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Power Automate - Power Automate Desktop
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Power Automate Logs

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Posted on 17 Feb 2023 19:24:01 by 4

Does Power Automate Desktop has a log file?

I am experiencing an "unhandled exception error" that I would like to research 

  • momlo Profile Picture
    1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 20 Feb 2023 at 20:25:01
    Re: Power Automate Logs

    open power automate machine runtime - it's one of the very few options there

  • Shante Profile Picture
    4 on 20 Feb 2023 at 15:06:06
    Re: Power Automate Logs

    Thanks much. Can you direct me how to find machine runtime logs?

  • Shante Profile Picture
    4 on 20 Feb 2023 at 15:04:05
    Re: Power Automate Logs

    Thanks much. I actually found these but there is not much information that can be gathered from it besides the flow activity. 

  • momlo Profile Picture
    1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 20 Feb 2023 at 14:15:05
    Re: Power Automate Logs

    The Actions.log file is now being cleared on the new versions of PAD.

    You can change that via registry to keep the logs after they are uploaded to the cloud:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/governance#configure-power-automate-for-desktop-to-keep-the-flow-run-details

     

    Having said that, the actions.log will most like be not that much useful it this is a PAD crash, it should show the last successful action executed by the PAD (so we could assume the next action caused the error though).
    For full diagnostic logs go to machine runtime and export logs from there - this is the package MS asks for when troubleshooting customer service tickets.

  • werkbook Profile Picture
    36 on 18 Feb 2023 at 01:55:25
    Re: Power Automate Logs

    @Shante 

     

    To retrieve the logs:

    1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop\Console\Scripts.
    2. In the Scripts folder, select the required desktop flow based on the Workflow ID (see step 4 if you do not have this information).
    3. Go to the Runs folder, select the required run based on the Run ID; alternatively, you can select the required run based on the folder timestamp.
    4. Inside the Run folder, there will be a RunDefinition.json file. Open this file to view the name of the desktop flow and confirm that you are in the correct folder.
    5. The logs can be found in the Actions.log file.

    To learn more about Microsoft Power Automate for desktop, please visit Werkbook

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