Introduction
In Power Automate, in a few of the scenarios we need to generate a random number of examples to prepare a unique name with text and a combination of Unique numbers so as to provide quick test data then the Rand function is used.
Step 1
Login to the required Power Apps environment using URL make.powerapps.com by providing the user name and password and click on Flows on the left-hand side as shown in the below figure.
Step 2
After step 1, click on New Flow, select instant cloud flow, provide the trigger as Manually trigger a flow, and click on Create as shown in the figure below.
Step 3
After step 2, click on + New Step and under choose an operation and in-text box type compose and select Compose Data Operation as shown in the below figure.
Step 4
After step 3, rename compose title with rand Function and click on Inputs and select 2nd tab Expression and type rand and observe it expect 2 parameters first 1 minValue with integer type, 2nd is maxValue of integer type we can pass as shown in the below figure.
Step 5
After step 4, Rand have the following syntax,
rand(minValue: integer,maxValue : integer)
so provide the value as an example
rand(1,9999)
and click on OK shown in the below figure.
Step 6
After Step 5, Save and Test flow after clicking on Run Flow and Done and click on OK shown in the below figure.
Note
- Make sure to save and run the flow whenever you try expressions.
- MS documentation is found here.
- As an example, maxValue 9999 as in Step 5, you can provide any other value of your choice.
Conclusion
In this way, one can easily generate a random number in few minutes and use it for the required scenario.