From the Microsoft Power Platform blogs: Perform a bound action; New tool; Connection.Connected; Enhancing data presentation

In this review of the Power Platform blogs:

• Mastering 'perform a bound action' in Power Automate
• New tool: 'cloud flow viewer' for Power Automate solutions
• Connection.Connected in Power Apps
• Enhancing data presentation with conditional formatting in Power Pages

Mastering 'perform a bound action' in Power Automate

Writing on his blog, Ajay Kumar stated that in Power Automate, the "perform a bound action" step lets you call special Dataverse functions that are tied to a specific entity or record. 

He noted that you should think of it like calling on a powerful command instead of performing a simple task; you're not just acting, you're invoking a precise function meant for that exact situation.

Kumar explained that a bound action in Microsoft Dataverse is a server-side function linked to a specific table and record that contains business logic you can trigger, pass inputs to, and get outputs from.

In his post, Kumar discussed how perform a bound action works in Power Automate, how to approve a project via bound action, and why you should use bound actions.

New tool: 'cloud flow viewer' for Power Automate solutions

On his blog, Rajeev Pentyala noted that he's added the cloud flow viewer tool to his hobby project, JayVish.