How to Run Application as administrator?

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Posted on by CH79

Hello all,

I am putting together a Power Automate flow that opens a specific Power BI file.

I've got the flow to open PBI and the file however I need for it to run Power BI as administrator in order for the SQL queries within the Power BI file to work.

I don't mind having to enter the admin credentials, however I can't work out how to make the "Run Application" part of the flow run it as administrator.

Has anyone else been able to achieve something similar?

Thanks

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @CH79
You can Run As command line and then attach to the application.
Remember that your PAD might need to run as admin too, otherwise will not be able to see the elevated application.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/how-to/run-power-automate-elevated-rights

runas /user:domain\username program

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CH79 15 on at

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Thanks @momlo. Running Power Automate as administrator in turn ran Power BI as admin which is just what I was looking for.

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