Thanks both for your reply.
Quotes randomly appeared in the list the day after. But the flow is still not working, it just doesn't appear in the flows available for a user to run. It used to but has now disappeared, it seems, never to return!
Although Microsoft would like everyone to start using flow, I feel for this particular use case, i.e. on-demand flows, it just isn't ready. It feels very hit and miss, and very buggy. It's a shame, I am a huge fan of flow too, it's a massive game changer and makes almost anything possible. But this bit needs work IMO.
Stewart
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Stewart Tranter
Business Systems Manager
idverde
Derbyshire, UK
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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 17, 2021 03:00 AM
From: Donal McCarthy
Subject: On-demand workflows in Power Automate
The 'When a record is selected' trigger is not available in the new 'Common Data Service (Current Environment)' set of triggers but it is available in the older 'Common Data Service' collection. Search for common when creating the flow and you will be able to select the 'When a record is selected' trigger and apply it to any table that is in the environment. It is a bit flakey though and like Niels says, not solution aware, but I have been able to move it between environments without any issues.
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Donal McCarthy
Digital Marketing Administrator
BrightWork
Galway
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 16, 2021 02:18 PM
From: Niels Søgaard Lønberg
Subject: On-demand workflows in Power Automate
It might be my explanation that was a bit off.
You don't have to create the flow in the default environment itself. However, when you create the flow, let's say in your development environment (selected in the top right corner of make.powerapps.com), you can only select the default environment in the trigger:
If you are still having issues finding the Quote entity from the dropdown, you can try to use the Enter custom value under option and the type quote and see if that works.
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Niels Lønberg
Digital Sales Specialist
Semco Maritime
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 16, 2021 10:32 AM
From: Stewart Tranter
Subject: On-demand workflows in Power Automate
Thanks for the reply!
Well that's pretty annoying seeing as the entity for the on-demand workflow isn't in our default environment (Quotes). Am I ok to set it another entity that is, such as Accounts, then change it when it's reimported to an environment which has this entity? Or must the flow for these triggers be entirely developed in the default environment and not touched once exported/imported.
Thank you in advance,
Stewart
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Stewart Tranter
Business Systems Manager
idverde
Derbyshire, UK
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 16, 2021 09:00 AM
From: Niels Søgaard Lønberg
Subject: On-demand workflows in Power Automate
@Stewart Tranter Instant (on demand) flows only work in the Default environment, so you cannot include them in a solution (which sucks).
So instead of of clicking on Solution on make.powerapps.com and then adding a flow, you will need to click on Flows and create it from there.
You then have to export the flow manually, and import it to the target environment.
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Niels Lønberg
Digital Sales Specialist
Semco Maritime
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 16, 2021 07:38 AM
From: Stewart Tranter
Subject: On-demand workflows in Power Automate
Hi,
I'm trying to write a new Power Automate Flow that's available as on-demand for the user. In the old world, I'd have created an on-demand workflow. I just can't see how to do it in Power Automate. When I try to create my flow, there is no "When a Record is Selected" trigger available to me. Do I need to switch something on or is there now a different way of doing it?
Thanks
Stewart
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Stewart Tranter
Business Systems Manager
idverde
Derbyshire, UK
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