How to track user logout time in PowerApps Canvas App?

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by nsmarathe

How to track user logout time in PowerApps Canvas App without adding logout button.

Categories:

Building Power Apps

All responses (8)

Answers (0)

Sort by

WarrenBelz 156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@nsmarathe ,

If the user simply closes the browser tab (which I assume will be a lot of the time), there is no way of doing this - enforcing logout by a button / icon is the only way.

Please click Accept as solution if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Thumbs Up.

MVP (Business Applications) Visit my blog Practical Power Apps
Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @nsmarathe ,

Having a logout button will help.
1. When all starts, then you can initiate a timer and when user click on logout, then you can track the start & logout time

Let me know if this helps
Thanks 😀
mmollet 3,187 on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Do you have a reson that you or your users dont want to have to use a button? Maybe there is another outside of the box way to accomplish what you want.
WarrenBelz 156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@Anonymous ,

You do not need a timer - if you are writing a record to an audit file, you will have the Created date and time.
nsmarathe 30 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

I cannot force users to click on logout button. Users can close the browser directly. So need some solution on it.
Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
The screen property OnHidden is triggered when closed, for single screen apps it would be as simple as:
Patch('Tracker', {timeLeft: Now()})
For multi-screen apps you could either make a session ID and update the session's timeLeft every time the screen changes or:
1. All navigation buttons set a 'leaving' variable to false
2. All screens OnView change this variable to true
Then if a user closes the powerapp, leaving will be true, as they are not navigating to a new page
If(leaving = true,Patch('Tracker', {timeLeft: Now()}))
WarrenBelz 156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@Anonymous ,

That was buggy last time I looked at it (some time ago however) - a bit of testing - it seems to work OK
Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Is the OnHidden trigger unreliable?