Flow / Power Automate - Leverage Variables with Power FX in Power Automate Video

Discover the power of leveraging variables with Power FX in Power Automate. Learn how to list channel files based on date constraints, transform monthly flows into weekly ones, and use Power FX functions for dynamic date manipulations. Explore the comprehensive tutorial for effective flow activation and message posting in your team channel. Unlock the potential of Power Automate for efficient workflow management!

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Objectifs :

This tutorial aims to guide users through the process of utilizing Power FX functions to implement date constraints in a flow that lists files from a team's channel. By the end of this tutorial, users will be able to create a flow that only lists files created within the last seven days, transforming a monthly flow into a weekly one.


Chapitres :

  1. Introduction to Power FX Functions
    In this tutorial, we will explore Power FX functions that enable various types of calculations. Specifically, we will focus on how to apply a date constraint to a flow that lists files from a team's channel.
  2. Setting Up the Flow
    To begin, duplicate an existing flow that does not have the date constraint. This flow is from a previous tutorial. From the context menu, perform a 'Save As' and rename the copy explicitly. Once done, click on the pencil icon to edit this flow.
  3. Transforming the Flow Frequency
    This flow is currently set to run monthly. We will transform it into a weekly flow that runs every Monday at 10 a.m. In this flow, you will find a variable used to generate the list of channel files. To remain organized, change the label of the initialization block for this variable.
  4. Creating a Date Variable
    Next, add an action to generate a new variable to store the date seven days prior to the current date. Here, you will use a Power FX function via the FX button in the window. Power FX functions are categorized by themes, and it is common to search the web to determine if a function exists and to gather syntactic information.
  5. Using the Add Days Function
    In this instance, the 'Add Days' function allows you to add or subtract a number of days associated with a date. Select the function, enter the parentheses, and supply the arguments according to the expected syntax. Use the 'UTC Now' function, which dynamically refers to the current date. The second parameter, separated by a comma, will contain '-7', indicating the number of days to subtract, followed by the format parameter.
  6. Implementing Conditional Logic
    Now, in the loop processing each file from the channel, add a conditional 'If' action based on the file's creation date to populate your variable. This will list the files only if they were created on or after seven days ago, specifically the previous Monday. Retrieve the dynamic content related to the creation date by specifying 'greater than or equal to' your previously created date variable.
  7. Finalizing the Flow
    Drag the block populating the variable listing the files into the case where the condition is met. Additionally, add a second conditional block to avoid posting a team's message if no file has been added. Test your message block containing your list of files less than seven days old by specifying that it must not be empty to post the team's message, which you will drag into the condition.
  8. Testing and Activating the Flow
    On the team side, add two files from your desktop to the relevant team. All that remains is to save and test the flow. Power Automate will inform you that the flow is not active. In the list of your flows, activate it and run it in your team channel. You will see a post containing only the two newly created files. From now on, your flow is active and will post a message every Monday if needed.

FAQ :

What is Power FX and how is it used?

Power FX is a formula language used in Microsoft Power Platform for performing calculations and data manipulation. It is commonly used in flows to automate tasks and manage data effectively.

How do I create a flow that lists files from a team channel?

To create a flow that lists files from a team channel, you can duplicate an existing flow, add a date constraint to filter files created within the last seven days, and use conditional actions to manage the output.

What does the 'Add Days' function do?

The 'Add Days' function in Power FX allows you to add or subtract a specific number of days from a date. This is useful for setting date constraints in flows.

How can I test my flow after creating it?

After creating your flow, you can save and activate it. Then, run the flow in your team channel to see if it posts the expected messages based on the conditions set.

What should I do if my flow is not active?

If your flow is not active, you can activate it from the list of your flows in Power Automate. Once activated, it will run according to the schedule you have set.


Quelques cas d'usages :

Weekly File Reporting

In a corporate environment, a team can use this flow to automatically report newly created files in a channel every Monday. This ensures that team members are updated on recent contributions without manual checks.

Automated Document Management

A project manager can implement this flow to keep track of documents added to a project channel. By filtering files created in the last seven days, the manager can ensure that the team focuses on the most recent updates.

Compliance Tracking

In regulated industries, this flow can be used to monitor and report on files that meet specific criteria, such as creation dates. This helps ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.

Team Collaboration Enhancement

By automating file notifications, teams can enhance collaboration. This flow can be set to notify team members of new files, ensuring everyone is aware of the latest resources available.


Glossaire :

Power FX

A formula language used in Microsoft Power Platform to perform calculations and manipulate data.

Flow

An automated workflow that connects different applications and services to perform tasks without manual intervention.

Variable

A storage location identified by a name that can hold data which may change during the execution of a flow.

UTC Now

A Power FX function that returns the current date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Add Days Function

A Power FX function that allows you to add or subtract a specified number of days from a given date.

Conditional Action

An action in a flow that executes only if a specified condition is met.

Dynamic Content

Content that is generated at runtime based on the data available in the flow, such as file creation dates.

00:00:03
we will explore power FX functions that enable various types of calculations.
00:00:08
We will start with an existing flow that lists
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the files of a team's channel in a message
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adding a date constraint to it
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specifically,
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we will list the files from a channel only
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if they were created within the last seven days
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to begin, duplicate an existing flow that does not have this constraint.
00:00:28
This flow is from a previous tutorial
00:00:31
from the context menu. Perform a save as and rename the copy explicitly.
00:00:36
Once done, click on the pencil icon to edit this flow.
00:00:41
This flow is monthly and recurrent transform it
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into a weekly flow every Monday at 10 a.m.
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In this flow, you will find a variable used to generate the list of channel files
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to remain organized,
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change the label of the initialization block for this variable.
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Next, add an action to generate a new variable
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to store the date seven days prior to the current date.
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Here, you will use a power FX function via the FX button
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in the window. You will find power FX functions categorized by themes.
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Note that there is no assistant here. Just a brief description.
00:01:24
It is common to have to search the web to
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determine if a function exists and to gather syntactic information.
00:01:31
In this instance,
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the add days function allows you to add or
00:01:35
subtract a number of days associated with a date.
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Select the function enter the parentheses and supply the
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arguments of this function according to the expected syntax.
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Using the UTC. Now function which dynamically refers to the current date.
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The second parameter separated by a comma will contain minus seven,
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the number of days to subtract followed by the format parameter.
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Now in the loop processing each file from the channel,
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add a conditional if action based on
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the files creation date to populate your variable
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listing the files only if they are created on or after seven days ago.
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That is
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the previous Monday
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retrieve the dynamic content related to the creation date by
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specifying greater and equal to your previously created date.
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Variable
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then drag the block populating the variable,
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listing the files into the case where the condition is met.
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Take this opportunity to add a second conditional
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block to avoid posting a team's message.
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If no file has been added,
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test your message block containing your list of files less than seven days
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old by specifying that it must not be empty to post the team's message
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which you will drag into the condition.
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Also add an introductory sentence
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on the team side, add two files from your desktop to the relevant team,
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all that remains is to save and test the flow
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power automate. Will inform you that the flow is not active
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in the list of your flows, activate it and run it
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in your team channel.
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You will see a post containing only the two newly created files from now
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on your flow is active and will post a message every Monday if needed.

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00:00:02
Neste tutorial,
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exploraremos funções de Power FX que permitem vários tipos de cálculos.
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Começaremos com um fluxo existente que lista
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os ficheiros do canal de uma equipa numa mensagem
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adicionar uma restrição de data a ele
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especificamente,
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vamos listar os ficheiros de um canal apenas
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se foram criados nos últimos sete dias
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para começar, duplicar um fluxo existente que não tenha essa restrição.
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Este fluxo é de um tutorial anterior
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a partir do menu de contexto. Execute um save as e renomeie a cópia explicitamente.
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Uma vez feito, clique no ícone de lápis para editar este fluxo.
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Este fluxo é mensal e recorrente, transforma-o.
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num fluxo semanal todas as segundas-feiras às 10h
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Neste fluxo, encontrará uma variável utilizada para gerar a lista de ficheiros de canal
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manter-se organizado,
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alterar o rótulo do bloco de inicialização para esta variável.
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Em seguida, adicione uma ação para gerar uma nova variável
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para armazenar a data sete dias antes da data atual.
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Aqui, usará uma função Power FX através do botão FX
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na janela. Encontrará funções Power FX categorizadas por temas.
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Note-se que não há assistente aqui. Apenas uma breve descrição.
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É comum ter de pesquisar na web para
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determinar se existe uma função e recolher informação sintática.
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Neste caso,
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a função adicionar dias permite adicionar ou
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subtrair um número de dias associados a uma data.
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Seleccione a função, introduza os parênteses e forneça o
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argumentos desta função de acordo com a sintaxe esperada.
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Utilização da UTC. Agora função que se refere dinamicamente à data atual.
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O segundo parâmetro separado por uma vírgula conterá menos sete,
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o número de dias a subtrair seguido do parâmetro de formato.
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Agora, no ciclo a processar cada ficheiro do canal,
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adicionar uma ação condicional se baseada em
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a data de criação dos ficheiros para preencher a sua variável
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listando os arquivos apenas se eles forem criados em ou após sete dias atrás.
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Isto é
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na segunda-feira anterior
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recuperar o conteúdo dinâmico relacionado com a data de criação por
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especificando maior e igual à data de criação anterior.
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Variável
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em seguida, arraste o bloco que preenche a variável,
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enumerar os ficheiros no caso em que a condição está preenchida.
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Aproveite esta oportunidade para adicionar um segundo condicional
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bloquear para evitar a publicação da mensagem de uma equipa.
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Se nenhum ficheiro tiver sido adicionado,
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testar o seu bloco de mensagens contendo a sua lista de ficheiros em menos de sete dias
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antigo especificando que não deve estar vazio para postar a mensagem da equipa
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que arrastará para a condição.
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Acrescentar ainda uma frase introdutória
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no lado da equipa, adicione dois ficheiros do seu ambiente de trabalho à equipa relevante,
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tudo o que resta é salvar e testar o fluxo
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poder automatizar. Irá informá-lo que o fluxo não está ativo
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na lista dos seus fluxos, activa-o e execute-o
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no seu canal de equipa.
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Irá ver uma publicação contendo apenas os dois ficheiros recém-criados a partir de agora
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no seu fluxo está ativo e irá postar uma mensagem todas as segundas-feiras, se necessário.

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In questo tutorial,
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esploreremo le funzioni power FX che consentono vari tipi di calcoli.
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Inizieremo con un flusso esistente che elenca
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i file del canale di un team in un messaggio
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aggiungendovi un vincolo di data
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in particolare,
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elencheremo i file di un solo canale
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se sono stati creati negli ultimi sette giorni
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per iniziare, duplica un flusso esistente che non presenta questo vincolo.
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Questo flusso è tratto da un tutorial precedente
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dal menu contestuale. Esegui un salvataggio con nome e rinomina la copia in modo esplicito.
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Una volta fatto, fai clic sull'icona a forma di matita per modificare questo flusso.
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Questo flusso è mensile e ricorrente, trasformalo.
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in un flusso settimanale ogni lunedì alle 10
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In questo flusso, troverai una variabile utilizzata per generare l'elenco dei file dei canali
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per rimanere organizzati,
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cambia l'etichetta del blocco di inizializzazione per questa variabile.
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Quindi, aggiungi un'azione per generare una nuova variabile
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per memorizzare la data sette giorni prima della data corrente.
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Qui, utilizzerai una funzione power FX tramite il pulsante FX
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nella finestra. Troverai le funzioni di power FX classificate per temi.
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Nota che non c'è nessun assistente qui. Solo una breve descrizione.
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È normale dover effettuare una ricerca sul Web per
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determinare se esiste una funzione e raccogliere informazioni sintattiche.
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In questo caso,
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la funzione aggiungi giorni consente di aggiungere o
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sottrai un numero di giorni associato a una data.
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Seleziona la funzione, inserisci le parentesi e fornisci il
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argomenti di questa funzione secondo la sintassi prevista.
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Usando l'UTC. Ora funzione che si riferisce dinamicamente alla data corrente.
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Il secondo parametro separato da una virgola conterrà meno sette,
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il numero di giorni da sottrarre seguito dal parametro format.
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Ora, nel ciclo di elaborazione di ogni file dal canale,
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aggiungi un'azione condizionale se basata su
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la data di creazione del file in cui compilare la variabile
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elencando i file solo se sono stati creati sette giorni fa o dopo.
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Questo è
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il lunedì precedente
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recupera il contenuto dinamico relativo alla data di creazione entro
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specificando una data maggiore e uguale alla data di creazione precedente.
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Variabile
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quindi trascina il blocco che popola la variabile,
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elencando i file nel caso in cui la condizione è soddisfatta.
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Cogli l'occasione per aggiungere un secondo condizionale
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blocca per evitare di pubblicare il messaggio di un team.
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Se non è stato aggiunto alcun file,
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prova il blocco di messaggi contenente l'elenco dei file per meno di sette giorni
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vecchio specificando che non deve essere vuoto per pubblicare il messaggio del team
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che trascinerai nella condizione.
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Aggiungete anche una frase introduttiva
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per quanto riguarda il team, aggiungi due file dal desktop al team pertinente,
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non resta che salvare e testare il flusso
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automatizzare il potere. Ti informerà che il flusso non è attivo
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nell'elenco dei tuoi flussi, attivalo ed eseguilo
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nel canale del tuo team.
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D'ora in poi vedrai un post contenente solo i due file appena creati
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on your flow è attivo e pubblicherà un messaggio ogni lunedì, se necessario.

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В этом уроке
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мы рассмотрим функции Power FX, которые позволяют выполнять различные типы вычислений.
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Мы начнем с существующего потока, в котором перечислены
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файлы канала команды в сообщении
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добавление к нему ограничения по дате
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в частности,
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мы перечислим файлы только из канала
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если они были созданы в течение последних семи дней
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для начала продублируйте существующий поток, не имеющий этого ограничения.
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Этот процесс взят из предыдущего руководства
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из контекстного меню. Выполните сохранение как и явно переименуйте копию.
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После этого нажмите на значок карандаша, чтобы отредактировать этот процесс.
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Этот поток является ежемесячным и повторяется, преобразуйте его
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в еженедельный поток каждый понедельник в 10 часов утра.
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В этом потоке вы найдете переменную, используемую для создания списка файлов каналов
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чтобы оставаться организованным,
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измените метку блока инициализации этой переменной.
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Затем добавьте действие для создания новой переменной
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чтобы сохранить дату за семь дней до текущей даты.
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Здесь вы будете использовать функцию Power FX с помощью кнопки FX
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в окне. Вы найдете функции Power FX, сгруппированные по темам.
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Обратите внимание, что здесь нет помощника. Просто краткое описание.
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Обычно приходится искать в Интернете, чтобы
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определить, существует ли функция, и собрать синтаксическую информацию.
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В этом случае
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функция добавления дней позволяет добавлять или
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вычесть количество дней, связанных с датой.
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Выберите функцию, введите круглые скобки и введите
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аргументы этой функции в соответствии с ожидаемым синтаксисом.
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Использование UTC. Теперь функция, которая динамически ссылается на текущую дату.
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Второй параметр, разделенный запятой, будет содержать минус семь,
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количество дней для вычитания, за которым следует параметр формата.
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Теперь в цикле обрабатывается каждый файл из канала,
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добавьте условное действие if, основанное на
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дата создания файла для заполнения переменной
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список файлов только в том случае, если они были созданы семь дней назад или позже.
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То есть
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в предыдущий понедельник
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извлеките динамический контент, связанный с датой создания, по
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указав дату, большую и равную вашей ранее созданной дате.
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Переменная
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затем перетащите блок, заполняющий переменную,
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список файлов в том случае, если условие выполнено.
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Воспользуйтесь этой возможностью, чтобы добавить второе условие
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заблокируйте, чтобы не публиковать сообщение команды.
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Если ни один файл не был добавлен,
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проверьте свой блок сообщений со списком файлов менее семи дней
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old, указав, что сообщение команды не должно быть пустым
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которое вы перетащите в условие.
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Также добавьте вводное предложение
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на стороне рабочей группы добавьте два файла со своего рабочего стола в соответствующую команду,
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осталось только сохранить и протестировать поток
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автоматизация электропитания. Сообщит вам, что поток неактивен
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в списке ваших потоков активируйте его и запустите
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в канале вашей команды.
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Теперь вы увидите сообщение, содержащее только два недавно созданных файла
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В вашей ленте активна и при необходимости вы будете публиковать сообщение каждый понедельник.

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00:00:02
En este tutorial,
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exploraremos las funciones de Power FX que permiten varios tipos de cálculos.
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Empezaremos con un flujo existente que enumera
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los archivos del canal de un equipo en un mensaje
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agregarle una restricción de fecha
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específicamente,
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listaremos los archivos de un canal únicamente
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si se crearon en los últimos siete días
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para empezar, duplique un flujo existente que no tenga esta restricción.
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Este flujo proviene de un tutorial anterior
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desde el menú contextual. Guarde como y cambie el nombre de la copia de forma explícita.
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Una vez hecho esto, haz clic en el icono del lápiz para editar este flujo.
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Este flujo es mensual y recurrente, transfórmalo
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en un flujo semanal todos los lunes a las 10 a.m.
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En este flujo, encontrará una variable que se utiliza para generar la lista de archivos de canales
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para mantenerse organizado,
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cambie la etiqueta del bloque de inicialización para esta variable.
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A continuación, añada una acción para generar una nueva variable
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para almacenar la fecha siete días antes de la fecha actual.
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Aquí, utilizarás la función Power FX a través del botón FX
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en la ventana. Encontrarás las funciones de Power FX clasificadas por temas.
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Tenga en cuenta que aquí no hay ningún asistente. Solo una breve descripción.
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Es común tener que buscar en la web para
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determinar si existe una función y recopilar información sintáctica.
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En este caso,
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la función de agregar días le permite agregar o
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restar un número de días asociado a una fecha.
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Seleccione la función, introduzca los paréntesis e introduzca el
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los argumentos de esta función según la sintaxis esperada.
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Uso de la UTC. Ahora es una función que hace referencia dinámicamente a la fecha actual.
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El segundo parámetro separado por una coma contendrá menos siete,
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el número de días a restar seguido del parámetro de formato.
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Ahora, en el bucle procesando cada archivo del canal,
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añada una acción if condicional basada en
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la fecha de creación del archivo para rellenar la variable
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enumerar los archivos solo si se crearon hace siete días o después.
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Eso es
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el lunes anterior
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recupere el contenido dinámico relacionado con la fecha de creación antes
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especificando una fecha mayor o igual a la fecha de creación anterior.
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Variable
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luego arrastra el bloque que llena la variable,
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enumerar los archivos en el caso en que se cumpla la condición.
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Aproveche esta oportunidad para agregar un segundo condicional
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bloquea para evitar publicar el mensaje de un equipo.
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Si no se ha agregado ningún archivo,
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prueba el bloque de mensajes que contiene tu lista de archivos en menos de siete días
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antiguo especificando que no debe estar vacío para publicar el mensaje del equipo
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que arrastrarás a la condición.
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Añádase también una frase introductoria
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por parte del equipo, añade dos archivos desde tu escritorio al equipo correspondiente,
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todo lo que queda es guardar y probar el flujo
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automatización de energía. Le informará de que el flujo no está activo
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en la lista de sus flujos, actívelo y ejecútelo
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en el canal de tu equipo.
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Verás una publicación que contiene solo los dos archivos recién creados a partir de ahora
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on your flow está activo y publicará un mensaje todos los lunes si es necesario.

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