Siôn J. Lewis

Category: Development

How to sort an array using Power Automate

Learn how to sort an array using Power Automate. In this post I share a Power Platform solution containing two example Cloud Flows demonstrating how an array can be sorted. I also briefly explore performance results of running actions in parallel verses serial with some surprising results.

June 5, 2023
How to Add and Remove Accounts from Multi-Select SharePoint Person and Group Fields

Learn how to use the SharePoint API and Power Automate to add and remove accounts from multi-select Person and Group fields in SharePoint. Our step-by-step guide includes detailed illustrations and examples, as well as an optional Power Platform solution to help you deploy the solution to your tenant. Improve your SharePoint workflow management today!

May 17, 2023
SharePoint REST API: How to find the List or Library “__metadata” “type”

SharePoint REST API is a powerful tool for updating lists and items in SharePoint, but determining the correct “__metadata” “type” for API calls can be confusing. While it’s typically “SP.Data.ListNameItem” based on the list’s URL, there are cases where it may be “SP.Data.ListNameListItem” in certain Office 365 tenants. In this article, we will explore how…

April 15, 2023
Using SharePoint REST API to GET List properties: ListItemEntityTypeFullName

I seem to forget how to quickly find the ListItemEntityTypeFullName property for a SharePoint List, when working with the REST API, so here is a quick reminder.

February 9, 2022
A Guide to Error Handling in Power Automate Flow

This is how I am currently dealing with errors within Cloud Flows which uses a strategy of actively informing administrators and/or support staff that something has gone wrong.

January 29, 2022
Hide or show fields in New or Edit forms

Microsoft has made it easier to customise “modern” SharePoint Online Lists and Libraries Forms natively. But what do you do if you need to managing a “classic” Form or the edit for option is just not available?

May 21, 2021
SharePoint/SPFx: Returning to Webpart Development Part #4 (with React Hooks)

This article is different to its predecessors in the series, because I have published the SPFx-People-Search webpart solution to my GuiHub repository, I will be focusing on what I have found challenging about writing this webpart with React Hooks, SPFx and Microsoft Graph.

December 2, 2020
SPFx Debugging: Cannot GET /temp/workbench.html

While debugging SPFx, I kept seeing the following error: “Cannot GET /temp/workbench.html”

November 28, 2020
SharePoint/SPFx: Returning to Webpart Development Part #3 (with React Hooks)

Part #3: Recently I was asked to develop a webpart for a modern SharePoint site. My first thoughts were; where do I start, I haven’t done any webpart development for years? I would like to share my journey…

September 27, 2020
How to ‘Unblock’ PowerShell files

Frustrated by the warning message on Windows computers “This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer”? The warning appears when try to open a PowerShell file that has come from a 3-rd party.

September 14, 2020