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Open 90 excel web worksheets and wait to sync with MS Forms

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Hello everyone,

I am facing an issue here. This "update" from Microsoft ended the automatic sync of Forms responses with Excel. I have 90 forms that are connected to a Power BI dashboard. Now, I have to open manually these 90 files to update the dashboard.

This is the message I am receiving.

I would like to create a flow in Power Automate to open these files, wait for a set amount of time to allow syncing, and then close them.

This flow needs to be triggered every 2 hours.

If anyone can help, I would be grateful.

Thank you.

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  • DJ_Jamba Profile Picture
    2,837 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    I don't think you can do this in Power Automate because the update requires you to push a button in Excel to begin the new synch process. There is no automatic "wait for it to synch".

    You may be able to do it in PA Desktop

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