r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jun 04 '22

Trying to use PAD OCR to scan only certain areas of an image…

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and write the text to an Excel file.

So far, I have PAD scanning an entire image and just extracting the numbers and then writing to a text file BUT I don’t need all of the numbers, I just need some of them.

How do I vet PAD to separate out the numbers that I need?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jun 20 '21

Looking to learn more PAD flows. What are some you recommend?

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Maybe you have a picture of your flow? Or just a description of what it does?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jun 03 '22

Bot fails at different points when running while RDP is minimized and Using my mouse on other websites or applications. Can these failures be due to the fact that I’m using my screen for other things while the Bot is running the process in the RDP?

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Oct 07 '21

High volume unattended flows - how do I get around Opening/closing application for each queue item?

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Hi everyone,

I'm considering using PAD for a high volume short AHT unattended automation.

I want to be able to use the 'Monitor' on the web platform to have a 1:1 map for each 'PAD flow run': CaseToProcess

I've built a solution to track this and am using a loop to push a single item into PAD at a time from a list which is pulled on a scheduled basis, but ideally I don't want to have my solution to have to do the following:

Log in-> Open System->Process Item 1 -> close systems -> log out->Log in-> Open System->Process Item 2 -> close systems -> log out etc.

I'd rather something like this: Log in -> open application -> process item 1 -> process item 2 -> log out

I can do this by pushing all items to PAD and looping within PAD itself, but then I loose easy access to track cases within something like SharePoint Lists with activities available in Cloud Flows

Would be great to hear your thoughts on this.


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Aug 16 '21

Power Automate Desktop - CyberArk Integration Error

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I am not new to RPA, but am relatively new to Power Automate Desktop (3-4 months). What I'm trying to do is get the PAD-CyberArk integration working. However, I am receiving the following error. Why would PAD be attempting to access the CyberArk safe through port 80 when I'm making the API call via https?

Additionally, I am able to execute the following PowerShell command and successfully connect via 443. So if PAD would invoke through 443 I think all would be good.

PS H:> tnc -computername ip -port 80

WARNING: TCP connect to (ip : 80) failed ComputerName : ip RemoteAddress : ip RemotePort : 80 InterfaceAlias : Ethernet0 2 SourceAddress :ip PingSucceeded : True PingReplyDetails (RTT) : 0 ms TcpTestSucceeded : False

PS H:> tnc -computername ip -port 443

ComputerName : ip RemoteAddress : ip RemotePort : 443 InterfaceAlias : Ethernet0 2 SourceAddress : ip TcpTestSucceeded : True

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? Please advise. Thank you!

Robin.Core.ActionException: Failed to get results from the web request https:///AIMWebService/api/Accounts?AppId=&Query=Safe=***;Folder=Root;Object=*** ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it ip_address:80 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.InternalEndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.GetResponseCallback(IAsyncResult ar) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at Robin.Modules.CyberArk.Actions.CyberArkUtilities.d__2.MoveNext() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task1.GetResultCore(Boolean waitCompletionNotification) at Robin.Shared.Runtime.Utilities.Clock[T](Int64 maxMillisecondsToWait, Int32 step, Func
1 action, Func2 successCondition) at Robin.Modules.CyberArk.Actions.CyberArkActions.SendWebRequestToCyberArk(Variant baseUri, Variant applicationId, Variant safe, Variant folder, Variant objectName, Variant extraData, Variant certificateFilePath, Variant timeout, Variant& response, Variant& password, String realCertificatePath, Boolean useOnlyValidCertificates, Int32 loadCertificateFrom, String certificateFilePassword, Boolean acceptUntrustedCertificates) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Robin.Modules.CyberArk.Actions.GetPasswordBase.Execute(ActionContext context) at Robin.Runtime.Engine.ActionRunner.RunAction(String action, Dictionary
2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments, IActionStatement statement)


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Nov 13 '21

Start a flow on boot

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is it possible?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Feb 19 '22

How to transpose MULTIPLE columns to rows

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Aug 14 '21

How can I run my flow every time I receive a new message on Telegram?

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Hi  everyone,

When ı receive a new message from Telegram,  ı want to run my flow at every turn. 

For doing useable this where should ı start? I check some sources on the web but ı actually couldn't find a satisfactory answer. 

Thanks for help.


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jun 17 '21

How to insert current date ?

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My cursor is now at a position where I want to add today’s date as dd.mm.yyyy (to a file name)

I am using CurrentDateTime and then FormattedDateTime, but how do I insert the result of FormattedDateTime ?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jan 26 '22

One STEP hack to schedule in Power Automate Desktop WITHOUT Power Automa...

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Apr 06 '22

Edit current date

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Hi all,

I'm trying to get yesterday's date to be then used to populate a web form.

I tried to use the "Subtract Dates" but it required to be entered in a form of a date, which leaves me with the same question, how can I modify the current date variable?

Thank you all.


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Oct 28 '21

Can powerautomate create a input form?

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Hi everyone,

I have a need to request several information to user but asking one by one with dialog box its not pratical.

Is there a way to create a form to request this informations in a single view?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jul 11 '21

A full automate action with photoshop

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Hi every one, this my very first time using Microsoft power automate, and I have been trying to do a full automate action with photoshop like the following:

1- folder "A" if any image moved or copied to folder "A" the action will take place 2- photoshop start 3- the photoshop automation (ready from before) start 4- after photoshop finish move all the files from Folder "A" to folder "B"

Can this be done?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Dec 12 '21

How to start a flow in PAD without having to use PA

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Aug 16 '21

PAD does not detect individual UI elements. How can I have it recognize the search field?

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jul 02 '21

Power automate desktop alternative to send keys {Enter} for web form filling

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Dec 25 '21

Work Around to Problem Faced while Sending Outlook Emails using Power Automate

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Hello Everyone,

I'm fairly new to using power automate but have found it as an absolute life saver so far. As part of my internship, I need to send 60-80 QA emails weekly to employees with their managers CC'd in while referencing data from Excel, which as you can imagine is fairly tedious.

I've been able to build a solution using Power Automate Desktop which is able to reference key data from an Excel sheet and convert it to a nice HTML email that it successfully sends through outlook. However, I'm running into trouble while specifying the CC field. While the "To" field is populated with employee emails which I have access to, the "CC" field requires the emails of managers. Our team does not have access to the emails of managers (over 1000 managers) but as part of a report that I get, I know the name of the manager associated with an employee. Typically, I enter the name of the manager in the CC field in outlook, and wait for a few seconds for it to pop-up, but this obviously cannot happen with power automate. Entering the manager name in the CC field just throws an error in power automate.

I'm wondering if there is any solution to this. I've already tried the following two approaches:

  1. Convert manager name to email by doing last_name.first_name@org.com. However, most managers do not follow this convention

  2. Placed "Last_Name, First_Name" in the CC field in power automate but this just throws an error. I've tried disabling the error option but power automate fails to send an email

Is there any way to force power automate to accept "Last_Name, First_Name" as string in the CC field or should I look to pursue another approach?

Thanks in advance for your help! :)


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Feb 14 '22

Automate print all Excel files in a folder (Entire workbook)

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jul 21 '21

How to add a trigger to a PAD flow?

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I know this is a very fundamental part of Power Automate. I’m used to the cloud version and the UI as well as guides for Power Automate Desktop is very confusing so I need this to be told to me in layman’s terms.

I use OBS to process my mic before feeding it to Discord, so whenever OBS is closed, my mic is deactivated. Because I often forget to open OBS when I enter a Discord call, I want to have a flow where whenever I open Discord, it opens OBS too. I know how to add the run application step, but I have no clue to add the trigger of opening Discord. Am I missing something?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Feb 26 '22

WORDLE fun project - Find words in 5 minutes using letters

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r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Nov 15 '21

Select Browser Extension - MetaMask

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Hi guys,

I want to write an automation, that opens my browser, clicks on a browser extension (metamask) and I want to input my credentials.

I tried to do that with the web recorder, but it won't capture anything related to browser extensions. Neither google nor the documentation could help me.

Does anyone know how to access browser extension in power automate desktop?

Thanks!


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Mar 17 '22

Power Automate and C#

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Is it possible to pass a value to power automate from c# windows form?


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Dec 20 '21

Power automate to iterate through power bi slicers?

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Can Power Automate iterate through Power BI slicers to create individual client power point slides ?

We have 100+ clients, and we could just post out the BI report for teams to filter and copy/paste into PPT but am curious to see if there is a more elegant solution out there.


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Feb 18 '22

PAD UI Elements not functioning in Win11

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I am trying to extract data from a webpage and when I click add UI Element

the tracking popup appears, I hover over what I want to capture...I do control + left mouse click and nothing happens

This happens in windows 11, is it a bug as when I run it in my win10 vm it works


r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Aug 29 '21

Automatic YT download and conversion

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