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Power automate delay between flows.

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Hello everyone,

 

I have a flow that act when an item in sharepoint is created or modified and then it sends an API call via HTTP to a 3rd party software. The issue is when I update my list with many items, the 3rd party software can't support the demand of power automate...

 

My question!

 

Is there a way to tell power automate, to perform the trigger and add the flow to a queue and the system empty the queue 1 flow at a time with an interval of 5mins ? 

 

Like a recurring flow but with the trigger when a new item is added...

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    DamoBird365 Profile Picture
    DamoBird365 8,942 Microsoft Employee on at
    Re: Power automate delay between flows.

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    You could implement concurrency controls so that the flow can only run 1 at a time.  

     

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    You could also implement a delay in your flow at the end of the process to create the wait that you are suggesting.

     

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    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
    Cheers,
    Damien

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    Community Power Pla... on at
    Re: Power automate delay between flows.

    Hello everyone

     

    I think I have almost the same problem, but with a small difference. My flow retrieves the last element of a SharePoint list and then increments this value by 1. The problem arises when multiple flows are triggered too quickly and so, for example, the value 5 is recognized twice as the "last value".
    Since the flow is still continued with an approval process afterwards and can take a long time, I cannot set the value for the number of simultaneously executed flows to 1. The delay in the flow would not solve the problem, because only a certain time is added to the time of start .

     

    Do you have any other ideas?


    I would have thought of something like 1 minute delay between flows.

     

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