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Julie Sebby

How to Include Line Breaks In An Alteryx Email

I love watching the Alteryx Designer discussion boards because I learn new things all the time. This week, a discussion popped up where a user asked how they could incorporate line breaks in an email body. I found a Knowledge Base article that seemed to have the answer, although I wasn’t able to dig into it right away. I posted the link. One of the other ACEs dug into it immediately and posted a solution that I later refined. This is why the Alteryx Community is so awesome. Read on to learn how to incorporate line breaks in an Alteryx email.

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Building & Developing in Power Automate

Welcome to post number three in my Power Automate for beginners series. The first post explained how to navigate Power Automate menus. The second covered triggers and actions. This post provides useful information for your first builds based on what I struggled with when first learning Power Automate. Read on to learn more about building and developing in Power Automate.

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Exploring Power Automate Triggers & Actions

In my last post, I kicked off a beginner Power Automate series. I explained how to get oriented in Power Automate menus and ended just shy of creating a flow. This post picks up where that one left off. We’ll talk about Power Automate triggers and actions. More specifically, I’ll explain the different types of triggers and how to find and use actions to create a flow. Read on to learn more.

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Getting Oriented with Power Automate

In October 2021, I started a new role on our Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team to help automate manual processes. Our solutions utilize Power Automate, Power Automate Desktop, and Alteryx. As automation matures within the organization, we intend to deploy Power Automate as a self service tool. Therefore, this is the first in a series of posts oriented towards beginner Power Automate users. If you are just getting started with Power Automate, this is the place for you! Read on to get started with Power Automate!

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Extract Numbers from a String in PAD

This weThis week, I am working on a PowerAutomate Desktop flow that extracts data from a PDF. I need to extract numbers from a string. Rather than use regex, the Recognize Entities in Text action made this task a breeze. But, because it wasn’t without its quirks and challenges, I’m doing a write up on how to use it. Read on to learn more.

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Alteryx SharePoint List Input Tool Produces Nulls

Last week, I posted an article on how we are using Alteryx to Update SharePoint lists. While building out this solution, I ran into a problem where my SharePoint List input tool produced nulls. The SharePoint list was populated, but Alteryx was bringing in nulls. I wanted to elaborate on why this happens and how to fix it. Read on to learn more.

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Update SharePoint Drop Down Lists Using Alteryx Tools

Over the last few months, I’ve been working with our IT group to automate the new hire process (process by which IT sets up a new person with hardware and software). The old process kicked off with (GASP!) an Excel spreadsheet sent to hiring managers. As you might imagine, that Excel form and process was slow and fraught with error. So, it’s getting a makeover using SharePoint, Power Automate, and Alteryx. This post will explain how I update SharePoint drop down lists using Alteryx tools. Read on to learn more.

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Trigger Alteryx Workflows With Email

I bet that headline got your attention, and you’re probably saying, “That can’t be done.” Actually, it can….if you combine technologies. While I love being able to schedule workflows from the Alteryx gallery, there are many other mechanisms I would like to use to kick off Alteryx workflows, like receiving an email. Alteryx doesn’t allow this, but Microsoft Power Automate does. Combine that with the ability to call Alteryx from Power Automate Desktop and you have the ability to kick off workflows with email. Read on to learn more.

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How to Customize Work Item Types in Azure DevOps

My last Azure DevOps post focused on the process. And if you are still stuck deciding which process to use, this post might help tip the scales. Do you need more work item types than the Basic process has to offer but Agile isn’t quite right? ADO provides a solution for this problem by allowing you to create work item types. This post will explain how to customize work item types so that you can get the most out of ADO. Read on to learn more.

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