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Hi All,

I am trying to create the offline app. And from that I want to trigger a flow which sends email when specific conditions are met.

My question is -Is it possible to run a flow in offline mode in powerapps?

I guess it shouldn't work in offline mode but just to make sure.

Now, If it doesn't work while offline mode how can I run/trigger to sends email when specific conditions are met?

How can I achieve that?

I have rough idea that I need to use collection.

Any help is appreciated.

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Flow, now called Power Automate, runs on the server. It is impossible to send commands to the server without a connection.
What you can do though, is to use SaveData() and LoadData() to store information offline, and use it when internet is restored.

You can for example, Collect() the data you want to send by email and SaveData() this Collection when offline. If you don't SaveData(), you will lose the data if the app closes. When you get online, you can LoadData() to restore the Collection with the data you want to send, and then submit it to Power Automate (née Flow).
There is a Connection.Connected property that you can use to implement the logic you need to submit when online.

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Hi @TiagoFreire ,
thanks for your response.
I have done that. But now, how send data into RUN() from collection? Also, I want to trigger it for specific condition like if my temperature>38.

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There are many ways to do it.

If your offline data has multiple records, the simplest design would be to have a gallery showing all the 'Pending' items which were collected, with a 'Submit' button for each to be sent manually. less code, but more effort, as it requires individual resubmissions.

To submit automatically, you will get in the wonderful world of Timers. They are a bit wonky to design and debug, you should read the documentation carefully, and will have to Publish the app several times to test them, as they do not behave the same inside the Studio.

But in a nutshell, you can run a sequence of commands after a timer expires or when it starts, and you can let the timer loop infinitely.

With that, you can:

If(
Connection.Connected,
ForAll(mydata,
If(mydata.temperature > 38,
//do something for this row
);
);
);
);

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