Troubleshooting

Scenario

In this lab, you will learn how to monitor and debug desktop flows.

High-level lab objectives

• Monitor desktop flows

• Debug desktop flows

• Add retry to desktop flow

Exercise #1: Monitor flows

In this exercise, you will monitor desktop flows.

Task #1: Monitor desktop flows

1. Navigate to https://make.powerautomate.com/ and make sure you are in your dev environment.

2. Click on More and select Discover all.

1. Under Monitor select Desktop flow runs.

1. If you don’t see anything, make sure you are in your Dev environment.

2. Turn on Auto refresh.

1. Click on the ellipses of one the Woodgrove Funding Manager Draw run and select See parent flow run.

1. You should see the parent cloud flow run (CF Manage Woodgrove Funding Process).

1. Click on the browser back button.

2. Click to open the Woodgrove Funding Manager Draw run.

1. You should see all the actions in the flow run.

1. Click on the start timestamp to open the Set variable action.

1. Go to the Action Details pane and click See output details.

1. You should see details of the variable.

1. Close the Outputs pane.

2. You may wish to review the other actions.

Task #2: Flow monitor

1. Launch Power Automate for desktop, make sure your dev environment is selected.

2. Click Settings.

1. Click on the Monitoring/Notifications dropdown, select Flow monitoring window, and click Save.

1. Close the Settings pane.

2. Run the Perform Site Inspection.

1. Click OK.

1. Notice the monitor. Click Pause.

1. The flow should pause. Click Resume.

1. Click Stop. The flow should stop, and the monitor should disappear.

Exercise #2: Debug flows

Task #1: Debug flow

1. Go to Power Automate desktop flow and run the Perform Site Inspection flow again.

2. Enter 456 Main Street for Address and click OK.

1. Wait for the flow to finish running.

2. The flow should fail, and you should see an error in the notification.

1. Click Edit flow.

1. Add a breakpoint on the first press button action. Clicking to the left of the line number will add a breakpoint.

1. Edit the property address variable and change the default value to 456 Main Street.

2. Click Run.

3. The flow will pause when the breakpoint is hit. Click Run next action.

1. The flow should advance to the next action and pause again. Click Run next action again.

2. Click Run next action until the flow fails.

Task #2: Add retry

1. Click Subflows and select + New subflow.

1. Enter WaitFlow for name and click Save.

2. Go to the Actions pane, search for wait and double click on the Wait action.

1. Enter 60 and click Save.

1. The subflow should now have one wait action. Select the Main tab.

1. Go to the Actions pane, search for error, drag On block error action, and place it after the Get details of element on web page for the JobNumber action.

1. Enter RetryOnError for Name, click + New rule, and select Run subflow.

1. Select the WaitFlow you created and click Continue flow run.

1. Select Go to beginning of block for Exception handling mode and click Save.

1. Click to select the action below the error block.

1. Hold the [SHIFT] and click to select the End loop action.

1. Drag all the selected actions and drop them inside the error block.

2. The On block error action should now look like the image below.

1. Click Save and wait for the flow to be saved.

Task #3: Test

1. Remove the breakpoint and Click Run.

2. The flow will switch to the subflow if error occurs.

1. The flow will go back to the main flow after 60 seconds.

2. The process should complete successfully.