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- Choosing a way to generate documents
Compare six ways to turn SharePoint or Power Apps data into Word and PDF files: where each starts, what it produces, which connectors and licenses it needs, and which tutorial builds it.
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Flow basics 2 tutorials
Build and structure cloud flows.
- Copy SharePoint list items and attachments with Power Automate
Create a destination list from an existing list, map common fields, and copy each item’s attachments using the correct source and destination identifiers.
App makers, Intermediate - Run parallel emails in Power Automate and join the branches
Send two emails in parallel from a SharePoint list, handle failures, and make a final action wait for both.
App makers, Intermediate
Expressions 1 tutorial
Work with data in expressions.
- Count rows in Power Automate with SharePoint and Dataverse
Use length() to count the records returned by SharePoint Get items or Dataverse List rows.
App makers, Intermediate
Errors and reliability 2 tutorials
Find failures and handle them.
- Send yourself a failed flow run link in Power Automate
Build an email alert that names your flow and links to the exact run that failed.
App makers, Intermediate - Group Power Automate failure handling into a scope
Move a run-link Compose, an email alert, and a failed Terminate into one Scope, configure its Run after policy, and test it with an intentional error.
App makers, Intermediate
Dataverse 3 tutorials
Automate work with Dataverse tables and teams.
- Change a Dataverse record owner to a team automatically
Build a two-step cloud flow that assigns each new record to a Dataverse owner team.
App makers, Intermediate - Build a reusable child flow to find a Dataverse team
Replace a hard-coded Dataverse team GUID with a reusable child flow that finds the team and returns its ID.
App makers, Intermediate - Copy timeline note text into a Dataverse field with Power Automate
Convert a timeline note’s rich text to plain text and copy it into a field on the related Dataverse record so it can appear in a model-driven app view.
App makers, Advanced
Documents and PDFs 6 tutorials
Create Word documents and PDFs from your data.
- Batch generate Word and PDF documents from a SharePoint list
Use a Yes/No column and Power Automate to create a Word document and a PDF for every marked SharePoint list item, then clear the marks when the flow is done.
App makers, Intermediate - Convert Word files to PDF from a SharePoint library button
Build a Power Automate flow that converts a selected Word file to PDF, replaces any earlier copy, and runs from a button in a SharePoint document library.
Site owners, App makers, Intermediate - Create Word and PDF documents from a SharePoint list item
Fill a Word template from a selected SharePoint list item with the premium Word connector, convert it to PDF, and keep one current Word file and PDF for each item.
Site owners, App makers, Intermediate - Export a Power Apps form to Word or PDF and email it
Choose between the Power Apps PDF function for single-page output and a Power Automate flow for multi-page Word and PDF files, then email the result to the user.
App makers, Advanced
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- Generate a PDF from a SharePoint list item with no premium connectors
Turn a Word template into HTML, fill it with SharePoint list data in Power Automate, and convert it to a PDF using only standard connectors, including a logo that survives the conversion.
App makers, Advanced - Process marked SharePoint items from one Power Apps button on a page
Add a Power Apps button to a SharePoint page that runs a Power Automate flow for every list item people have marked, so that one click can generate many documents.
App makers, Advanced