Category: Power Platform

Power Query – User Power BI or Excel to connect to Office 365 Service API

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Using Power Query within Power BI and within Excel has many uses. In this conceptual example, I will make data from the Office 365 Service Communications API available within excel so we are able to check the service status of each cloud service. At a glance we can then determine if there is any Service Degradation affecting an Office 365 Service.

Here is a method (MFA bypass required) you can use to get at the data in which you can then model:

Azure App to Allow API Communication

Firstly, you will need an Azure App registration set up with permissions to access the API. At a minimum, the delegated permission for ServiceHealth.Read is required.

Once you have the App set up, you will need to create/retrieve then capture the following values:

  • Tenant ID
  • Client ID
  • Username
  • Password
  • RedirectURI
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Flow: Create SharePoint List Person or Group Fields Using REST API with Power Automate

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When you have an existing SharePoint list or if you have created one using the method described in Create SharePoint List REST API with Power Automate, you will then want to populate it with some fields.

There are several FieldTypeKinds, at least 31 and you kind find more information on them at this link, FieldType Members.

In this post, I will cover another commonly used FieldType in SharePoint, the "User" field which creates Person or Group data pulling from Azure Active Directory. I will create 3 of these in order to demonstrate the creation of multiple fields of the same FieldType using a single process.

Here is the complete Flow:

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Flow: Create SharePoint List Yes/No Fields Using REST API with Power Automate

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When you have an existing SharePoint list or if you have created one using the method described in Create SharePoint List REST API with Power Automate, you will then want to populate it with some fields.

There are several FieldTypeKinds, at least 31 and you kind find more information on them at this link, FieldType Members.

In this post, I will cover another commonly used FieldType in SharePoint, the "Yes/No" field.

Here is the complete Flow:

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Flow: Create SharePoint List Choice Fields Using REST API with Power Automate

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When you have an existing SharePoint list or if you have created one using the method described in Create SharePoint List REST API with Power Automate, you will then want to populate it with some fields.

There are several FieldTypeKinds, at least 31 and you kind find more information on them at this link, FieldType Members.

In this post, I will cover another commonly used FieldType in SharePoint, the "choice" field.

Here is the complete Flow:

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