Action: Start Power Automate / Azure Function

Start Power Automate / Azure Function

 action allows you to trigger existing Power Automate flow using "When an HTTP request is received" trigger or configured Azure Function. 

Example

of Start Power Automate / Azure Function action configuration on the current site

For more information about Action Builder read Action Builder introduction

 article.

For more information how to start a Microsoft Flow read Starting a Microsoft Flow from Teamsware Actions

 article

For more information how to make secure calls to Azure Functions read article

To configure the action Start Power Automate / Azure Function the additional properties should be specified. 

Configuration

Property	Required	Type	Description
URL	yes	String	Specify the URL generated by Power Automate "When an HTTP request is received" trigger or URL to Azure Function
Authorization*	yes	Choice	Anonymous access - For Power Automate Flows or Azure Functions configured with anonymous access. Microsoft Flow Service - For Power Automate Flows configured with user authorization scheme Note: Please, make sure you have approved the API access request (SharePoint Admin Center -> Advanced -> API access) with 'User' permissions for the Microsoft Flow Service. This should be done once per tenant by a tenant admin. Microsoft Entra ID - Requires an App registration in Microsoft Entra ID
Application (client) ID	yes	String	Application (client) ID from Microsoft Entra ID Note: Please, make sure you have approved your application with 'user_impersonation' delegated permissions for the SharePoint Online Web Client Extensibility app
JSON Schema	no	Object	Define the JSON schema to pass parameters from the teamsware action to flow.

* This option is available only in Modern Forms and Automation Actions

Availability

Modern Forms	List Actions	Scheduled/Triggered Actions
✓	✓	✓

 

Output

Output Parameter	Type	Description
ResponseBody		Returns response value of request.

 

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