Desktop flows
Enables desktop flows (previously called UI flows)
This connector is available in the following products and regions:
| Service | Class | Regions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Automate | Premium | All Power Automate regions |
| Power Apps | Premium | All Power Apps regions |
| Connector Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Microsoft |
Creating a connection
The connector supports the following authentication types:
| Directly to machine | Directly to machine | All regions | Not shareable |
| Using an on-premises data gateway (deprecated) | Use an on-premises data gateway | All regions | Not shareable |
| Default [DEPRECATED] | This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility. | All regions | Not shareable |
Directly to machine
Auth ID: azureRelay
Applicable: All regions
Directly to machine
This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine or machine group | string | Select the machine or machine group to connect to | True |
| Domain and username | securestring | Format as domain\username | True |
| Password | securestring | Password credential | True |
Using an on-premises data gateway (deprecated)
Auth ID: onPremisesDataGateway
Applicable: All regions
Use an on-premises data gateway
This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway | gatewaySetting | On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details | True |
| Domain and username | securestring | Format as domain\username | True |
| Password | securestring | Password credential | True |
Default [DEPRECATED]
Applicable: All regions
This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility.
This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway | gatewaySetting | On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details | True |
| Domain and username | securestring | Format as domain\username | True |
| Password | securestring | Password credential | True |
Throttling Limits
| Name | Calls | Renewal Period |
|---|---|---|
| API calls per connection | 200 | 60 seconds |
| Non-Get requests per connection | 300 | 3600 seconds |
Actions
| Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop |
A flow will automatically run a set of steps built by Power Automate for desktop. |
| Run a flow built with Selenium IDE |
A web flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single web app, using Selenium IDE. |
| Run a flow built with Windows recorder V1 (deprecated) [DEPRECATED] |
A flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single app using Windows recorder (V1) (deprecated). |
Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop
A flow will automatically run a set of steps built by Power Automate for desktop.
Parameters
| Name | Key | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Desktop flow
|
uiFlowId | True | string |
Choose an option or create your own |
|
Run Mode
|
runMode | True | string |
Choose between running while signed in (attended) or in the background (unattended). |
|
Priority
|
runPriority | string |
Choose an option or add your own |
|
|
item
|
item | dynamic |
The inputs. |
Returns
Run a flow built with Selenium IDE
A web flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single web app, using Selenium IDE.
Parameters
| Name | Key | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Desktop flow
|
uiFlowId | True | string |
Choose an option or create your own. |
|
Run Mode
|
runMode | string |
Choose between running while signed in (attended) or in the background (unattended). |
|
|
Priority
|
runPriority | string |
Choose an option or add your own |
|
|
item
|
item | True | dynamic |
The desktop flow inputs. |
Returns
Run a flow built with Windows recorder V1 (deprecated) [DEPRECATED]
A flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single app using Windows recorder (V1) (deprecated).
Parameters
| Name | Key | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Desktop flow
|
uiFlowId | True | string |
Choose an option or create your own |
|
Run Mode
|
runMode | string |
Choose between running while signed in (attended) or in the background (unattended). |
|
|
Priority
|
runPriority | string |
Choose an option or add your own |
|
|
item
|
item | dynamic |
The inputs. |