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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

You're reading from   Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate Achieve digital transformation through business automation with minimal coding

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213793
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1 - What is Power Automate?
2. Introducing Power Automate FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2 - Basic Flow Concepts
4. Getting Started with Power Automate 5. Working with Email 6. Copying Files 7. Creating Button Flows 8. Generating Push Notifications 9. Working with Team Flows 10. Section 3 - Intermediate Flow Concepts
11. Working with Conditions 12. Getting Started with Approvals 13. Working with Multiple Approvals 14. Posting Approvals to Teams 15. Using a Database 16. Working with Microsoft Forms 17. Accepting User Input 18. Section 4 - Administering the Power Automate Environment
19. Exporting, Importing, and Distributing Flows 20. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flows 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring a notification for emails from your manager

Configuring a flow that uses a push notification is very straightforward. You can add push notifications to existing flows or create a new flow that utilizes a push notification.

In this example, we're going to create a new flow that sends a push notification when the monitored mailbox receives an email from the user's manager. We're going to use the following components that we utilized in the previous chapter:

  • Connectors: Office 365 Users and Outlook
  • Actions: Get my profile (V2) and Get manager

We're also going to introduce a new connector and new actions:

  • Notifications connector: This connector allows you to interact with the notifications service. You can learn more about the notifications connector here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/flowpush.
  • Send me a mobile notification action: This action sends a push notification to a mobile device. You can learn more about the Send me a mobile notification...
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