Power Automate, part of the Microsoft Power Platform, is a tool designed to help users create automated workflows between various applications and services. These workflows, known as “flows,” enable tasks to be automated without the need for coding expertise.
While Power Automate is aimed at citizen developers, it’s increasingly being used by professional developers for rapid development and integrations. This usage highlights the difference between flows configured by developers versus those set up by citizen developers, especially in terms of optimization of common steps. Simplifying the steps is crucial for easier understanding and maintenance of the flows.
In this article, I’ll discuss some frequently encountered steps and how to optimize them for improved workflow efficiency.
Setting a Variable via Condition Control
The process referred below can actually be streamlined into a single step, bypassing the need for the three steps initially mentioned.
Setting a Variable via Apply to each control
Using a ‘for‘ loop or ‘apply to each‘ construct is typically resource-intensive in any programming language. Minimizing the use of loops can significantly enhance performance.
Establishing a trigger condition to avoid unnecessary execution
Rather than running the flow for each execution and then checking a condition to terminate, it’s more efficient to set a trigger condition upfront to prevent unnecessary executions.
For Dataverse triggers, you can utilize the ‘Filter rows‘ feature to prevent redundant executions.
Objects are an often underappreciated type of variable.
In a flow, if you’re initializing multiple variables, it’s more efficient to use the object type instead of multiple variable initializations. This approach can significantly reduce the number of steps and make your flow appear more streamlined and organized.
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