ArcGIS Connectors - Is there any useful documentation on how to construct Flows?

Question

I'm unable to discover any examples or documentation on constructing Flows.

Esri tech support is unable to find any as well.

This is not documentation. It's a summary or overview of what things are.

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/power-automate/latest/get-started/get-started-with-arcgis-connectors-for-power-automate.htm

Does anyone have an example, from esri or Microsoft showing how to construct or an example of a Flow?

If not, do you have an example of one that works?

More specifically, a Flow that uses a Sharepoint List to update a Feature Service value (Update a Record in a Feature Layer).

My guess is that there are examples of Flows in user presentations. Are we supposed to find user presentations to use for documentation?

I have a tech support case and will follow up on what Esri Support says.

Thank you

AustinAverill · Answer

I use the API through Power Automate with the HTTP request flow. Power Automate, in general, is fairly stable and using it to directly make HTTP requests to the service as part of your flows takes out some of the dependency on other products like the ArcGIS Connectors to be updated and function as intended.

I am attaching an example of a flow that triggers from a Survey123 webhook, then uses the passed token to access and call common API methods on another feature service. The first screenshot shows a variable being defined with the feature update/edit json dict, then the second shows the actual HTTP request.

Akshay Harshe · Answer

Hey @AaronPDXPaul, We hear you and many other users loud and clear. We do need a screenshots and examples for each of the action at least in our documentation. We recently moved each of ArcGIS for Microsoft products to its own documentation website which will give us lot more flexibility to update documentation at our will. We are making documentation updates in the upcoming release by end of the year you should find more examples on our website and also links to the REST API.

Power automate connectors work off of Feature service REST API you can find syntax of all the operation there for now. e.g. `Get data from Feature layer` action https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/enterprise/query-feature-service-layer/ Update records in feature layer action uses https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/enterprise/update-features/ etc.

Please feel free to shoot any questions here, I and others will try to help get your questions answered.

We have some good blogs ArcGIS Connectors for Power Automate Blog - Esri Community which might help you a bit too.

hope that helps.

AaronPDXPaul · Answer

So are you saying to use the API documentation to construct Power Automate Flows?
Or are you saying to not use Power Automate at all?

I think you're right if you're saying to use the API instead.
As it works, there are examples, and documentation.

The most common question in this forum for Power Automate is why aren't they working anymore.
So, maybe using them isn't a good idea to start.

Thank you for your feedback