Powerapps Run Trigger Error Handling

[Chenz1]

Need some help when an error has occured when triggering a flow.

Example submit button in powerapps will trigger a cloud flow. Cloud flow is using SharePoint. If a user submits a form within the power app without sharepoint access the cloud flow trigger will not run at all.

Is there a way to catch the error in power apps when a cloud flow has failed to start on the run function.

Im using the iferror statement but this doesnt catch the error.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[WiZey · Accepted solution]

Hello @Chenz1 ,

It is possible from Power Automate to return a parameter to Power Apps, allowing you to check if the flow crashed midway or was completed.

I made a simple flow like this. This flow sends me a notification and returns a parameter with the current date and a string:

Then in Power Apps, I can receive this parameter with "UpdateContext()":

The returned parameter can be used freely in the app.

On your side, I guess you only need to return a boolean if your flow managed to complete all of its tasks without any error.

Hope this was helpful to you.

[Chenz1]

Yes i was thinking to return a value from the cloud flow and use a wait timer if after a certain amount of time example 5 seconds if a response has not been given then i know it failed to trigger the flow.

I think that should work.

Although I believe there is no functionality in powerapps to capture a trigger error where a cloud flow has failed to run at all.

[WiZey]

As far as I am aware, it is not possible to check a flow's state from Power Apps.

Your timer is a fine idea, as long as 5 seconds is enough for your flow to finish its job.

[Chenz1]

Thanks for your help @WiZey