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Power Automate Add New Row to Excel Table - Slow or Failing due to 504 Gateway Timeout Error

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I have 4 flows which are all setup the same: a MS Form submission triggers the flow and after a get response details step, I have a simple action to add a new row to an Excel table. 

 

2/4 flows are working fine, typically taking 5-30 seconds to add the row and then move on in the flow. However the other 2 are very problematic. They either fail and never add the row with "BadGateway (504)" errors. Or, they take 30+ min to add the row. Sometimes, the flow will even fail, but then 2h later or so, several duplicate rows will all get added in bulk. 😕 

 

I am almost certain that the issue is related to the Excel tables themselves. This is because I've run many tests and if I keep everything the same but change the Excel table to a new one, it works. However, it's not a permanent fix. The issue keeps coming back. 

 

It's quite odd to me that 2/4 of my flows are working. Each is connected to a unique Excel file/table, however, the build is all structurally the same. 

 

Does anyone have any solutions? 

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  • takolota1 Profile Picture
    4,974 Moderator on at

    Are these very large tables and/or do they have many calculations?

    I ran into similar problems recently & ended up using Office Scripts to add my rows instead where I could optimize the script code. Like I could turn workbook calculations off before adding it.

     

     

    If you’re just experiencing this with regular or even empty tables, that sounds more like a bug MS needs to fix.

  • takolota1 Profile Picture
    4,974 Moderator on at

    Are these very large tables and/or do they have many calculations?

    I ran into similar problems recently & ended up using Office Scripts to add my rows instead where I could optimize the script code. Like I could turn workbook calculations off before adding it.

     

     

    If you’re just experiencing this with regular or even empty tables, that sounds more like a bug MS needs to fix.

  • dylchuck Profile Picture
    7 on at

    The tables are 13 columns, and have no formatting or calculations. 

     

    Yeah I am currently in contact with MS Support, and no solutions been found yet. 

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