Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. As a follow-on from the post written comparing UiPath to the Microsoft Power Platform, this post aims to unpack the different licenses and licensing strategies implemented by the two different vendors. Since both are leaders in the automation space, it is apt to understand both when evaluating the feasibilityContinue reading “[Et al.] Understanding UiPath Licensing Compared to Power Platform Licensing”
Category Archives: Microsoft
[UiPath] Setting up a Power BI Custom Connector for UiPath Data Service
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate – Senior. UiPath Data Service has become a sophisticated way to encapsulate data and information used in automation solutions within the UiPath platform without needing to invest in additional infrastructure. The power that data enables which ties everything together is the ability to integrate and visualise the available data. For this,Continue reading “[UiPath] Setting up a Power BI Custom Connector for UiPath Data Service”
[Automation] Basic Exception Handling in Power Automate Cloud Flows
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. Power Automate is a powerful tool that works well for integration and even automating workflows. Citizen developers have started adopting Power Automate to automate some of their day-to-day activities. One of the most important parts of a traditional solution development strategy is error and exception handling. Automation would typicallyContinue reading “[Automation] Basic Exception Handling in Power Automate Cloud Flows”
[Automation] GitHub (and Enterprise) API Versus Azure DevOps API
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate – Senior. There are so many really good and useful resources made available on how to use the GitHub API. A lot of work has gone into integrating Azure DevOps and GitHub into automation projects and this is done through their APIs. I have found certain Azure DevOps functions to beContinue reading “[Automation] GitHub (and Enterprise) API Versus Azure DevOps API”
[Automation] Things I wish I knew Before my First Power Automate Hyperautomation Implementation
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. Any toolset comes with it’s own unique tricks and challenges. There is a ‘first time’ for everything which comes with a list of lessons learnt. By sharing these lists, we better prepare the community of developers who may be facing similar challenges. Here’s a summarised list of lessons learntContinue reading “[Automation] Things I wish I knew Before my First Power Automate Hyperautomation Implementation”
[Automation] Using Power Automate as a Data Integration Tool with Excel (for Bulk Processing)
Level: Beginner – Senior. Power Automate connects into multiple different platforms and systems, making it a very powerful integration tool. Power Automate has been positioned by Microsoft as a platform that aims to facilitate Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Although there is still some work to be done before the Power Automate toolset can match competitors,Continue reading “[Automation] Using Power Automate as a Data Integration Tool with Excel (for Bulk Processing)”
[Automation] Retrieving a List of Mail Senders From a Shared Mailbox (Using Outlook and Python)
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. Have you ever had a use case where you have a shared mailbox setup on your Outlook but you don’t have the credentials to the account behind the mailbox (if one exists)? Well you can get around that by running the Python script detailed in this post. The approachContinue reading “[Automation] Retrieving a List of Mail Senders From a Shared Mailbox (Using Outlook and Python)”
[Automation] Working with SQL transactions in UiPath
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. When working with databases, the use of transactions is a very healthy habit to get used to. It will save you from those update or delete statements without a where clause that cannot be undone (especially in prod… Imagine…). UiPath presents the Start Transaction activity which claims to doContinue reading “[Automation] Working with SQL transactions in UiPath”
[Business Intelligence] Connecting a Google Sheet to Power BI as a Data Source
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. The market for data collection, visualisation and analysis tools spans across many different providers on many different platforms and in some cases, the best way to become exposed to the variety of tools is by mixing and matching between them. So why not visualise a Google Sheet on PowerContinue reading “[Business Intelligence] Connecting a Google Sheet to Power BI as a Data Source”
[Automation] 10 Tips for Optimising Power Automate Flows
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. Power Automate is a powerful tool that allows for integrations and RPA solutions to be developed through the use of Power Automate Desktop and Cloud flows. A disadvantage of using Power Automate is that it can take strain when working with large volumes of data. Lengthy flows take longContinue reading “[Automation] 10 Tips for Optimising Power Automate Flows”
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