Questions tagged [power-automate-desktop]

Questions about Power Automate Desktop for Windows 10 and 11.

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How do I read a MS Power Automate data table in Python?

I am wondering how to read the format of a MS power automate data table and convert it into a an array in python so that i can use it. It would have to solve the problem of spaces, maybe by turning them into underscores and also be able to handle…
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Power Automate - Changed VBscript recorded on SAP to work with variables but syntax error occurred

I created two variables that are obtained after a message box asks the user what is the initial and end date that he/she wants to extract the data on the SAP transaction. Then I recorded a Vbscript on SAP to automate the extraction of data, then I…
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Power Automate Desktop - Convert a data table (with multiple rows) to JSON

I've been researching the best way to convert a data table from excel (with multiple rows) to JSON. I found a solution on here that appears to "mostly" work, but I am not familiar with JSON to know if it's converting multiple rows correctly. Here is…
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How to change ID name in chrome and save it permanently?

I got a web form to enter 5000 contact numbers. I'm trying to input data automatically through Power Automate. But then that doesn't work properly. Because the ID name of two field are the same in the form. as a result same data are copied in both…
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Power automate desktop error while using run application

I am using Power Automate desktop. I run Visual Studio 2017 using run application and I get the following error : Can't retrieve main window handle for application What do I do and how? Please be specific . It's 2022 and all the other answers are…
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Power Automate Desktop Fill Data from excel to website but multi UI ELEMENT

I am a newbie working on power automate desktop and sorry if my english is not good. Currently I am making a flow that will populate the website from my excel. Excel I will have a list of lists I want it to populate in order. But I am having a…
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Power Automate Desktop version retrieve messages from outlook variable not working

I am trying to use "retrieve email messages from outlook" in power automate and filter by "body contains", so I want to set a dynamic variable in the body contains which is today's date, how to achieve this ? I try to use “Run python script" from…
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excel data update with current date and time using azure power automate

I am working on to automate my daily task using azure power automate tool. here I have to update my excel cell with current date and value every day. I have tried to do the google but could not find any solution can any one suggest how to replace…
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Get word in list variable with a other variable in Power Automate

Quick question: how to get particular word from list variable "randomly" in Power Automate? I try: SendKeys: %Words[RandomText]% Words is a list var with 1000 words, RandomText is a var with a random value (0 -> 999) but I have the error: The…
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power automate desktop - convert list into data table

I read some text from a pdf into Power automate desktop. It is in the form of a list like 0 | 123 Testing Company 23.00 1 | Generation Z Co 555.11 2 | Tea Company 1,234.99 I need to separate the list into columns where the number at the end of the…
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How to exit a loop based on a condition in Power Automate?

I have an excel table and I want to look for a specific value I fetched in it. if it is there then do an action and exit the loop and if not in the list then after exiting the loop do some actions.
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How to Change Date Format in Power Automate

I've tried pulling outlook emails in an excel table via power automate. All the details are getting pulled in respective columns; however date & time is getting pulled in different format i.e. 27-07-2022T12:40:11+00:00. May I know how can I get it…
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power automate no dynamic content available

In power automate every time when I try to list a table in excel it says no dynamic content available whereas I listed the same table few days back it was working fine , I need solution for this
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How do I add a column to scraped data?

I'm doing some data scraping by iterating over a list of internal IDs to open a url and scrape table data but I can't figure out how to add that internal ID as a column so each table row also contains the internal ID for that iteration.
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PAD JQuery - inner text in sibling of a parent

I am using Power Automate Desktop to get information from a dynamically generated website. The elements go very deep and they don't mostly have usable handles, so I need to use the inner text to navigate around the document. I am able to get to the…
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