100 Flow-jutsu of the FlowNinja

Upon reaching a numerical significant milestone of 100 FlowNinja flow-lifehacks. I wanted to review the full list and provide that list here for your glorious consumption during bedtime reading.

Some of them have additional detailed blog post, some of them have an detailed YouTube video - some of them have additional videos or blog posts from the community that added more details to the picture we are all painting together.

Some lifehacks are no longer needed, as Flow has gained that ability natively. Sometimes a connector has changed. Sometimes, I’ve rolled the feature into Flow Studio.

So this is a curated list of the lifehacks, the Flow-jutsu of the Flow Ninja. With small amounts of commentary like someone scribbling notes next to old hacks recalling the wisdom (or insanity) at the time.

#	Flow-jutsu	URL
1.	Wait until Fire Changed HTTP+Webhook	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/974544103336587268
2.	Convert PDF to DOCX via CloudConvert	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/978567033431375873
3.	Path to Flow-zen	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/979391202146398209
4.	Change SharePoint Permission via MSGraph	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/981232222886752256
5.	Flow to cancel self or other Flows	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/981870155864027136
6.	Condition on Trigger	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/983303622501974022
7.	Conditional IP Address on Trigger	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/983709086050009088
8.	Approval API via custom connection	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/983727787746869249
9.	Learn Select	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/986078352116076545
10.	Two expressions	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/986770637401149441
11.	Flow Governance	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/986796382198480899
12.	Flow Editor two hacks	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/988957057234567170
13.	No hack to celebrate Send HTTP to SharePoint	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/991679434817028097
14.	Read Flow Connectors with Flow	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/992087115394514945
15.	Meta Flow killing other Flows	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/992742309585301505
16.	Make document set with slug	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/992767564253089792
17.	Make Excel Chart from Graph	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/993483364253425664
18.	Batch connector for Teams	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/996415365235159040
19.	Copy DocumentSet files	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/996423332688883713
20.	Flow Studio Kunai	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/999337159684325376
21.	Flow Studio duplicate	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/999409304384884736
22.	Flow Studio Cancel all runs	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/999694426745139200
23.	Flow to VSTS	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/999916443385843712
24.	Flow Studio tags	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1000397356020350981
25.	Save Flow to VSTS	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1000693670285209600
26.	Infinite Recursion of Fails	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1000894383099592704
27.	Read O365 admin center messages	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1001050653752418305
28.	Flow Studio filter by Trigger Type/Kind	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1001485562543394816
29.	Multiple SharePoint subscriptions set up	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1002747531506245632
30.	Trick the Flow Editor about Update Flow action	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1003621682924273664
31.	Calling AzureFunction with webhook	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1003776181420736512
32.	Resubmit multi-Flow Runs	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1004365335183540224
33.	Send iCal	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1007041490642563074
34.	Fast init const	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1007214566076366851
35.	Use Flow to Site Design and Site Script	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1007657494099853313
36.	World Cup from Flow	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1011173203916382208
37.	Watch twitter Followers	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1012012172694585349
38.	Flow Studio middleware is Flow - github feedback	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1012155223136063488
39.	Flow Studio run ID	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1012718772635856897
40.	Retrieve 5K+ rows with paging	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1015121443921596416
41.	Emojis are valid name	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1017190651245486085
42.	RSS ideas	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1018669034571644928
43.	Upload binary from PowerApps via Hacked Flow Button	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1022991595015000064
44.	Filter string exercise	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1026440991291523072
45.	Filter string Xpath translate()	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1026456982511702016
46.	Turn on Forms Split On	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1028565758920421377
47.	Coalesce() because expression editor broke	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1028998499818385409
48.	Please tell my future self to do timesheets	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1032164950142119936
49.	Use Flow to process thumbnails as datauri image	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1034127895415799809
50.	Flow O365 Azure Event Grid	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1038389017098637312
51.	Greasemonkey script for Flow Expression Editor	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1041000509677592577
52.	Windows Timeline	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1043127835026542592
53.	Make new Flows from definition	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1045601880687009792
54.	Create SP shortcut links	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1048745194932162560
55.	Large datasets in Excel - after this I advice using MSGraph to talk to Excel	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1048780585395613696
56.	HTTP is not Request	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1051976806117646336
57.	Hiding variables out of sight	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1054538605090095104
58.	Meta designer hack more space	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1055604626530201605
59.	HTML from Markdown	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1056680928880222208
60.	Send email with wishing wand	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1058000420872699909
61.	Make Flow Button optional	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1058035361945837570
62.	Creating HTML format in custom definition	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1063359432115908608
63.	Action tracked properties	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1066533813734371328
64.	Custom actions idea	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1066868834575953920
65.	Setting variable with value of itself	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1067444794471866368
66.	Hack Flow Button arg into date	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1068837222743367681
67.	Sort in Flow	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1069950601935507457
68.	EnsureSiteAssetLibrary	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1072632744495247365
69.	Split On false	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1072887142018244608
70.	Set like status	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1074217196551696384
71.	Google sheet to google cal	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1075278120968572928
72.	Fast string replacement with 2 select	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1080296618258194433
73.	Use Parse JSON to check types	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1083200955074600961
74.	Intersection vs filter array	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1083637928876593153
75.	Link to current Flow Run	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1087360914406264832
76.	MomentJS in Flow	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1090957263492153344
77.	For Selected DocumentSet	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1095426221234520064
78.	Use ValidateUpdateListItem	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1097445738483576833
79.	ExcelRest	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1101635675063967745
80.	Stop flow SharePoint self trigger with validateUpdateListItem	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1101689848891494400
81.	Battleship Outlook Calendar	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1102532924883103744
82.	Group BY CAML	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1103772032150384641
83.	Date Projection and let me count the days	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1105392290074288128
84.	DecodeUriComponent for new line	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1108481776102440960
85.	Black art of calling internal API on swagger	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1109745736541888512
86.	For Each via CSV	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1110180968285921280
87.	Upload File via Unused Outlook connector	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1115336767031468032
88.	SharePoint modified only trigger	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1116856001385209856
89.	Auto reply in Github when issue is closed	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1119237739969277952
90.	Fix parallel blocks via Edit JSON	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1120698508388868096
91.	A power user friendly method of connecting hundreds of sites, lists and libraries to a single Flow	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1121055884749053953
92.	Geofence pokemon go	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1121775858174160896
93.	When connections break - send email	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1125793444700409857
94.	At-mentions in Microsoft Teams	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1126745361219899393
95.	Fast sync of SharePoint list via batch	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1127240425868107777
96.	Excel variable names	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1129715544712597504
97.	Export Email .eml to SharePoint	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1136501325615620096
98.	PowerApps Trigger headers	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1138017912222961664
99.	Paste snippets from text	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1144055910538465281
100.	Thanos Outlook Snap	https://twitter.com/johnnliu/status/1145932038941237248

Enjoy. Read a random one.

Let me know if there’s a specific Flow-lifehack that you liked but wanted a video or a full blog post. I can tell the blog rate is less than 10% of the tweetstorms. And there’s very little YouTube content of these as well. Both are situations I’d like to improve.

Enjoy. Read a random one.

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