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Screenshot 2024-06-14 144553.pngWhen I use the 'Log message action' in my flow, the logs are not being displayed anywhere during running. Where do I access the logs?

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    eetuRobo Profile Picture
    4,535 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    It wont do anything if you run the desktop flow from the app. It only logs when you run Power Automate Desktop from Power Automate cloud (make.powerautomate.com).
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/logging 

    Its really for unattended run so that you can set it up to log errors or certain information that flow has done.

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    There is no action for adding a log so you need to create that yourself for example writing to csv file or something like that. 

     

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    Riyaz_riz11 Profile Picture
    4,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @AradhanaM ,

     

    It will not log anywhere, it will only display in in ms flow while monitor it will be visible, i will attach link for your reference: Monitor run details - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn.

    Logging actions reference - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

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    If I have answered your question, please mark it as the preferred solution. If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up.

    Regards,
    Riyaz

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    NathanAlvares24 Profile Picture
    1,714 Moderator on at

    Hi @AradhanaM !

     

    As @eetuRobo said, try logging differently.

     

    There are many ways to do logging. There are as follows:

    1. Store logs into a csv file

    - As suggested by @eetuRobo , this is the best method. Refer to this video: https://youtu.be/QjrxLPg_TdI?t=3510 to get any idea about it.

     

    2. Store logs into text/html file

    - You can also store in text/html file. Here is an example of how it shows in html:

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    In this I used html, so you need to use html tags like <p>, <h1> (heading tags). I also keep the time recorded when it finished that action.

     

    Like this:

    NathanAlvares24_1-1718360134061.png

    These are the actions I use for logging into html files. Make sure to use .html extension to save it as html doc.

     

    3. Store logs into excel file

    This is another I currently use. Take a look of how it shows:

    NathanAlvares24_2-1718360353658.png

    I keep detailed logs like this in excel. Its shows if a particular is a success or not. It even shows how long a flow has taken to execute calculated by total time taken. And errors will be stored in one column. So like if no errors are found, its a success else failure.

     

    So try these methods as alternative to log message action.

     

    I hope this helps.

     

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