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How can store failed desktop flow error within cloud flow ?

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Hello,

In my use case, I'm running calling desktop flow (by action 'Run a flow built with the power Automate for Desktop') from the cloud flow. For any reason the desktop flow is failing and returns the output body details with error.

I want to catch and store the error message occurred from Desktop flow action. In 'Compose' action set as 'Configure run after as 'has failed', looking at the Dynamic content, I'm NOT seeing the body variable of the run desktop flow action.

[We see the body variable if it is the cloud flow called as child flow, but not the desktop flow.]

How can I store this error message that I can use to send either through email or store somewhere else?

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adbryson 23 on at

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Thanks @Nived_Nambiar , just what I was looking for! And thanks for a quick and to the point answer!

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Nived_Nambiar 18,136 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Niraj466

For getting the output body from run desktop flow action, you can use the outputs function
outputs(action_name) , where the action name you have to pass in to the function.
Here i have use the below flow

Here i have made one compose to run when desktop flow is failed , other compose action to run when desktop flow is success.

In the compose Failed, i have used the below expression:
outputs('Run_a_flow_built_with_Power_Automate_for_desktop')?['body']?['error']?['code']

This will capture the error code, you can change the code to message if you want error message.

Hope this helps 🙂
Mark it as solution if it resolves your query 🙂

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Hey @Niraj466

You can follow my below technique to log errors in sharepoint or in any database:

Logging of Actions in Sharepoint. [Inputs, Outputs, Final Status, Start Time, End Time], Log Errors.

I hope this helps 🙂

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