Reference

Reference

Power Automate Terms

  • Flow: an automation made from a trigger and one or more actions.
  • Trigger: the event that starts a flow.
  • Action: a step that does work after the trigger.
  • Connector: the integration between Power Automate and another service.
  • Dynamic content: values supplied by previous steps in the flow.
  • Expression: a formula used to transform, test, or format values.
  • Run history: the record of each flow run, including inputs, outputs, and errors.

Common Expression Functions

Function Use
concat() Join values
formatDateTime() Format dates
coalesce() Provide a fallback value
if() Return a value conditionally
equals() Compare values
contains() Test whether a value contains another value
toLower() Standardise text
replace() Replace text
split() Break text into a list
length() Count characters or items

Excel Requirements

Power Automate works most reliably with Excel when the data is in a named table inside an .xlsx workbook stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.