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Extract CSV data in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on April 19, 2021June 26, 2023
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This post describes how to read a CSV file from Azure storage and parse it into an array using Power Automate. Azure File Share Consider a CSV file that has been FTP’d to an Azure file share

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Handling time zone in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on March 20, 2021October 6, 2021
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The example described in this post shows how a date field selected in Dynamics 365 (where the timezone is GMT+11hrs) can be incorrectly displayed in Power Automate. Specifically, a date of 15/03/2021

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Extracting QR Code data in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on March 13, 2021October 6, 2021
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Consider a PDF with a cover page which contains the following QR code (containing the data “123456789, John Smith”). This pdf triggers a Power Automate flow. The Power Automate steps

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Implementing an OCR process in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on February 15, 2021April 27, 2022
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Consider a scenario where a customer document (containing a cover page) has been scanned into a PDF and emailed to a company for processing. When the email is received, the cover page in the PDF is

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Retrieving a query parameter in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on December 23, 2020March 15, 2022
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This simple post describes how a Power Automate flow, being triggered by a HTTP request, can extract a query parameter. Firstly, the Power Automate flow is configured to extract a query parameter.

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Setting a lookup field in Power Automate

Dustin Miner
posted on December 11, 2020April 25, 2022
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In this post, a Transaction Log record will be assigned to a Receipt record’s Transaction Log lookup field. Note: the scope of the post is for the CDS (current environment) connector. Firstly,