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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Automate is a workflow automation solution included in Microsoft 365. This book explores the core concepts of workflow automation, such as working with connectors, triggers, and actions, along with their practical implementation in automating business tasks and simplifying digital processes to boost enterprise productivity.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1 - What is Power Automate?
3
Section 2 - Basic Flow Concepts
10
Section 3 - Intermediate Flow Concepts
18
Section 4 - Administering the Power Automate Environment

Processing a form with Power Automate

In this exercise, we'll configure a flow to process the responses and save them into the database you created in Chapter 12, Using a Database. The flow will utilize the FormID value you saved in the previous exercise, the When a new response is submitted trigger, and the Get response details action for the Microsoft Forms connector.

Follow these steps to configure the flow:

  1. Log into the Power Automate web portal (https://flow.microsoft.com) and click + Create.
  2. Under the Start from blank section, select Automated flow.
  3. Enter a name for the flow (such as Customer Survey) and select the When a new response is submitted trigger for Microsoft Forms. Click Create:
  1. In the details for the trigger, select the Form if it is displayed. If the form you created is not displayed, select + Add a custom item and paste in the FormID value you saved in the previous exercise:
  1. Click + New step.
  2. In the search bar, start typing Get response details and select...