Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial
Flow Creation from Blank
- Access Power Automate via the Office 365 Portal. If you do not see it, look for the Power Automate icon.
- Click "Create" on the left side of the page. "Start from blank" should be at the top
of the page.
and
- Choose what kind of blank option you want - Automated Flow, Instant Flow, Scheduled
Flow, UI Flow, or Business Process Flow. You will be asked for a name for the flow
and a trigger to start the flow. Click "Create".
- Choose or enter the information that is asked for and click "new step." For this example,
the trigger is "When a SharePoint item is created."
- Choose "Add an action" or "Add a condition". For this example, an action will be added
with no condition.
- If you choose "Add a condition," you can leave one of the possibilities blank if you
don't want anything to happen if that condition is met. For example, if an action
has a condition of "no", do not add an action if you don't want anything to happen
in that instance.
- If you choose "Add a condition," you can leave one of the possibilities blank if you
don't want anything to happen if that condition is met. For example, if an action
has a condition of "no", do not add an action if you don't want anything to happen
in that instance.
- Click "Add an action", choose a connector, and then choose an action. For this example,
the Notifications connector is chosen and the "Send me a mobile notification" action
is selected. which will send a push notification to your Flow mobile app (if you downloaded
the app on your mobile device).
- Enter any information that is requested. For this example, enter the text of the tweet
that you want to be sent.
- Decide if you need to add any other actions. If yes, follow 6-8 steps again.
- When you are done, if you didn't choose a name or want to change the name of the flow,
click "untitled" at the top left of the screen and enter a name for the flow. Click
"Save flow."
Example Name Entered
- After saving you can run a test or click the arrow (
) to go to the flow details page. On the details page, you can view the run history, check the connections, and turn the flow off and on. You can also add/delete owners of the flow.
- Make sure that the flow is switched to "On" in the top right-hand corner of this page.
When the flow is on the switch will show.
- Make sure that the flow is switched to "On" in the top right-hand corner of this page.