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Questions about Power Automate Desktop for Windows 10 and 11.

Submit questions related to Power Automate Desktop from Microsoft, an automation tool primarily focused on Microsoft Windows 10 and 11. Questions about the cloud version (Power Automate) should be tagged with power-automate instead.

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MS power automate read XML returns no children, can't get elemen value

I´m trying to read an XML file with Power Automate desktop app, however when reading it, only a single node is shown, and using "XML get element value" returns nothing. No luck using xpath expressions either. im trying to retrieve the "cnpj" value…
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How to get structured email headers from Outlook and process them in Power Automate Desktop

I am looking for a way to get structured email headers from Outlook and process them in Power Automate Desktop. Assumptions You can retrieve email headers in Outlook by using the following…
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How to trigger Excel AutoFill using power Automate

I have an excel sheet that I am creating using Power Automate. The sheet is populated with some data from the web and at some point I add a column (lets say at column 4 and then I have a function there - lets assume its "=B2+C2" - now I want to…
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How to schedule automated tasks with power automate desktop

I know power automate desktop does not yet have the scheduled tasks feature but we can achieve the same via a perpetual loop as shown below and then running the flow to until the boundary conditions are met to trigger the action. Please check the…
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Python 2.7 in Microsoft Power Automate is acting like JSON is not installed

I'm trying to run some Python code in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop. I'm aware that PAD will only run Python version 2.7 or earlier. I have tested the code in the command line and it appears to work using Python 2.7. Typing 'py -2.7…
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add number from Json to SQL table in PowerAutomate desktop

I'm trying to get data from accounting software per Api by PoweAutomate desktop. I get Json object and convert it to custom object. Then I assign every atribute to a variable for adding it in sql table. But I have a problem. This number is read…
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Power Automate Desktop - Pass User Input as Variable into SQL Query

What is the correct way to take user input in Power Automate Desktop and pass that input as a parameter/variable in an SQL query. For example, if user enters a value of 3, how do I run a SQL query that looks like - select * from table where value >…
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Trigger a particular flow in Power Automate Desktop

I want to trigger a particular flow in Power Automate Desktop. How can I do this instead of clicking on the run button against the flow manually? Is there a way?
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How to run Power Automate's Schedule Cloud flow's Desktop Flow action by connecting to VM that doesn't allow user/password login?

I am trying to use the Desktop Flow action in a Scheduled Cloud flow run so I can run my PAD flows automatically in the VM. My issue is whether I am trying to connect via an on premise gateway or directly to the machine I am completely unable to…
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Set the checkbox state in the window in which the window title changes dynamically (UI automation > Form filling)

I'm trying to create a flow where it checks the status of the checkbox for multiple windows (i.e. Windows app which changes the title dynamically). Currently, "set checkbox state window" in power automate desktop will allow to select form app window…
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Can I change powershell version to 7 with "Run PowerShell script" action on Power Automate Desktop?

Can I change powershell version to 7 on "Run PowerShell script" action? If I can, how? I know this post but I couldn't find if I can change the version PAD…
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How to authorize a request from Power Automate Desktop to Dataverse?

I'm looking for some advice about authorization for a request I'm making in Power Automate Desktop using the action 'Invoke Web Service'. I'm using this request to get information from Dataverse. I've currently set up this request using OAuth2.0…
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conditional flow in Power Automate Desktop

I apologize for my English. I want my flow in PAD to take the 'Yes' and 'No' values from a column in an Excel file And if yes, it opens the link from another column and write the value of the desired UI-element in the Excel file. If-condition and…
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How to open URLs from a excel sheet to Power Automate "Go to web page"?

I have multiple URLs on an excel sheet (RPA_Test) in column A from rows 2 to 5. I want to Go to web page by For each loop and copy a specific text from each URL. How do I open the URL one by one and perform the task for each URL available in the…
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How to access flow variables from javascript in power automate

I'm working on a power automate flow and I'm having some trouble. I copied some text to my clipboard in the flow and i asigned it to a variable in my flow. I'm trying to parse the variable using the javascript scripting feature but i'm getting a…
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