Function-Based Connectors for Power Automate

Correct Answers: B, C and.

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Connectors are API wrappers that help Power Platform products access a variety of data providers.

Connectors usually provide pre-built triggers and actions.

Actions are operations that help the user manipulate source data like search, lookup, insert, update, delete, create, etc.

Triggers are operations that notify the user when a specific event occurs.

Action names start with some verb like get, copy, list update, create, insert, etc.

Trigger names start with "When" like "When a new email arrives," "When an event is added, updated or deleted," "When a file is modified," etc.

Sometimes they start with "For" like "For a selected file" or "For a selected item" in the case of the SharePoint connector.

Connectors are divided into two groups by the data source type: Tabular - data sources that provide the data in tabular formats, like Azure SQL Database or SharePoint.

The tabular connectors have typical CRUD triggers.

Function-based - data sources that provide data as a result of the function call, like Twitter, Office 365 Outlook, or Azure Blob Service.

These connectors offer more extensive functionality on top of the tabular.

You can use them to send an email, make an appointment, or update permissions.

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Function-based connectors in Power Automate are used to perform specific operations or actions on data within a connected system. These connectors expose specific functions that can be used within the Power Automate workflow.

Out of the given options, the connectors that offer function-based actions are:

A. SharePoint: SharePoint connector provides function-based actions such as create item, delete item, get item, and update item. These actions allow you to manipulate data in SharePoint lists and libraries.

B. Office 365 Outlook: This connector provides function-based actions to create, get, delete, or update email messages, events, and contacts in Outlook. You can also retrieve information about your inbox, calendar, and contacts.

D. Azure SQL Database: This connector provides function-based actions to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on the data stored in the Azure SQL database. You can retrieve, update, or delete rows in a table, and execute SQL queries.

E. Azure Blob Storage: This connector provides function-based actions to manage blobs stored in Azure Blob Storage. You can create, get, delete, and update blobs, as well as list blobs in a container.

C. Twitter: Unlike the other connectors listed, the Twitter connector does not provide function-based actions. Instead, it allows you to trigger actions based on tweets that meet specific search criteria, such as liking or retweeting them.

In summary, the function-based connectors that you would use in your Power Automate design are SharePoint, Office 365 Outlook, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Blob Storage.