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Power Automate - Using Flows
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Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

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Posted on 5 Apr 2021 23:14:25 by 50

Hello all,

 

I have a flow that is set to trigger once a year when the year rolls over. I have received an alert telling me that my flow is not running and will be turned off in 30 days. Does this mean that the flow won't trigger at the beginning of the year, or does it just mean that it won't run until then?

 

Regards,

Bronwyn

  • Bron Profile Picture
    50 on 08 Apr 2021 at 00:43:58
    Re: Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

    Thanks to both of you. I have set it to trigger once a month, and will check it at the beginning of next month. Hopefully it will work!

     

    Regards,

    Bron

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    67,165 Most Valuable Professional on 06 Apr 2021 at 12:54:12
    Re: Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

    The only way to keep it from being turned off for inactivity would be to change the recurrence trigger to activate more frequently.  I would set it to activate once a month on the first day of the month.  Then have the first step check to see if its January 1.  If not terminate the flow.

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    v-litu-msft Profile Picture
    on 06 Apr 2021 at 06:45:54
    Re: Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

    Hi @Bron,

     

    As a workaround, you could set the Recurrence trigger to run it every day.

    Then use formatDateTime() function to convert current date to "MM-dd", for example, if the date is first day of one year, do the following steps, or do nothing:

    formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM-dd')

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    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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  • Bron Profile Picture
    50 on 06 Apr 2021 at 01:43:24
    Re: Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

    Is there any way of stopping it from being turned off?

  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    67,165 Most Valuable Professional on 06 Apr 2021 at 01:25:02
    Re: Will a turned off flow run once the trigger is in play?

    Unless you turn the flow back on at some point prior to the recurrence trigger the flow will not run.  If you turn the flow back on it will trigger at the beginning of the new year.  But I would wait until November/December to turn it back on.

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