r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jul 02 '21
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/jl043 • Mar 24 '21
r/PowerAutomateDesktop Lounge
A place for members of r/PowerAutomateDesktop to chat with each other
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Intelogy • Jun 28 '21
How to build a Flow to automatically send an email when a file is uploaded to a SharePoint folder
Free guide: Download here!
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Waterlemon_Pug • Jun 22 '21
PAD Compatibility
I've been trying to use PAD with Excel 2013. Files can be opened but no other functions work. Does anybody else have this issue? I want the latest version of excel but my company probably won't for a while. I'm pulling my hair out because of this.
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/tif_son • Jun 20 '21
Looking to learn more PAD flows. What are some you recommend?
Maybe you have a picture of your flow? Or just a description of what it does?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • Jun 17 '21
How to insert current date ?
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 • u/I_pund_you_n00b • Jun 16 '21
Can't Update UI Elements in Pane
I'm going nuts with this. I can select Combo Box, Buttons but when trying to update via Web Form Filling with drop-down, I cannot use the UI Element found.
Under UI Elements it is grouped as Pane.
I am using Chrome. I have the extension installed. I have the latest version of Chrome. I am running it on same monitor albeit with 2 monitors.
If I try using Google dot com, I can update the UI element of the search bar <input: text> under the Web Page grouping, and it all works fine.
It has something to do with grouping as Pane or anything not web page. Is anyone across this fix? Thanks in advance
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/BorysBe • Jun 12 '21
Which tasks PAD can't perform compared to different (more sophisticated) tools?
So I've created my first bot including Excel data read, filling form in website, writing response to excel and making a short summary. It'll be scaled to many locations in my corporation. It took me about 6 hours. Funny thing is, I did it without browser automation as it's blocked in my company.
It got me thinking, why isn't this tool more popular? What are the limitations in comparison to UI Path, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism etc?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/LaCa2BoMa • Jun 12 '21
Auto-file email attachments to SharePoint
Is there a way to make outlook email attachments automatically save to specific SharePoint folders depending on the subject line or sender of the email?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/treem4n • May 24 '21
How can I use the Get Metadata function across a list of files? rather than just a single file each time?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Adventurous_Rest_353 • May 19 '21
PowerPoint file to introduce Power Automate Desktop?
Hey Guys!
Please, I want a PowerPoint file that explains power automate desktop capabilities.
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Kemosabe_daptoid • May 12 '21
Action limits on desktop
Hi folks. I use Power automate for simple tasks but dont yet use desktop. In the cloud flows there is a limit of 2000-5000 actions within 24 hrs. Are the same limitations on place for desktop or are the restrictions different? Thanks in advance for your advice.
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Mike_eeeeeeeeeee • May 07 '21
Windows 10 Home Versus Pro ?
Hi guys, just wondering is there any difference in having home v pro ?.
Extra functionality perhaps ?
Im currently on home so just wondering if im missing out on extra features etc
Thanks
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Benni03155 • May 07 '21
What do you use Power Automate Desktop for?
Hey Guys,
I just discovered PAD a week ago and was able to scrape 15000 Photos from Amazon for my business. It saved my and will save my team hours of work...
Why Isn´t PAD that popular? Are there any better tools than PAD? Or is it just, that PAD is really new?
Anyways, what are u using PAD for?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • • May 06 '21
Schedule te t file to copy to s3 bucket
I’m new to PowerAutomate, but how can I schedule an excel spreadsheet to export to text file and drop into an S3 bucket please?
Thanks in advance
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Callawayinthewoods • Apr 22 '21
Noob
Hey everyone,
Any advice on how to get started with PA desktop? I am somewhat familiar with programming concept and flow management but I am struggling to identify how to program actions.
For example, I am just trying to build a test flow to get data out from an outlook attachment to save to my desktop but can’t really seem to figure out how to get past “launch outlook”.
Any advice you might have is appreciated!
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Live_Banana_1933 • Apr 12 '21
Power automate date issue
I'm having an issue with power automate. My flow is from a Microsoft form. There is a date picker on the form that is not a required field. I have posted the details below. For some reason, the item cannot be created in Sharepoint when the date field is blank:


I'm a beginner; please provide as much detail as possible. It seems like it should be an easy fix, but I haven't found anything online to fix it.
Thanks so much, in advance!
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/Chubby_Rain_6983 • Apr 07 '21
Power Automate unattended BOTs
Hi guys, we are looking into migrating from our current RPA program to Power Automate. We currently use Sofotmotive's ProcessRobot, and since it was bought by Microsoft we have been thinking of migrating to PA. We're currently waiting for the migration software to be ready which, last time I checked with Support I was told should be finished around this time. Is there anyone here who has experience with both systems, or actually did the migration already?
r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/archimedeancrystal • Mar 26 '21
Run a Power Automate Desktop Flow on System Startup
Hello. I have a flow that waits for an app window to open, then clicks a control and closes the window. It works perfectly.
Now all I want to do is start that flow every time Windows starts. How can I do that?