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How to copy list variable values manually ?

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I had an error in my flow but the list variable still containes the values I want but when I double click on the variable I cant find any way to get a copy of this list, is there a way to do that ?

 

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  • UshaJyothiKasibhotla Profile Picture
    225 Moderator on at

    You can call them by index and use wherever you need like

    %List[index]%

    But see whether values are stored or not and if you can once again delete the action and do it again.

    Create new list and add item to list activities 

    Hope this helps 

    Usha 

     

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Most Valuable Professional on at

    No, you cannot copy the values out directly from the variable preview in any way after your flow ends/fails. 

    Not that you should be running your flow from the designer anyway - it's only intended for debugging. You should run it from the main Power Automate Desktop console. The flow will run much faster that way.

     

    As to your need to retain the values even if your flow fails, I would suggest writing those values to a text file or something like that. Either writing every value as soon as you have it by using Write text to file and appending a new line each time, or using an On block error action on your entire flow, so it catches the error, and when it happens, calling a sub-flow that would write the entire list somewhere.

     

    This is a recommendation for next time. There's nothing you can do about it for the current run that has already failed, if you're still waiting on it.

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  • William5234 Profile Picture
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    Thanks but what is Power Automate Desktop console ?

  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Most Valuable Professional on at

    It's the app window that contains all of your flows. That's where you should run them from:

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