Flow / Power Automate - Create a Simple Flow with AI Copilot Tutorial

Discover how to create a powerful flow using the AI copilot tool on Power Automate. Learn to set up notifications for file additions to your Teams, customize your flow, and leverage copilot's assistance to handle various actions. Explore the capabilities of copilot in simplifying the flow creation process, making it accessible even for beginners. Join us and dive into the world of effortless flow construction with copilot on Power Automate!

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Available in Microsoft365

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you will learn how to create a power automate flow using the copilot A I tool.

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Now available in the environment

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to start, you can either enter a prompt directly from the home page

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or use the create menu to access the copilot environment.

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Imagine you want to be notified by a team's message

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whenever a file is added to one of your teams.

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Once your prompt is written and validated,

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copilot will suggest several flow options based on

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your request and its level of understanding.

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Click next.

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Before entering the flow construction space power automate will

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inform you that sharepoint and teams will be connected.

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Click create flow to access the construction area.

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In this space. You will find two blocks available.

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The first related to the generation of the file in teams and

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sharepoint and the second managing the notification by message in teams.

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Open the copilot panel to adjust or complete your

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flow by entering your requests in the prompt.

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Each block is fully customisable manually.

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As in standard flows,

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you can also use copilot requests to modify your flow

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elements by entering your instructions in the right hand panel,

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start by specifying which SharePoint site or teams

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group you want to monitor for file editions,

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then select the name of the library or use the

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copilot tool to describe your requirement by formulating your request.

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The copilot panel will subsequently show which block has modified.

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It is your responsibility to review,

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manage or rectify any potential errors that might have been introduced,

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manually navigate through the various folders to specify the

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channel on which you want to monitor file editions.

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While you can manually set up the team's message.

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Let's use Copilot to explore its capabilities.

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Let us start by specifying that the message should be posted as a flow bot

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and indicate which channel to post in.

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You will see that the steps applied in the

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copilot pane are also reflected in the left pane

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which contains the details of the various blocks of your power automate flow.

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Ask Copilot to customize the body of the message.

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If the actions generated by copilot do not suit

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you be aware that each action can be undone.

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Note that some actions such as adding the file name to the message

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body are often easier to perform manually via the insertion of dynamic elements.

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The icon with a lightning bolt rather than systematically using copilot,

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which can generate errors.

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Ask copilot to add the file path to the message body,

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use A I to insert an action before or after other actions.

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For example,

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you can choose a mobile notification of file edition as the very last action

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as before you can modify the notification block manually

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or by entering your request in the copilot pane.

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Once your flow is complete, save it and test it

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to add a file to your channel's library.

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And teams go to the target team and add the file,

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then return to the power automate tab and

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wait while the flow completes its processing.

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This may take some time depending on the type of flow generated.

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You now have a customized message sent by the flow bot

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in teams containing both the file name and its storage location.

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Note that the URL is not clickable

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to make the URL clickable.

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You will need to generate html code that

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transforms this text string into a hyperlink.

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We will cover this type of manipulation in other tutorials.

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You can also see that on your mobile phone,

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the notifications have been sent allowing you to

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view the history of flow executions and failures.

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To conclude this tutorial,

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you can see that Copilot for power automate represents a significant advancement

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particularly for assisting you in creating simple flows even if

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you are not well versed in the power automate environment.

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However,

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it may sometimes be necessary to make adjustments which requires

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a certain level of knowledge of the power automate environment.

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This will be addressed in the upcoming tutorial videos of our course.

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