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PVA flow which can change power app variables?

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I want to create a flow which is triggered by my copilot in conversation which can change a variable in a Power Apps canvas app. This would be great because the bot is embedded in the canvas app.

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Basically the bot asks a question: Do you want to fill in a form?

The user replies: Yes

The bot triggers a flow.

 

The flow connects to the canvas app.

The flow sets the canvas app variable 'IsFormVisible' = true.

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There doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this. Has anyone done something similar? I am thinking maybe have a parent and child flow, where the PVA flow triggers the Power Apps flow, but this doesn't seem to work. I was wondering if this could be done with https actions? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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  • Nina131 Profile Picture
    Nina131 35 on at
    Re: PVA flow which can change power app variables?

    That seems to be the case. Would be interesting in seeing how the integration with power apps is improved going forward. I have just used an adaptive card in the PVA, although it isn't as exciting.

     

    Thank you

  • adilei Profile Picture
    adilei on at
    Re: PVA flow which can change power app variables?

    I don't think this can be achieved using a client-side design. i.e. you would have to have your copilot save a value to a backend service (e.g. Dataverse) and have your canvas app read from the same backend.

     

    There are pro-dev patterns that would allow client-side messaging, but they would be effort intense.

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