{"id":111024,"date":"2019-12-16T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/work-better-with-the-common-data-service-in-power-automate\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:00:52","slug":"work-better-with-the-common-data-service-in-power-automate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/work-better-with-the-common-data-service-in-power-automate\/","title":{"rendered":"Work better with the Common Data Service in Power Automate"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are now a number of different features available in the Common Data Service (current environment)<\/b> connector that bring automated flows closer to parity with the classic Common Data Service workflows – and in some cases, bring new functionality that was never possible with classic workflows.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Common Data Service (current environment)\u00a0<\/strong>connector is available for all new flows created from the\u00a0Solutions<\/strong> tab in the left navigation in the Power Automate portal. Whenever you build a flow against CDS we strongly recommend using Solutions – as that provides you a way to group and package your flows, for example, to move them to a production environment after you’ve completed development. This connector is not available for flows built outside of Solutions.<\/p>\n

Calling bound or unbound actions<\/h2>\n

Automated flows can now call actions<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that are available in Common Data Service. This includes everything from fulfilling a sales order to exporting a solution. Actions represent operations that might have side effects in the database, such as creating or updating records. There are two new steps in a flow that you can use:<\/p>\n