POWER AUTOMATE DESKTOP - DATABASE Pre-Requisites Power Automate Desktop Access to database Under the database action, we have only three sub actions, namely: Open SQL connection Execute SQL statement Close SQL connection Open SQL Connection The first step is to connect to the database. So, we will use the Open SQL connection action and provide a connection string to establish the connection (the connection string in the video is a sample). When the connection is successful, the connection details is stored in a variable during execution. Execute SQL statement This action can be used to execute SQL queries. Here, I am using select query and the result is stored in a variable of type datatable. Close SQL connection It is a best practice to always close the database connection once the required queries are executed. YAY! BONUS!😮 How to execute a stored procedure using database action? Stored Procedure without arguments Stored Procedure with arguments (Comma separated incase of many a
Got Not Worries! We Have Cloud Storage! In this post, we learn how to create a dataverse table. But before that, If you want to read up on what is Dataverse, go here 👉 Microsoft Dataverse . CREATING A TABLE Step 1: Open Power Apps and navigate to Dataverse. You may have to "Create Database" if it's the first time you are accessing it, else you will already be looking at a bunch of standard tables. While you are there, you may check out all the tables, columns, and data available. Step 2: Let's create a Table now. Click on "New Table". Just for fun, I am going to create a table for Pizza! Enter "Pizza" in Display Name and click Create. Provisioning the Table might take a little while. Once the Table is created, you might notice that a few Columns are already created. For example, the column "Created By" auto-populates our name when we add data to the table. There is also a column named "Pizza" whose datatype is a Unique Ident