Overview: I recently needed to generate a dynamic table within word using Power automate, there are lots of resources out there to do it. I found the order I did the core steps in determines if the process works so thought I'd blog this as a reminder and simple guide.
Objective: Use a flow to build an dynamic array and display the output within a Word document.
Steps:
1. Create a new Flow in Power Automate (here I am initialising an array but you can build this up as you need too. The Select option and nested actions allow for creating most required data sets)
2. Create a Word document for the template (in my scenario, I've created the MS word document inside a SharePoint Document library, as shown below)
- Add/Insert a Table (mine needs three columns)
- Ensure you have the "Developer" ribbon setup and give the focus to the position where the fist dynamic field is needed.
- Insert the "Plain Text Content Control" within the table at the desire places
- Add the "key" name from the array to each plain text control as shown below:
- The word document should looks as shown below. Save and close the docx file.
