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What's the easiest way to trigger a flow from a button (model driven app)?

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Hello. I find difficult to trigger a powerautomate flow from a basic button (command bar) in a data model driven power app (I know it's easier in a canvas app). Do someone know what's the best and easiest way, and without installing the Ribbon Workbench (tried without success)?

Is there a possibility with some javascript code or with a powerfx formula? I have seen a post about a function like MyFlow.Run in the power community, but it appears not to be true.

For the moment I keep triggering the flow from a dataverse change.

Thank you.

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ANB 7,223 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Gilles12 , Have you checked this:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Run-a-flow-from-Model-Driven-App-UI/td-p/1675089
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Manually-trigger-flow-from-Model-Driven-App/td-p/1606117

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Thank you for your quick response, but before I go in this direction, I am not sure I can pass the row ID as a parameter (currently my flow is triggered by something like a record change, so I need to keep receving what's the object the request is about to perform the actions). Do you know?

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I replied too fast, I see this is possible... Let's explore this...

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Hi @Gilles12,

Using the when a Row is Selected trigger in Power Automate is one way to run your flow on demand and pass the row in.

Here is a good video from Scott Durow that explains different approaches that you can use for both single or multiple records.

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Thanks guys! I will stick for the moment on my simple Dataverse trigger based on a row or field change, as all the solutions you highlighted here (thanks for that) are not very straighforward. I have tried the HTTP request one, but it requires playing with libraries, authentication issues, etc. The Power FX one needs to add significant code as well. I was hoping a very simple way to exist. PowerApps make the life so easier for certain things that I was naively expecting to be able to relate a basic button to the name of my flow. What would prevent this to exist? Anyway, thanks!

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Hi @Gilles12,

Yes I understand the frustration, being able to Run a Flow from a Power FX command button is something we've been waiting for a while to be added. "In the fullness of time" is what we hear, so hopefully sometime soon..

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Hi all,
Today I found the easiest solution so far.
Below the explanation for implementing an unbound action (without any context): so to just run a flow.
1. Create a custom API

Unique Name: prefix_StartMyFlow

Display Name: Start My Flow

Binding Type: Global (no entity needed)

Execute Privilege Name: empty

Is Function: No

Is Private: No

Allow Custom Processing Step Registration: Async Only

Enabled for Workflow: Yes

2. Create your cloud flow

Trigger: Dataverse When action is performed

Select:

Catalog: ALL

Category: ALL

Table name: none

Action name: unique name of the custom API

3. add command button in modern command designer
and add enclosed javascript (sufficient documentation on this available)

Explanation:
* javascript calls the custom api
* Dataverse raises the unbound action
* Flow triggers

No authentication
No URL's

Scalable, you can add parameters later
You can even make the javascript more generic by using the name of the custom api as an input parameter.

Call Custom API j...

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Gabriel G. 831 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi there!

As @ChrisPiasecki mentioned, you can use a column thart you update from command bar, which trigger a flow.

For example, you create a new Date field named 'publishedDate' on table concerned. Then, you use PowerFX to update the column on your command bar button action: Patch(<tablename>, Self.Selected.AllItems, {publishedDate: Now()}).

Now, it is easy to trigger your flow from this column changed.

I hope it helps!

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