Is there a way to have a flow pause and let the user interact with the page and then restart?

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Posted on 14 Apr 2023 12:48:29 by sonisick

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I may be able to do this either by a wait or running in debug mode with a breakpoint.

Let me give you a possible scenario: I have situations in which I may need to review a list of Site Pages (50-100). If I detect an edit is incorrect, I may have to perform an edit. After performing the edit or edits, I want the loop to continue with the next Site Page. I'd like this to be as "User Friendly" as possible.

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sonisick 282 on 15 Apr 2023 at 19:06:03

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Re: Is there a way to have a flow pause and let the user interact with the page and then restart?

I'll try it.

Thanks
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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 15 Apr 2023 at 15:56:19

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Re: Is there a way to have a flow pause and let the user interact with the page and then restart?

yeah, so all i wrote is still valid

1. Run your flow

2. Flow does this "flow that does some web part editing in SharePoint. There are specific routine tasks that need to be performed (such as putting the web page in edit mode, putting the web part itself in edit mode, choosing some of the dropdowns that are constant and filling in, and publishing the page.)"

3. As soon as tasks from point 2 are complete, flow displays message boxes (or better custom form) with information: "Perform manual tasks and hit continue" or something along the line, you can even add dropdown with next task flow needs to do once you hit continue

4. When you hit continue, flow goes to next page in a loop
sonisick 282 on 15 Apr 2023 at 15:46:05

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Re: Is there a way to have a flow pause and let the user interact with the page and then restart?

Thank-you, but this isn't exactly what I meant. Let me run through my logic:

I have a flow that does some web part editing in SharePoint. There are specific routine tasks that need to be performed (such as putting the web page in edit mode, putting the web part itself in edit mode, choosing some of the dropdowns that are constant and filling in, and publishing the page.)

Other tasks may be variable, such as adding some custom text or updating a dropdown specific to the page. I want the flow to do the routine actions --excluding Publish or Republish, and then stop and let me do my actions when I finish, I would like it to publish or republish the page and continue in a loop of pages.
momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 14 Apr 2023 at 17:38:42

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Re: Is there a way to have a flow pause and let the user interact with the page and then restart?

Yes, depending on the scenario you can add message box with prompt such as "error identified - update item and press OK"

So flow could look like:

1. Start flow

2. Enter loop

3. Do whatever you do in loop, and add condition for the occasions where flow identifies error in the current item

4. if error is identify - show message box and wait for user to close/confirm he did manual edit

5. after message box is closed - continue flow