Flow - Format Number advanced tips and tricks

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I put together a video to celebrate the new update in Microsoft Flow (Power Automate) and Logic Apps - formatNumber()

The video explains 3 tips and 2 gotchas.

  • Tip 1: Use action in prod right now

  • Tip 2: Use ### and 000 patterns in formatNumber() expressions

  • Gotcha 2.1: May be don't use of $### - use $##0

  • Gotcha 2.2: May be don't use $ - use C or C2

  • Tip 3: Use formatNumber in collections with Select/Create HTML

If you want the clipboard paste of the Format Number action to use, use this.

{
    "id": "c1fa8a84-e2c0-4be0-823e-3a45-1e6834aa",
    "brandColor": "#a098e6",
    "connectionReferences": {},
    "icon": "https://psuxaustralia.azureedge.net/Content/Images/DesignerOperations/numberfunctions.png",
    "isTrigger": false,
    "operationName": "Format_number",
    "operationDefinition": {
        "type": "Expression",
        "kind": "FormatNumber",
        "inputs": {
            "number": 12345,
            "format": "C4"
        },
        "runAfter": {
            "Compose": [
                "Succeeded"
            ]
        }
    }
}