As mentioned previously, Power Automate is a workflow engine designed to give users the capability of automating business processes. Power Automate is a flow that comprises the following components:
- Connectors are components that are used to directly interface with both source and target applications or systems. Connectors contain the information required to interact with applications (such as the endpoint location and configuration or authentication information).
- Triggers are the activities that can initiate a flow. Triggers generally fall into three categories:
- Automated: A webhook or notification method tells the flow to start based on a new event occurrence (such as a file being uploaded or a new database record being created).
- Instant: A user initiates the flow by clicking a button.
- Scheduled: The flow executes at defined time intervals.
- Actions describe the types of activities that are performed by a flow, such as copying a file, updating a record...