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Start a Power Automate (flow) by pressing a button in PowerApps

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Hi,

 

Is there a way to start a specific Power Automate (flow) by pressing a button in an app that is build in PowerApps?

And if yes, what kind of trigger should the flow start with?

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    mdevaney Profile Picture
    29,991 Moderator on at

    @Mirtemir 

    This official tutorial by Microsoft will tell you everything you want to know

     

    Link to Power Apps + Flow Article

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/using-logic-flows

     

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  • mdevaney Profile Picture
    29,991 Moderator on at

    @Mirtemir 
    Did you read the tutorial?

  • v-yutliu-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Mirtemir ,

    Do you want to trigger a flow by  pressing a button in an app ?

    Then you need to use the trigger named powerapps in your flow.

    You need to create the flow like this:
    723.PNG

     

    Then you will create a flow with the trigger that you need.

    7231.PNG

     

    Please notice that all the "ask in powerapps" that you select in the flow will be the parameters that you need to use in the formula to call the flow in powerapps.

    Just like this:
    7232.PNG

     

     

    After you create this flow successfully, you need to set your app like this:

    choose the button that you want to trigger the flow, choose the flow that you want to trigger.

    7234.PNG

     

     Then use formula like this to call this flow:

    flowname.Run(paramaters)
    //please fill in your flow name and the parameters that the flow needs

     

     

    Best regards,

     

  • Mirtemir Profile Picture
    242 on at

    It works, i used this formula: MyFlow.Run(BrowseGallery1.Selected.'Id (ID)') to start the flow of the selected item. Thanks!

  • caribu Profile Picture
    28 on at

    Thanks for the detail. It helped me achieve what I needed!

  • TheFreeMan Profile Picture
    48 on at

    It's less than 2 years later and your linked MS page now states that it's "(retired)".

     

    Is there a better/new/updated way of doing this now, or do we continue to use a "retired" version waiting for it to fail because MS finally decides to completely kill the process and remove the functionality?

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