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PowerApps Automation – Run Once!

PowerApps Automation – Run Once!

Creating Model-Driven Apps (MDA) is very efficient for me. I can design forms and views for my Dataverse tables in minutes. Furthermore, adding these tables to my app takes only seconds. Plus, I can add since a while Power Fx commands to my App in the Command Bar. However, executing Power Automate flows can sometimes be tricky. That’s why I’m sharing my Automation Run Once solution today, which helps prevent Power Automate flows from running twice. Recently, I noticed that…

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Better RAG – Data Preparation for Copilot – Part 3

Better RAG – Data Preparation for Copilot – Part 3

Welcome back to the third part of my blog post series. Today I will cover the practical part of the data preparation for my copilot. This means, I have all gadgets in place to extract the content of my document from Part 2. But I did not add a user interface that helps me to organize my documents. In other words, I need an App to manage my documents for my Copilot knowledge in a RAG system. Here I will…

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Enable Re-submit of Power Automate Flow

Enable Re-submit of Power Automate Flow

Hey community, were you also surprised by the error message “Flow run resubmissions are disabled for instant flows…” this week? Well, I was because suddenly I couldn’t re-submit my Power Automate flow anymore from the designer. I saw just this message: What happened? A colleague pointed me in the right direction. He told me, that Microsoft rolled out a new feature: Resubmit flow runs initiated by instant triggers, that become active. The new setting for resubmitting flow runs initiated by…

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PDF Viewer in a Custom Page

PDF Viewer in a Custom Page

Custom Pages are great because I can use them to enrich my model-driven apps with individual controls and content. In other words, a custom page brings the power of canvas apps into my model-driven apps. For example, I can design dialogs or panes with the flexibility of the canvas designer, including the canvas app controls. Recently, I learned that not all controls are available in custom pages. In my case, I wanted to visualize a previously scanned PDF document to…

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Amazon S3 Bucket (Independent Publisher)

Amazon S3 Bucket (Independent Publisher)

Using AWS S3 buckets from Microsoft Power Platform is limited when you use standard connectors. In other words, you can list buckets and read the content of objects. But you can’t move your data to an AWS S3 bucket with the standard connector. So, what can I do? Right, a custom connector for AWS S3 is the solution. But my journey to a working connector was not so easy as expected. In other words, I faced challenges and solved a…

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JSON Pivoting in Power Automate

JSON Pivoting in Power Automate

Transforming objects in Power Automate is mostly a challenge. Here is an example for you. Let’s imagine, I want to convert a JSON array of key-value pairs into an object in my Power Automate Flow. Correct, I want some kind of pivoting. In detail, here is my JSON array which I want to pivot: The result should be a single object: Ok, let’s start. JSON Array pivot into an Object as Power Automate Flow First, I’m creating a new Power…

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Power Platform – Trigger Environment Activity

Power Platform – Trigger Environment Activity

You know the story, sometimes other things are more important and you forget to clean up. What happen is, after a while you get an email from Microsoft. Right, this email reminds you about the automated cleanup of my inactive Power Platform environments. This is good, because it helps to reduce unneeded resources. I got this email from one of my Demo Environments: In detail, I use this Dataverse Environment to simulate Application Lifecycle Management for Power Platform. In this…

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Logging in Custom Connector Code

Logging in Custom Connector Code

Today, I’m excited to introduce you to a new feature that addresses a common challenge faced by both Citizen Developers and Pro Developers. Yes, you guessed it – we’re delving into the world of creating custom connectors. But I’m not talking about the usual tasks like setting up requests, responses, or authentication. No, the real test comes when we venture into coding within our custom connectors.See more here at Microsoft Docs: Write code in my custom connector. Moreover, there’s a…

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Automated Repository Setup for GitHub

Automated Repository Setup for GitHub

I can’t say this often enough, I love to automate manual repetitive tasks. An automated process save time and reduces mistakes. For that reason, I want to share a new example with you. Moreover, I use the Microsoft Power Platform together with AWS cloud in perfect harmony. So here is the story: some days ago, I stumbled upon a terraforming process for new AWS Accounts. The initial idea was, to prepare reusable and preconfigured building blocks. In other words, my…

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PCF in Dataverse for Microsoft Teams

PCF in Dataverse for Microsoft Teams

After creating my Microsoft OpenAI powered Intelligent Assistant canvas app was still one open question for me, “Can I install and uses my Intelligent Assistant also in Dataverse for Teams?” You might also have the question, “Why would you consider bringing your Intelligent Assistant into DataVerse for Teams?” Well, integrating my Intelligent Assistant into DataVerse for Teams offers several advantages. One of them is that canvas apps empower users to create intuitive and tailored interfaces for data management, enhancing collaboration…

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