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How to build a link to start manual Power Automate flow

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 by Tom

“I’d like to add a link on a SharePoint page to start a manual Power Automate flow, similar to navigating to a flow and clicking on the Play button.”


If you’re using manually started Power Automate flows, you’ve got two options how to trigger them. One option is to use the Power Automate mobile application, the other one through the flow page. But what if you want to start it from somewhere else? To embed it in a SharePoint page, send a link via email, or create a quick navigation to the most used flows?

Build a link to start the flow

Additionally to the options above there’s a third option how to access a flow – directly via a link to the start page. If you go to the flow details page, you’ll see that the url ends with /details.

That’s the screen with all the flow information and the option to run the flow. Now replace the /details with /run. This small change will redirect you from the flow overview directly to the flow start page.

Power Automate link manual start

Take this new link and use wherever you need, e.g. on a SharePoint page.

Summary

Since Power Automate is a web based product, you can often get what you need by building an url address. You can build a link to a specific flow run, or you can build a direct link for the start page of your manual Power Automate flow. All it takes is just a small change in the address.


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8 thoughts on “How to build a link to start manual Power Automate flow”

  1. Deanna Springall says:
    May 31, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    Thank you! This has already come in very handy!

    Reply
  2. Nick says:
    August 1, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    Awesome – but what if I want to pass the parameters to the flow, in the URL, is that possible?

    Maybe /run&parameter1=”parameter” ?

    Reply
    1. Tom says:
      August 9, 2022 at 6:12 pm

      Hello Nick,
      I don’t think you can add any parameter to the URL.

      Reply
  3. Waqas says:
    August 26, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    Hi Tom,

    This is very helpful. However, the user is still redirected to the Power Automate website in order to run the flow. The user may not always have access to the environment in which the flow is created. Even if the user is redirected to the flow page on Power Automate, they will be unable to run this. Is there any way to run the flow without redirecting the user to the Power Automate website?

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    1. Tom says:
      September 4, 2022 at 7:36 pm

      Hello Waqas,
      that’s a good point, the users must have access to the flow. If they don’t have access then they can’t start the flow manually, you’ll have to use another approach, e.g. a SharePoint list where they create an item and the flow will be started on item creation/modification.

      Reply
  4. Dane Lemon says:
    October 28, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Thanks for the idea Tom in regard to another approach to try and get around the issue of access.

    Reply
  5. Sujith says:
    March 31, 2023 at 3:46 pm

    Is it possible to direct to a ms forms page after the user clicks the link for instant flow.

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    1. Tom says:
      April 9, 2023 at 1:16 pm

      Hello Sujith,
      I don’t think so, it’s Microsoft page and I don’t think they’ll let you mess with it.

      Reply

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