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Dynamic timers stop when I leave/hide website. How can I get them to continue working?

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Hi,

I have an app that helps me time the different tasks I do every day. It is dynamic and when I turn on a timer, all other timers are turned off, so only one timer is active. Except for the timer at the top which starts as soon as I open the App, this one sends a backup email after x minutes with the current time spent.

The problem I have is that the dynamic timers stops/pauses after a few minutes when I do something else, ie leave/hide the Timer window. But the timer at the top still keeps going. I have added the code for both types of timers (I got some great help from this Community on the dynamic timer), and I hope someone might know how to fix it so that the dynamic timers also keeps going, even if I leave/hide the window.

Dynamic timer:

AutoPause	false
AutoStart	false
Duration	1000
Fill	If(timerRunning=ThisItem.LineNbr,RGBA(152,208,70,1),RGBA(128, 128, 128, 1))
OnSelect	Set(timerRunning, ThisItem.LineNbr)
OnTimerEnd	Switch( CountRows(Filter(timeTrack, rowID=ThisItem.LineNbr)), 0, Collect(timeTrack, {rowID: ThisItem.LineNbr, TimeElapsed: 1000}), UpdateIf(timeTrack, rowID=ThisItem.LineNbr, {TimeElapsed: TimeElapsed+1000}))
Repeat	true
Start	timerRunning=ThisItem.LineNbr
Text	Text(Time(0, 0, LookUp(timeTrack, rowID=ThisItem.LineNbr,TimeElapsed)/1000), "hh:mm:ss")

Timer at the top:

AutoPause	false
AutoStart	true
Duration	If(CheckboxBackUp.Value = true && Value(i_backupMinutes.Text)>0,i_backupMinutes*60000,360000) //360000 needed or an email will be sent every second
OnTimerEnd	If(CheckboxBackUp.Value = true, SendBackUpEmail.Run(HtmlText1.HtmlText))

Kind regards,

Anna

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Rusk 1,369 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @Anna_H

I believe it is not possible for the timer to keep running if the app is exited (https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/its-possible-if-I-closed-the-app-after-checked-in-than-the-timer/m-p/1266516#M332341)

As mentioned in the above thread, an option would be to save the actual time (i.e. 03/09/23 5:54pm) to a data source, such as SharePoint, and then factor that in when the app is reopened.

Or, capture the start time and use a timer to update the current time, then use that to determine the duration of your task.
Set(Current Time, Now())

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Anna_H 54 on at

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Hi @Rusk , the app is not exited it is still running. It is just not in focus as I might leave for another web-site in another tab. And the top timer runs perfectly. It is just the other timers with the code that stop working.

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Anna_H 54 on at

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Just an update, I rebuilt my app, and it is now working. I think it was the switch code in OnTimerEnd that made the timer stop when leaving/hiding the page. I removed this and made a lot of other changes and it is now working fine.

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