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Latest Power Automate Flow Designer: Features & Updates
Power Automate
Nov 1, 2023 6:30 AM

Latest Power Automate Flow Designer: Features & Updates

by HubSite 365 about Griffin Lickfeldt (Citizen Developer)

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Unlock maximum productivity with Power Automates new Flow Designer - curate, debug & manage your flow with ease!

Griffin Lickfeldt, a Citizen Developer, brings to the table a comprehensive breakdown of the New Flow Designer's functionalities and improvements in Power Automate in a YouTube video. The aim is to elucidate the enhancements and delve into how it boosts the productivity of developers.More info on Power Automate

In the video, Lickfeldt answers key questions regarding the usage; prominent changes in design such as updating, creating, and renaming actions. He also provides unbiased opinions on whether this Designer is superior to the previous one.

Main topics of conversation include illustrating the building process in the new designer, creating a fresh action, and his personal favorite improvement. A noteworthy part of the discussion was the construction with Copilot, updating titles, adding notes, and initiating an Automated Flow with Copilot.

Important Features of Power Automate Flow Designer

The Flow Designer harnesses all the essential tools for designing and debugging a flow. Accessibility extends to images, UI elements, or variables of a desktop flow. It also presents a convenient platform for managing these elements.

The designer is broken down into multiple conceptual elements such as the actions pane, variables pane, and workspace. These provide critical insights regarding the status of the flow, and data it encompasses. To aid in designing larger and more complex flows, subflows are organized into separate tabs.

Debugging tools are also a valuable asset within the designer, offering features such as breakpoints and the option to run a flow step by step. Should an error occur, comprehensive information is immediately displayed, highlighting the erroneous actions for prompt rectifications.

  • New Flow Designer Introduction
  • Changes in the Designer
  • Updating actions
  • Creating new actions
  • Renaming actions
  • Building with Copilot
  • Initiating an Automated Flow
  • Designer's Tools and Panes

Learn about The new flow designer for Power Automate

The all-new interface of Microsoft Power Automate introduces fresh functionalities which significantly increases productivity for the creator. The dynamics of creating an automated sequence have now been altered with this advanced designer. Locating all identical elements has been made easy in this cutting-edge design.

In the educational video, you will learn the following:

  • The application of the new Flow Designer
  • The modifications in the designer
  • The method to update actions in your sequence
  • Creating actions in your automated flow
  • Rename actions in your sequence
  • Comparison between the new and old designer

The breakdown of the video includes:

  • Understanding the new designer
  • Covering new elements
  • Learning to construct in the new designer
  • Creating a new action
  • Revealing the notable improvements
  • Building with assistant Copilot
  • Update titles and insert notes
  • Initiating an Automated Flow with Copilot

The advanced designer encloses all the required tools for designing and troubleshooting an automated sequence. It also provides the facilities for obtaining and managing all images, user interface elements, or variables of a desktop sequence.

The advanced designer is composed of several sections. The actions pane, the variables pane, and the workspace make known the status of the sequence and all information it holds. For designing intricate flows, subflows get divided into tabs. Debugging options such as breakpoints and the provision for executing a desktop sequence step by step are also available. Any error information gets displayed, and the faulty actions get promptly emphasized.

In conclusion, the latest designer is a leap towards increasing productivity and making the process of creating automated sequences more effortless and effective.

 

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