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Custom Actions - No custom actions group was found

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I was trying to test the Custom Actions feature and at first everything was OK, we had even one test action uploaded to PowerPlatform some time ago.

However for new projects (I even tried just to copy the examples: #1 and #2) PAD now throws error that I cannot find anywhere.

I already tried different scripts for signing (from official examples above as well) and nothing helps.

 

It seems to be not a signing issue because other message would appear in this case.

Error message: No custom actions group was found. Please check the naming and development conventions are followed correctly and try again.

 

It will be very much appreciated if I could get some help in this regard, maybe someone already faced this issue and was able to solve it.

 

Error screenshot:

Ihor_OD_0-1709541162146.png

 

Code is quite simple:

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using System.ComponentModel;
using Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK;
using Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK.Attributes;

namespace Modules.MyCustomModule
{
[Action(Id = "CustomAction", Category = "Custom cat")]
public class CustomAction : ActionBase
{
[InputArgument, DefaultValue("Developer")]
public string InputName { get; set; }

[OutputArgument]
public string DisplayedMessage { get; set; }

public override void Execute(ActionContext context)
{
DisplayedMessage = $"Hello, {InputName}";
}
}
}

using System.ComponentModel;using Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK;using Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK.Attributes;namespace Modules.MyCustomModule{[Action(Id = "CustomAction", Category = "Custom cat")]public class CustomAction : ActionBase{[InputArgument, DefaultValue("Developer")]public string InputName { get; set; }[OutputArgument]public string DisplayedMessage { get; set; }public override void Execute(ActionContext context){DisplayedMessage = $"Hello, {InputName}";}}}

 

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  • CU16071609-1 Profile Picture
    6,255 Moderator on at

    @Ihor_OD 

    I attempted the link provided a few weeks ago and successfully created my custom action.
    https://www.inogic.com/blog/2023/12/custom-actions-with-power-automate-desktop-flows/ 


  • Ihor_OD Profile Picture
    19 on at

    Hi Deenuji!

    I tried to repeat steps noted in Your blog, but the error remains the same when trying to add a custom action to desktop workflow: No custom actions group was found. Please check the naming and development conventions are followed correctly and try again.

     

    I tried to re-build / clean solution, re-generate the certificate, but nothing helped 😕

     

    BTW: There's no namespace "Test" for PAD SDK, so I removed test component part from the project, but I assume it shouldn't harm the main solution

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    Ihor_OD Profile Picture
    19 on at

    This solves the issue: You need to manually (or create a post-build event to) rename the output DLL so it looks like "Modules.<Name>.dll"

     

    Screenshot from documentation:

    Ihor_OD_0-1709729359921.png

     

  • CU16071609-1 Profile Picture
    6,255 Moderator on at

    @Ihor_OD 

     

    I apologize for missed this topic, but I'm pleased to see that you managed to resolve it on own. Happy Automation!!

     

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