Add flow steps to perform data operations

Performing Data Operations in a Cloud Flow

In Power Automate, you can add flow steps to perform various data operations and manipulate information within your workflows. These operations enable you to transform, update, and manipulate data as it flows through the automation process. Here are some common data operations you can perform in a cloud flow:

1. Data Transformations

You can use data transformations to modify the format or structure of your data. Power Automate provides actions to perform operations such as extracting substrings, converting text case, replacing text, parsing JSON, XML, or CSV data, and formatting dates and numbers.

2. Data Filtering and Querying

With data filtering and querying, you can retrieve specific subsets of data based on conditions or criteria. Power Automate offers actions like Filter array, Get items (SharePoint or Common Data Service), or List records (Dynamics 365) to query and retrieve data that meets particular requirements.

3. Data Transformation with Functions

You can leverage built-in functions in Power Automate to perform operations on data dynamically. Functions like Join, Split, Concatenate, Length, Substring, and Replace can be applied to manipulate text and combine data from different sources for further processing or display.

4. Data Aggregation

Power Automate allows you to aggregate data to create summaries or perform calculations. Using actions such as Sum, Average, Min, Max, and Count, you can generate aggregated values based on specific fields or properties from your data.

5. Data Manipulation with Variables

Variables provide a way to store and manipulate temporary data within a flow. You can create variables and use them in various steps to store values, perform calculations, assign data, or concatenate strings. Variables serve as data containers for intermediate processing and can be updated or transformed throughout the flow.

6. Data Storage and Retrieval

Power Automate integrates with a variety of connectors to store and retrieve data from different platforms and systems. You can use connectors like SharePoint, OneDrive, Azure Blob Storage, SQL Server, or Common Data Service to save and retrieve data, enabling seamless integration with other applications and services.

7. Data Updates to External Systems

Power Automate allows you to update data within external systems or services based on predefined triggers or custom conditions. Actions like Update item (SharePoint or Common Data Service), Update a record (Dynamics 365), or Update a row (Excel or SQL Server) enable you to modify specific records or data entries based on your requirements.

By incorporating these data operations in your cloud flows, you can manipulate and work with data effectively, ensuring that information is transformed, filtered, aggregated, and updated as needed to support your business processes and automation requirements.