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I have a PowerApp that has a couple different screens. Each screen has a Power BI visual on it. I have the timer set to autostart of true. The issue I'm running into is if the Power BI visual is loading the timer doesn't start. We are running into an issue where the Power BI visual just pulses like it is attempting to load and never does so the timer never actually starts. Does anyone have a way to force the timer to start even when the Power BI visual hasn't been loaded?

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iAm_ManCat 18,256 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I would think that if you turned off the Autostart and instead set Start to a variable, then you could have your onVisible for that screen set it to true - I've also found that for best results you should set it to false and then set it to true rather than just setting it straight-out as true.

So,
Start =
StartTimerVariable

then on your onVisible:
Set(StartTimerVariable, false); Set(StartTimerVariable, true)

..and depending on whether or not your timer repeats or is a once-off, for a single-run timer set the onTimerEnd:
Set(WelcomeTimerStart, false)
MattyJ_09 101 on at

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This unfortunately didn't work but it after playing around with it I think it just may be the computer were running it on. It is one of the low end Intel Compute Sticks and I'm starting to wonder if it is just freezing when loading the Power BI tile. So I think we're going to rethink how we want to do this on our end. But I do appreicate your response. Thanks!
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Hi @MattyJ_09 ,

Could you please share a bit more about your issue?

Do you mean that the Timer control would not start when the Power BI visual is loading?

Based the issue that you mentioned, I have made a test on my side, and don't have the issue that you mentioned.

Please check the attached GIF screenshot for more details:

Please take a try to run your app within other browsers or Mobile device, then check if the issue still exists.

In addition, also please take a try with the following workaround:

Set the OnVisible property of the corresponding screen (which contains the Timer control) in your app to following:

Set(IsStart, true)

Set the AutoStart property of the Timer control to following:

IsStart

Also please consider take a try to re-create a new app on your side, then check if the issue is solved. Please make sure your PC or Mobile device has enough RAM to run your app.

Best regards,
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MattyJ_09 101 on at

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While the Power BI visual is loading the timer sits at 00:00:00. Once it has loaded then the timer starts up but we do have issues with the visual never loading and the timer never starts. But I have tested it on other devices and it works fine. So I think we are going to use a different device instead since we might be running into spec issues.
AndrewG-AU 16 on at

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The trick with setting a variable to false and then true worked for me
Timer.Start = started
Button.OnSelect -> Set(started, false); Set(started, true);