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Posted on by absoluteBeginer 80

 

Hi,

 

is it possible to recreate ping functionality in power automate? I was thinking maybe there was something in power automate desktop which would allow a ping to be called that would return can connect or not. My product owner would like to be able to determine whether a client is online or not.

 

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Open CMD Session

    Write to CMD Session

    Wait for text on CMD session "Packets"

    Read from CMD Session

    Do whatever you need to with %CMDOutput%

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    Cmd.Open.Open Directory: $'''C:''' Session=> CmdSession
    Cmd.Write Session: CmdSession Command: $'''ping www.google.com''' SendEnter: True
    Cmd.WaitForText Session: CmdSession Text: $'''Packets''' IsRegEx: False IgnoreCase: True Timeout: 0
    Cmd.ReadFromCmdSession.Read Session: CmdSession CmdOutput=> CmdOutput
    Display.ShowMessageDialog.ShowMessage Title: $'''CMD Output''' Message: CmdOutput Icon: Display.Icon.None Buttons: Display.Buttons.OK DefaultButton: Display.DefaultButton.Button1 IsTopMost: False ButtonPressed=> ButtonPressed
    Cmd.Close Session: CmdSession

     

    good luck!

     

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    Kaif_Siddique Profile Picture
    Kaif_Siddique 2,108 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    If just want to ping.

     

    Kaif_Siddique_1-1675969423599.png

     

    Output:

    Kaif_Siddique_2-1675969614751.png

     

    Regards

    Kaif

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    Kaif_Siddique 2,108 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    If I have answered your question, please mark my post as Solved.

  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Is that one new? lol.  Much better than mine, haha.

  • Kaif_Siddique Profile Picture
    Kaif_Siddique 2,108 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Its a System Action.

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Awesome.

     

    Thank you.

  • absoluteBeginer Profile Picture
    absoluteBeginer 80 on at

    Thank you so much!

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