Power Automate button in a Power BI Report

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The article discusses adding an action to a Power BI report by including a Power Automate button to trigger a flow for performing actions.
The report is connected to a database table containing section start times for a bike ride, with three measures calculating values for a new row of data.
The process involves selecting the Power Automate visual from the Insert ribbon tab in Power BI desktop, adding data, and creating the flow.
The flow creation steps include selecting a template, adding actions such as inserting a row to a table using an SQL Server connection, and populating fields with dynamic content.
After completing the flow, it needs to be saved and applied in Power BI desktop, with permissions and licenses for flow execution determined by the user clicking the button.
Formatting options for the Power Automate button in the report include applying theme colors, adjusting padding and shadows, and modifying text.
Flow environments in Power Automate allow developers to select environments and organize flows in solutions, but in Power BI desktop, flows are automatically placed in the Default environment.
The article highlights a workaround for selecting environments in Power Automate flows created in Power BI desktop, provided by James Reeves in a LinkedIn post, although it is considered a hack and not part of standard functionality.

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