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#PowerPlatformTip 120: 'PowerAutomate, Text Processing 2.0'

#PowerPlatformTip 120: 'PowerAutomate, Text Processing 2.0'

TL;DR: Extend Power Automate with Paul Murana’s PowerTools connector for advanced in-tenant text extraction and manipulation.

💡 Challenge

Looking for efficient ways to extract and manipulate text in your Power Automate flows, but the standard actions fall short? Complex text processing quickly becomes tedious with built-in expressions alone.

✅ Solution

PowerTools by Paul Murana is built exactly for this, a connector packed with advanced text-manipulation actions you can drop straight into your flows.

🔧 How It’s Done

🔸 Visit Paul Murana’s website and explore the PowerTools.

🔸 See how easy it is to clean text, extract email addresses, find text between strings, and much more.

🔸 The connector runs in YOUR environment, nothing is sent to third parties.

🔸 Use the discount code “LEHMANN” for $15 off.

🎉 Result

Your text manipulation in Power Automate reaches the next level, streamlining workflows and saving valuable time, perfect for anyone who wants more out of Power Automate.

🌟 Key Advantages

🔸 Expanded functionality for Power Automate

🔸 Easy automation of complex text tasks

🔸 No data transmission to third parties

🔸 One-time payment instead of monthly fees

🔸 User-friendly interface with clear instructions


🎥 Video Tutorial


🛠️ FAQ

1. What is PowerTools? PowerTools is a connector for Power Automate by Paul Murana, offering advanced text-manipulation actions like cleaning, extraction, and pattern matching.

2. Does my data leave my environment? No. PowerTools runs entirely within your tenant or on-premises environment, and no data is sent to third parties.

3. How do I get the discount? Use the code “LEHMANN” at checkout on Paul Murana’s website to receive $15 off the one-time purchase.

This tip is by Marcel Lehmann, Microsoft MVP (Business Applications) and founder of the Power Platform Academy – live Power Platform workshops, free or CHF 49. Join the workshop waitlist to get notified about new dates. For companies that want this implemented for them, see KMUpower – Power Platform consulting & automation for SMEs (DACH).

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