Variables in Power Automate for Desktop (Full Tutorial)

A dynamic fruit sale message opens this full tutorial on variables in Power Automate for Desktop: Text, Number, List, and input and output variables. My 6+ hour Power Automate Desktop e-learning (Beginner to Pro) is in my community, 7-day free trial: https://iloveautomation.ai/community The case is Fresh Fruit Limited, a London fruit shop, and the flow is built from an empty canvas. "Display message" starts as a static message about apples. "Set variable" introduces a %Fruit% variable set to Banana, picked with the x button instead of typed. "Display input dialog" takes the fruit from the user, stores it in %Fruit% and records which button was clicked. Rename the two button variables through the three dots to distinguish the input dialog from the display message. An "If" runs the message only when the button pressed equals OK, so a cancelled dialog ends the flow. An input variable ExoticFruit with the default Pineapple shows how values arrive from a Power Automate cloud flow. The Number part sets a price of 2.6 with a dot as decimal delimiter and reads it from a second input dialog. "Truncate number" with "Get integer part" gives 2, and "Round number" with 0 decimal places gives 3. One expression with the and operator checks both dialogs in the same "If". The List part creates Vegetables with "Create new list", adds Potato and Onion with "Add item to list" and prints each item in a "For each". "Set variable" with %['Beets', 'Carrots', 'Spinach']% fills the list in one action. TOP LEARNINGS 🔹 Pick variables with the x button instead of typing them 🔹 A dot is the decimal delimiter, even when your culture uses a comma 🔹 "Truncate number" belongs inside the "If", or a cancelled price dialog throws a numeric value error Values of variables only exist while the robot runs and reset when it stops, but the last run's values stay visible in the variables pane. Deleting unused variables such as ExoticFruit keeps the flow tidy and saves performance. A data table is the next variable type, saved for the Excel session of the course, and the next lesson waits at the end of the video. Course materials: https://www.andersjensen.org/lesson/m... Get started with Power Automate for Desktop:    • Get Started with Power Automate Deskop (In...   Power Automate cloud beginners guide:    • Microsoft Power Automate - Tutorial for Be...   CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:02 Text variables 4:15 "Display input dialog": User input 7:40 Rename variables 8:45 "If" on the button pressed 10:58 Input/output variables 12:50 Number variable 14:35 Input dialog for the price 15:55 "Truncate number": Integer part and round 18:05 Expression with the and operator 21:20 Error when the price dialog is cancelled 23:20 List variable 25:05 "For each" over the list 27:05 Fill the list with "Set variable" #PowerAutomate #Automation