Dataverse Connector

The Dataverse Connector is used in Power Automate cloud flows to connect to your Dataverse data. This page gathers tips and tricks.

Tips and tricks

Set lookup value

You cannot simply use the guid to set a lookup, you need to add also the entity name in front of it, e.g. /contacts(guid) for setting a lookup to a contact.

• HOW TO SET LOOKUP COLUMN VALUE IN MICROSOFT DATAVERSE CONNECTOR IN CLOUD FLOWS by Linn Zaw Win
• Use entity name in flow lookups by CRM Tip of the day

List Rows

• After using List Rows, if you want to check if there was no rows returned, use this expression empty(body('List_rows')?['value']) in a condition. If that is equal to true - means no rows returned.
• After using List Rows, if you want a value from the first item, use this expression first(body('List_rows')?['value'])?['name'] to look for attribute name.

Get labels of Choices

• Building Flow #2: DataVerse: Get Optionset Label by Mira Ghaly