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Does a patch statement from a Power Apps form cause a Power Automate Flow to run?

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Posted on by NiteWalker

Hi,

I have a simple patch statement I want to use in my Power App, but I don't want any Power Automate flows to run. Does a patch statement cause the flows to be triggered? If so, anyway to stop the flow?

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Monty

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WarrenBelz 153,084 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi NiteWalker

They are completely separate functions - a Patch should not cause a Flow to run unless you have a Flow run command in the same piece of code. What are you experiencing ?

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I have one field in my list that is not getting populated when the item is saved from a update on a form. Possibly the way I set it on a drop down onchange. So, I was going to populate it with a patch statement. But, I don't want the flow to run when I do it. My flow uses the "when an item is created or modified". So, I wasn't sure if the patch would make that run since it is modifying an item on the list.

I was trying to test it yesterday using emails to know if it was the patch statement and it seemed to be sending me an email from the flow. But, with the way emails can take a few minutes sometimes, I wasn't sure what was going on.

-Monty

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Yes that is a glitch with Combo Boxes triggering OnChange events when a Form is opened. The best way to manage this is to make sure it is actually changed and compare its contents with the value stored in the data source field. Example using Choice field
If( Self.Selected.Value <> ThisItem.ChoiceField.Value, Run flow . . .

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