I was recently working on a project where I needed to use Power Automate to upload an Excel file to SharePoint, crack it open to get to the goodies inside and then delete the file. Getting to the file contents …

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Hiya Pretty much every time I run a project kick-off meeting involving tools like SharePoint or PowerApps, I always ask the group the following question: “If you had <insert goal here>, how would things be different to now”? (Replace <insert …

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Background Hi and welcome to the third article that describes how to make a PowerApps-based activity feed based on SharePoint search results. If Google’s search algorithm has landed you here for the first time, then I suggest going back to …

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Background Hi and welcome to the second article that describes how to make a PowerApps-based activity feed based on SharePoint search results. Although I did this as part of a large real-world client project, because of confidentiality considerations I am …

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Background In a recent project, I developed a portal for the Project Management function of a global multinational. One of the key design principles we took into the engagement was not to simply make an electronic version of a Project …

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