Introducing conditions
Condition actions, as indicated, are a type of control action that allows you to build more complex flows based on the values of certain properties, expressions, calculations, or inputs. In traditional programming or scripting languages, you might see this referred to as an if statement. The following screenshot illustrates an empty Condition action:
Figure 6.2 – Condition example
if statements typically follow one of these examples:
if [condition equals true], then [do action]
or
if [condition equals true], then [do action];
else [do other action]
The condition control in Power Automate functions in much the same way. You can control the set of actions a flow will execute depending on the values present in the flow.
Power Automate conditions can perform several different types of evaluations, as shown in the following list of operators:
- contains
- does not contain
- is equal to
- is not equal...
