Get name of current solution

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Hi All,

I have 2 solutions 'Leave Approval' and 'Purchase Order Approval'. Inside of each solution I have a flow called 'Approver Response'. One is the approver response for Purchase Orders and the other is the approver response for the leave approval.

Each flow has a try-catch pattern which posts the name of the flow and a link to the failed run to a Microsoft Teams channel. When looking at the posted error message in Teams, there is no way of distinguishing between 'Purchase Order - Approver Response' and the 'Leave Approval - Approver Response'.

If I could dynamically get the name of the current solution, I would be able to include it in my error message, thereby making it clear which solution the failed flow run belongs to.

My question is, how do I get the name of the current solution in my flow (not the current environment or flow)?

Thanks everyone.

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fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

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Hi @LKS

Unfortunately you can't get the solution name, as you can see by the output of the "list my flows" action:

An idea could be to use a variable that stores which is the caller, and pass it to the "Approver Response" flow, so you can distinguish who is the caller.

Hope it helps!

Ferran

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Hi @LKS ,

I had the same request. While there is no function like workflow() that provides solution-level metadata, one of the power platform family members ( @Expiscornovus aka Dennis Goedegebuure) has developed a useful workaround.

Dennis demonstrates how to query Dataverse's metadata tables to get solution-level details.

Read Dennis's full explanation here: https://www.expiscornovus.com/2022/01/09/solution-name-and-version-of-flow/
By Dennis Goedegebuure | Solution-level metadata

Small note: Dataverse connector require a Power Automate Pro licence 😩
Powerautomate.microsoft.com | Microsoft Dataverse connectors

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