tables. The ‘Stage for Upgrade’

Dataverse ‘Expand Query’ Feature When working with Power Automate and Dataverse, querying data across related tables is a common requirement. One of the most powerful features to handle this is the ‘Expand query’ option in the Dataverse ‘List rows’ action.

The ‘List Rows’ action in Power Automate retrieves multiple records from a Dataverse table. Frquently you’ll want to filter on a Dataverse lookup column. In this post, I’ll describe 2 ways you can do this and show you how to filter

What Is Administration Mode? Administration mode is an environment config setting that allows admins to restrict access to a particular environment preventing users from creating, changing or deleting any data. This is enforced because administration mode blocks access to Dataverse for

This post is a drill down into Connection References, what they are and how to use them most effectively with Power Automate What are Connection References? Connection references act as a link between actions in Power Automate and the actual
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