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Read the about page →#PowerPlatformTip 134: 'Optimize Canvas Apps with YAML'
TL;DR: Copy your Canvas App’s YAML into ChatGPT to get AI-driven performance and best-practice optimization suggestions. 💡 Challenge Ever wanted to optimize a Canvas App but had no buddy to revie...
#PowerPlatformTip 133: 'SharePoint Updates with Power Automate, No Required Fields Needed'
Update specific SharePoint fields in Power Automate without HTTP requests or filling required fields, pass a JSON object to the 'Update item' action.
#PowerPlatformTip 132: 'Office Files Viewer in PowerApps'
TL;DR: Show PDFs, Word and Excel files straight from SharePoint inside Power Apps with the Office Files Viewer component, no Power Automate. 💡 Challenge Viewing Office files directly in Power App...
#PowerPlatformTip 131: 'ForAll & Patch Optimization in PowerApps'
Speed up bulk updates in Power Apps by nesting ForAll inside Patch, cut API calls, batch record updates, and handle missing IDs. Up to 50% faster.
#PowerPlatformTip 130: 'Build Apps Faster with YAML'
TL;DR: Build Power Apps faster by pasting ready-made YAML component snippets straight into the canvas, no design skills needed. 💡 Challenge You need to build a Power App quickly but you don’t hav...
#PowerPlatformTip 129: 'Case-sensitive SharePoint Filtering'
SharePoint OData filtering ignores upper/lowercase, so 'ABC' also matches 'abc'. Combine an OData pre-filter with a case-sensitive Filter array in Power Automate.
#PowerPlatformTip 128: 'Dynamic Data Retrieval'
TL;DR: Pull values from JSON dynamically in Power Automate using Parse JSON with variable keys, no Switch or If cascades. 🧰 Free tool: Working with JSON on the Power Apps side too? Turn a JSON...
#PowerPlatformTip 127: 'Special User-Informations in PowerApps Studio'
TL;DR: Auto-switch to a test email in Power Apps Studio and the real User().Email in production via IsBlank(Host.Version). 🔄 Update (2026-08-21): Two corrections. (1) The Studio check now us...
#PowerPlatformTip 126: 'User Context for Automated Tasks'
TL;DR: Run user-context tasks like Outlook auto-replies from one central Power App + scheduled flow instead of per-user flows. 💡 Challenge You want to automate tasks like setting an out-of-office...
#PowerPlatformTip 125: 'Convert CSV to JSON'
TL;DR: Convert CSV to JSON in Power Automate with only standard actions, split, Select and Parse JSON, no premium connector. 💡 Challenge You need to convert CSV data into JSON in Power Automate, ...
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