I have two lists and I wanted to submit some data into the first list (projects), then get that record and “link” it in a lookup column, with a new record in my second list (phases).Pretty standard parent:child or linked records by a ‘foreign key’ type setup (even though they say we shouldn’t use SharePoint… Continue reading Patch function to update a lookup column in SharePoint list using PowerApps
Have you ever wanted to perform the same operation on many files or many times in Acrobat? You can use actions for that. I had a use case recently where I needed to convert a lot of PDFs into HTML format. I was going to try to automate it using python, or node, but then… Continue reading Bulk operations in Acrobat
This is a preliminary post just to tell you how I accomplished this task. I’ll follow up with screenshots at a later date. I thought this task would be fairly straight forward using flow, but it turned out to be a little more challenging than expected. I had the simple requirement to backup what is… Continue reading Backup a SharePoint list using Power Automate
Some people are giving customer service a bad name. It’s fair enough that in a large organisation, we all start to form these silos of information where not everything is evident and transparent and some of the deeper knowledge becomes hidden within a team. It’s also the case that people across the organisation do not… Continue reading Customer service NOT
I have a choice column in SharePoint that allows a user to choose an option in a select menu when viewing a form.In the default SharePoint form, when the option “Can add values manually” is enabled, a user is able to enter a new option to be added to the existing choices – it’s pretty… Continue reading Choices column in SharePoint: adding new item with PowerApps customised form
In this post I’m going to unravel some of the key points of saving datepicker & dropdown values into a collection, and then displaying them in a gallery.I have a collection with details of trips, and so I needed a way to add more line items and have them saved in the collection before submitting… Continue reading Saving datepickers and dropdowns into a collection using the Patch function in PowerApps
Ok, so my SharePoint column is expecting a date/time per item in a loop, but all I have is a set of strings. Challenge accepted.I’m documenting this here for my own future reference, but this is also to show you how to get strings to date format in microsoft flow using expressions. I’ve done it… Continue reading Convert strings to date format for SharePoint in MS Flow
Are you a collaborative or a competitive colleague when it comes to your team? Do you find yourself “keeping things to yourself”, obscuring work or processes so that you retain the knowledge or even worse, talking badly about other team members that are working along side you? I know that I’ve often fallen into the… Continue reading Collaborative or competitive?
This episode of the identity competition is dedicated to a person that previously interacted with me and changed many things attached to this person’s identity. It is a reminder to be kind and to search for your own recognition of your identity, not social proof from anybody else. The round-robin of identity is as follows:… Continue reading The identity competition
The beauty of continuous improvement is that it turns all criticism into feedback. Joseph De Araujo – 5:24am The way I understand it, a “continuous improvement” approach is one that is always open to change. It is a way to remain ready to consider possibilities gathered in hindsight. It’s basically listening, then acting on new… Continue reading Feedback as continuous improvement