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The solution in this post gives you a way to create an interface where users fill in required metadata AND can upload multiple files, and all of those files go into SharePoint. This is done using Microsoft Forms and Power Automate.
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In SharePoint back in the old days, there used to be a way to have fields/columns that were required for documents, and when a single document was uploaded, the user was prompted to fill in those required fields. As you may have noticed, in SharePoint Online, documents can be easily uploaded and bulk uploaded without anything prompting you or preventing
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This is a quick post about using Power Automate to copy specific files from library to library. In my use case, I’ve got a bunch of training files that I work on, and then share with my students. I have a library where I work on the files, and then a different library (in a different SharePoint site) where the
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When building flows in Power Automate, there’s a trick when it comes to updating a field where you can select multiple items. This applies to: People-pickers Lookups Choice fields Managed metadata Especially if the field is required in SharePoint, flow will insist that you populate it with a value, even if that record already has one. In this post, I’ll
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In Microsoft Power Automate, you can create a flow that can take action based on specific columns being updated in SharePoint! This can be done on a list or library. There is an action called Get changes for an item or a file, which gives you a boolean for each field, whether it was just changed or not. Here’s how
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We held a special power hour this week, detailing and demonstrating a new, FREE download. This is a solution developed and just rolled out by Microsoft. It is a Power App that involves SharePoint, Teams, and Power Automate, which is used for company communication during the global COVID-19 crisis. To learn more, check out my demo of the Crisis Communication
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Microsoft’s Business Applications Summit is going to be in Dallas this year, and will be held on May 6-7, 2020. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be there, presenting a session on Power Automate. Here are the details of my session: Power Virtual Agents and Power Automate for Teams and frontline workers Microsoft Power Virtual Agents provide an easy way
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