Power Automate for App Makers Flashcards
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In Power Automate, which expression function would you use to get the current UTC date and time?
Answer: utcNow()
utcNow() returns the current UTC timestamp as a string, commonly used for setting date fields or calculating durations.
What is the purpose of the 'Initialize variable' action at the start of a Power Automate flow?
Answer: Declare and set the initial value of a variable that can be updated and referenced throughout the flow
Initialize variable must be called at the flow's top level to create a named variable with a type and optional initial value before use.
Which Power Automate connector action would you use to send an email with an attachment from OneDrive within a flow?
Answer: Send an email (V2) from Office 365 Outlook with attachment content from a Get file content action
The Office 365 Outlook 'Send an email (V2)' action supports attachments by passing the file content and name from a prior Get file content step.
In Power Automate, what does the 'Scope' action provide?
Answer: Group a set of actions together so error handling can be applied to the whole group
Scope groups actions and enables 'Run after' conditions on the scope itself, making try-catch error handling patterns possible.
Which flow type in Power Automate is triggered by a user action such as selecting text in an Outlook email or a row in Excel?
Answer: Instant cloud flow
Instant cloud flows are manually triggered by users, including from Power Apps, Teams, or Office add-in contexts.
What is the maximum number of days a Power Automate cloud flow can run (timeout) for a single flow run in most plans?
Answer: 30 days
Cloud flow runs have a 30-day maximum execution duration, after which the flow is terminated regardless of its state.
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