Welcome back to Ask a Community Pro - the series celebrating the experts, builders, and leaders who power the Power Platform community!
In Episode 3 we feature Scott Shearer, a Power Automate pro who learned the platform through community and now gives back by sharing the tips and tricks that save developers hours of frustration.
What You'll Learn: Power Automate flow might be sending duplicate emails or creating duplicate Planner tasks
- How to identify when an action is stuck inside a loop and how to fix it
- Thient SharePoint "Get Items" default limit of 100 items (no error, no warning!)
- How to enable pagination to retrieve up to 5,000 items on a standard license, and even more on premium
- Why community participation is one of the best ways to accelerate your Power Automate learning
Scott also shares how answering community questions became one of his most powerful learning tools, and why you should try it too.
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Timestamps: 0:00 – How community helped Scott learn Power Automate 0:40 – Troubleshooting tip 1: Duplicate actions inside a loop 1:20 – Demo: Identifying a loop causing duplicate results 2:04 – Troubleshooting tip 2: SharePoint Get Items 100-item default limit 2:28 – How to enable pagination for up to 5,000 items 3:07 – Demo: Getting all 200 items back after enabling pagination 3:28 – Closing thoughts and where to follow ScottWant to be the next Community Pro? https://aka.ms/AskACommunityPro