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5. Power Automate

Harinarayanan V P1  
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
 

In the previous chapters, we looked at creating and customizing SharePoint Online forms. In this chapter, our focus will be on building business process automation using workflows. Forms allow users to enter and view data. Workflows are applications that contain a preprogrammed set of tasks. A simple example of a time when a workflow would be used with respect to our case study would be if you need to send an email when a new product is created in the Products list.

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