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Flow calling flow - child flows runs but does nothing

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Hello fellow Power Platform users!

I have an issue I can't wrap my head around. It might be my execution ( I come from a more typical development background) or simply my lack of understading of the tool.

 

I have a main flow (main) that update a dataverse table (dataverse1) in a loop.

 

For that table (dataverse1), I have made a second flow (child), that is triggered when dataverse1 has an item created or updated. 

 

The second flow (child) is called roughly 100 times and updates another dataverse table (dataverse2).  

 

Alle these child flows are fairly simple but somehow keeps on running. Since the (child) flow updates a dataverse (dataverse2) I can easily follow the progres and nothing is happening. 

 

This was one attempt I started before leaving my PC. 3 (!) hours later I come back to my PC and most of them are still running:

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On another try, I is clear that some of the child flows finish within seconds, while others just keeps spinning, but doesn't do anything.

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I looked into Degree of Parallelism and changed the default settings. I must admit, tho, that I don't fully understand the concept. I feel the documentation is lacking. 

 

I really look forward to hear from you! Thanks!

 

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