Actions

What are Actions?

Actions are the tasks and steps performed within your workflows in Power Automate. They are the operations that occur in response to a trigger and enable you to automate specific actions or decisions.

Types of Actions:

• Basic Actions: These are fundamental actions like sending an email, creating a task, updating a spreadsheet, or generating a notification.
• Example of Basic Action:
• • Send an Email (Outlook)
  • Create a Task (Planner)

• Advanced Actions: These may involve complex data transformations, conditionals, loops, or interactions with multiple services in a single action.
  (Will learn more about Advanced Actions in upcoming sections)
• Example of Advanced Action:
• • Apply to Each (Loop)
  • Compose (Data Operation)

Key Points about Actions:

1. Actions are the core of your workflow and dictate what happens after the trigger condition is met.
2. They can be connected in a sequence to create a series of operations that accomplish a specific task or process.
3. Actions can use dynamic content from the trigger or previous actions to make workflows dynamic and data-driven.