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Button triggered Sharepoint Flows in Canvas App within a Solution

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We have a Development Power Apps Environment where we build our Apps

We then migrate them as Managed to a Test environment using PowerApps Solutions

Once tested and signed off, we migrate them as Managed to a Production environment using PowerApps Solutions

I guess most people use a similar set up.

 

We have a couple of Buttons in our unmanaged Development environment Canvas App that run Power Automate Flows

  • Press a button in the Canvas App to look into a folder of JSON files stored in Sharepoint and create new Dataverse Records in a table based on the JSON files present
  • Press a button to select a file & upload to Sharepoint
  • When file uploaded to Sharepoint, create Dataverse Record in a table

 

BLOCKER

In reading the below, it seems to me that Power Automate flows are very limited if one is using the Solutions framework. Only automated and scheduled flows seem to be available, nothing that can be manually triggered by a user pressing a button, once the App has been migrated within a Solution

Am I understanding this correctly?

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/solutions-overview

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    v-xiaochen-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @LauraMay ,

     

    According to your description, let me explain why you encountered this problem.

     

    Canvas app instant flows should be created from an app already in a solution. Adding this type of flow from outside solutions is blocked.

    v-xiaochen-msft_0-1608112024956.png

     

    So, you could use instant flow in your solution. Pay attention to the following points.

    1. Add the canvas app to the solution first, then create an instant flow in the app and add it to the app.
    2. When you migrate the solution to another environment as a hosting, you need to edit the app first. Please remove the instant flow and add it again.
    3. Finally, save and publish the app.

     

    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

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