In this step-by-step Power Automate tutorial, we’ll explore how to trigger a flow for a selected SharePoint list item or file — even when the flow lives outside the default environment! 💡
I’ll walk through multiple approaches to launch flows directly from SharePoint, including:
✅ Out-of-the-box "For a selected item" experience
✅ Quick Steps to run flows with just a couple of clicks
✅ SharePoint List Formatting to create a custom button that triggers your flow
✅ Conditional flow triggering for flexible automation
📌 Key Highlight: Learn how to trigger Power Automate flows stored in ANY environment — not just the default one! Say goodbye to default environment limitation when integrating with SharePoint for Power Automate selected item or file trigger.
#PowerAutomate #SharePoint #powerplatform
Create a button to launch a Flow
https://learn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/formatting-advanced#create-a-button-to-launch-a-flow
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Run Power Automate Flow for Selected SharePoint Item from ANY Environment
0:37 - Start a flow from Modern SharePoint List
6:11 - Too many clicks to trigger the flow!
6:37 - Add Quick Step to trigger flow
8:06 - SharePoint Column Formatting to trigger flow
11:23 - Conditionally trigger the flow
12:59 - Flow panel customization options!
14:11 - SharePoint selected item trigger flow must live in default environment?
14:34 - Working with the SharePoint selected item trigger flow in a NON-Default environment
17:13 - Run only user permissions and connection settings