How to Use Variables in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

This video guide shows how to use the most common variable types in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop: Text, Numerical, Boolean, DateTime, List, DataTable, and Custom Object.

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0:00 Intro
In Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, we have various variable types - here are the most common ones.

0:20 Text
A text variable is any text, from email addresses to the text content of a Word file. It's also the most used variable type in Power Automate Desktop. Give your text variable a name and then a value.

3:00 Numerical
A numerical value in Power Automate Desktop is a number. It's also the only variable type we can use for mathematical operations. When you want to do a calculation with a numerical variable, use the arithmetic operations inside the percentage signs surrounding the numerical value.

6:28 Boolean
A boolean can hold two values: True or False. We use it a lot when we want to evaluate something with a condition.

10:03 DateTime
A DataTime variable is always in the format "MM/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss". We can quickly convert (transform) it to any date or time we want.

13:40 List
A list is a collection of items, e.g., a list of text values, numericals, or booleans.

19:26 DataTable
A DataTable is a collection of DataRows. It looks and acts like an Excel sheet. In Power Automate Desktop, we use DataTables because they are faster to manipulate than Excel sheets.

26:03 Custom Object aka Dictionary
A custom object is key value pairs. It looks much like a JSON and can quickly be transferred to a JSON.

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