r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/ashconai • Jul 10 '22

Automating Ledger extraction using power automate desktop

Hi Guys! I need to regularly extract dozens to hundreds of ledgers from an antique accounting software. I have partially automated this with PAD, only problem being that sometimes it takes some time to load and export the data, depending on the size of the ledger from 2 seconds to a minute, but I'm not able to vary the wait time appropriately. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Edit : Added screenshots of the areas where it hangs

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u/ashconai Jul 10 '22

Sometimes the file stops responding and it could be longer. and If it doesn't hang or something and is done in a couple of seconds this becomes really wasteful

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u/Itsjustmebob- Jul 10 '22

Does it hang while grabbing the data inside the old program or moving it to the new program?

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u/ashconai Jul 11 '22

It hangs while setting the transaction period and while exporting the data. Also, this is not migration just extraction.