What is components of a cloud flow

As you begin to create Power Automate flows, it’s important to note that every cloud flow has two main parts.

• Trigger: Determine what starts the flow
• Actions: Determine what the flow does

Triggers

Triggers are the starting action for a flow. A trigger could be something such as a new email arriving in your inbox or a new item being added to a SharePoint list. A flow only has one trigger.

While a flow only has one trigger, there are a few different types of triggers that can be used:

• When something changes: This type of trigger runs when data is changed. It could be a new item created in SharePoint, when a lead is updated in Dynamics, or when an event has been deleted from Outlook for example. When something changes triggers are the most used triggers.
• On a schedule: You can set up a flow to be triggered at a certain time of day and with a recurrence. This scheduling allows for processes such as checking every day at 8 AM to see if there are account renewals pending and if so, sending an email to the necessary people.
• On a button press: This trigger takes shape in many ways. It can be when a flow virtual button is run via the mobile app and a physical button is clicked with third party options. Alternatively, it can be when a button is pressed inside of Power Apps. This capability gives you and/or the users control to “run” a flow on demand.