Exploring some Limitations of Copilot in Power Automate I was thrilled when Copilot became available in the UK region within Power Automate around mid-November 2023. To understand its functionalities and limitations, I started exploring. Please refer to Understanding the Cloud Flows Designer, which outlines some limitations and described the Flows Designer experience. Creating New Flows While creating a new flow using the prompt “Start an approval process and update the item in a SharePoint list when a new item is created,” I noticed a functional flow generated.

Converting a HTTP Trigger into a Child Workflow in Power Automate Using a HTTP trigger requires Premium licence and with the Child Workflow in a solution alleviates the need of premium license. Other advantages using a solution: Application Lifecycle Management: Facilitates deployment. Child Workflow: Allows for a more modular and manageable flow structure. Easier Ownership Management: Simplifies updates to the flow owner. I recreated the child workflow within the solution selecting the Manually trigger a flow trigger and updated the parent flow to use the flow as child workflow.

Discovering All Checked Out Files including those with no checked in versions There are scenarios when files uploaded won’t have “checked-in version” which will make the files visible only to their uploader. Two possible scenarios that can lead to the situation: Mandatory Metadata Requirements: When there are mandatory fields configured on the libraries and end users use Onedrive as a medium to upload the files to SharePoint via a shortcut to OneDrive.